Guide to high quality living- Part 3: Enjoy sleep

A key to a healthy life is to get quality of rest 

Monitor if you have mindless habits, such as TV binging and watch the total screen time in evening and unproductive screen time which increases cortisol levels as well as increased grelin hunger hormone. 

We eat more if lack of sleep, especially more sugar which raises the weight set point. 

TV binge increases appetite and weight gain

Live smart way and get more Sleep also enjoy evening relaxation 

• Melatonin is naturally produced in the evening and makes you fall asleep but is reduced with lights  

• Try to follow the natural rhythm closer, bed by 9pm and perhaps up by 5am with first light, and watch the early sunrise with a nice drink. A special time of the day. Perhaps get up early and enjoy a lovely photo- shoot sunrise walk

• Closer to nature. 

• Try reducing screen time 2 hours before bed. 

• Indented candles make you sleepy 

• Relaxing bath

• Herbal tea

• Read in bed

• Rest body even if you can’t fall asleep.

• New habits, aim to have 8 hours sleep per day (or night!) 

• Increases health, mood and metabolism 

• Set point will drop. 

• Lose weight naturally.