Good Sleep

5 Tips For a Better Nights sleep

Sleep good, be better! We all know this to be the case, so let’s get good at getting good sleep. 

Step 1) good sleep begins in the morning. Make sure you get into natural light first thing in the morning for 5-10 minutes. If it’s overcast, spend 20-30 minutes outside. Do NOT look at the sun, just face the sun, blinking whenever you feel like it. This sets your circadian rhythm, which essentially sets your bodies clock for when to be awake and when to sleep.

Step 2) Keep your bedroom dark. Melatonin is the sleepiness hormone, but it is suppressed by light. Try to use dim lights after dark, or even blue light blocking glasses. Also, limit screen time before bed, and turn down the brightness of your phone! A good idea is to enable night shift in your iPhone, this has your iPhone automatically turn down the blue it emits after sunset.

Step 3) Keep your room cool. The body has to drop 2F to get to sleep, so consider keeping your room as cool as you can enjoy. 

Step 4) Keep food as far from bed time as possible, 90 minutes before bed is good! 

Step 5) Supplement with L Theanine, magnesium. Both have been found to be effective for getting to sleep and staying asleep. I like this supplement from Momentous: https://www.livemomentous.com/products/sleep-pack?_pos=1&_sid=00e3a427f&_ss=r USE CODE: LUKECOOK for 15% off.