For those of you with night time wake ups part 2
Hello,
Maybe you remember my previous post about going low sugar in your life to help you not have night time wake ups as caffeine free individuals. Going sugar free can definitely help you in multiple ways like going caffeine free has.
Thing is, I've been about 2 weeks on very low sugar. I've been getting the hang of it, but also the pangs of wanting sugar are becoming more noticeable. I have had disrupted sleep again when I was enjoying the nectar of being able to go to sleep, wake up once to go to the toilet, go back to sleep and wake up again in the morning.
That's how you get the most restorative sleep in my book. Night time wake ups which felt like they were 60 - 90 minutes in duration, sometimes even more, felt dreadful. Next day I wasn't rested enough as I wanted to, even if I went down for 8.5 hours.
I then thought to myself, what about the sugar from the breakdown of food affecting me before going to bed? My work and life balance just means I eat late and then go to bed shortly after. I never suffered indigestion from it, so I didn't think of it being an issue.
This is where AI opened my eyes. I asked for advice on what to do about timing food before bed. It said best practice was 2 - 3 hours before bed. The digestion process and control of blood sugar on the body is a heavy one for it to carry out whilst you also want to power down and get to sleep.
AI gave me the cheat code however to help the body deal with the raised blood sugar from having a meal:
A brisk 10 - 15 minute walk after your meal will help the body contain from a sharp spike in your blood glucose levels.
Stopping that blood sugar spike is the most important thing. You do it, and your sleep will have no wake ups, or maybe one of you're like me and go in the night, as I have done so always.
Look after your blood sugar and it will look after you. You don't know how relieved and overjoyed I am to have found the answer!
Let me know if it works for you and if you have any questions 🫠