Best and Worst Foods For a Good Night Sleep!

May 17, 2013 By

What you had for your dinner? Why am I asking this? It matters a lot to induce a proper sleep cycle and for that you need to have right foods. Every individual needs proper amount of sleep to function better, but it doesn’t happen to all. In fact nothing is more frustrating than developing insomnia. It makes you do tossing and turning in bed the whole night. A great contribution in providing a proper or disturbed sleep is done by food also. There are some foods that help you to get good sleep and others to hamper it.

So just have a look upon some things that you should have and avoid at dinner:

Best Ones:

  • Cherries - These contain melatonin that is the chemicals helpful to control body’s natural sleep clock. Drinking cherry juice has been found useful for people suffering from insomnia.
  • Milk – It is not a misconception and milk is actually good for inducing sleep. It contains tryptophan that’s the precursor to serotonin, and thus is helpful in inducing sleep.
  • Rice – Consuming jasmine rice can cut down the time of sleep required for falling asleep. The results were favoring the rice even when compared with other food items.
  • Fortified Cereal – Carbohydrates are good to have before sleeping. But instead of grabbing some packs of cookies, have a bowl of shredded wheat with milk to promote sleep cycles.
  • Bananas – They help to promote sleep due to the potassium and magnesium content in them. Bananas are overall health promoters.
  • Turkey - Like milk, it has also got tryptophan, which can make you doze off even in front of a television.

Worst Ones:

  • Cheese Burger - The fat content in this food stuff is a guaranteed sleep killer. Fats promote the production of acids in the stomach, making a person prone to acid reflux and result in disturbed sleep.
  • Wine – Any kind of alcohol is terrible thing for sleep. It metabolizes the body quickly and makes a person wake up multiple times during sleeping.
  • Coffee – It contains caffeine that stimulates central nervous system. So it can keep a person awake for whole night.
  • Chocolates – It contains calories as well as caffeine, and both of these are not good for sleeping. It is a major cause of sleeplessness.
  • Spicy Food – Spicy food can keep a person awake till late nights. So always avoid this before bedtime.

You should know that dinner should be had 3-4 hours before bedtime. Keep the list in mind and sleep well. 

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition

Creative Modes of Self Expression for Fighting Pain and Grief!

May 16, 2013 By

Pain and grief are regular companions in the passage of life. One needs to tackle with them every day. Its occurrence therefore is not at all important. What’s more important is to get relieved from it. The strength of the individual lies in the method in which one comes out of the stressful situation. Your efficiency in dealing with pain and grief can help you in better adjusting with the life. It all depends upon your reaction and treatment only.

Express it my Dear!

Reading this might raise questions like how to deal with it or how to do it? The easy, interesting and practical option that effectively solves your problem is by expressing it. Self expression is the best treatment to stress and anxiety. Self expression is the freedom that we allow to our feelings and emotion to get relieved. We can do these in various ways.

Try something creative and interesting ways to express yourself:

  • Writing – Writing is an easy, common yet specific activity. You can easily pen down all your feelings and emotions to get rid of pain and agony. Once you start writing them on paper, it becomes easier for you to continue.
  • Poetry – Poetry feeds your feelings and emotions. Writing poetry is certainly one of the most relieving activities. But there are several people who are not able to write poetry. For them poetry can be helpful when they only read it. Poetry is not meaning specific. Each and every piece of poetry has multiple interpretations. So, you can interpret it in your own unique way and thus can relate your pain with it.
  • Painting – Painting relieves the mind, heart and eyes. It soothes our emotions and gives them a balanced state. The colors, shapes and options that are available for us when we paint our numerous thoughts are amazing. The creative activity relieves you from your suppressed emotions and feelings.
  • Theatre – Theatre is one the most ancient activity that has been practiced for several thousand years. It has been performed for various reasons like education, awareness, revolution, justice etc. One such task fulfilled by theatre is the release of pent up emotions. It helps you in directing your emotions in the desired route with creativity.

Follow these creative modes of self expression for relieving pain and grief and add new and bright colors in your lives. This way you’ll be the pain-free creative artist.

Filed Under: Health and Fitness
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