One habit that can improve your sleep quality AND up-level your health is to stop eating at least three hours before you go to bed.
It takes at least three hours to digest your food.
Eating at least three hours before bedtime will allow you to completely digest your meal before you hit the hay.
This can help avoid reflux and other digestive challenges that may disrupt your sleep.
Let's talk blood sugar.
Melatonin production increases before bedtime. Along with this, insulin decreases. This keeps blood sugar from dropping too low when we sleep.
Therefore, if you eat close to bedtime, you may have high blood sugar during the night.
Eating close to bedtime can keep your resting heart rate elevated, negatively impacting sleep quality.
Better sleep quality leads to better morning energy and improved health!
If you stop eating at least three hours before bedtime, it is easy to create an overnight fast of at least twelve hours.
This can have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body!
Take Action
Hopefully you already have a fairly regular bedtime. Are you consciously finished eating at least three hours before? Pay attention. If not, incrementally stop eating earlier. Work your way to three hours in a way that is easily doable for you.
Hit reply to this email and let me know what you notice.