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Sleep Better Tonight: The Secret Lies in Your Grocery Cart
Sleep is not just blissful rest after a long day. Getting enough sleep is crucial for our health and well-being. What we eat affects the length of our sleep. It’s well-known which treats help us sleep better.
In 2024, it’s increasingly difficult to achieve healthy sleep. To some extent, we are to blame, surrounding ourselves with 21st-century inventions. Doctors and experts agree that exposure to blue light, especially in the evening, can make it harder to fall asleep. And it just so happens that many people watch TV or browse social media right before bed.
Add to that general overstimulation, stress, and increasingly higher temperatures — not just in summer but also in spring — and we lose the favorable conditions for optimal sleep length. While we can quickly recover from one sleepless night, regularly shortening our sleep can affect our weight and mood. And those are just some of the least serious consequences of sleep deprivation.
