Getting a good night sleep is something that depends on a balanced circadian rhythm. We are the type of creature that is biologically best if we are awake in the day and sleep at night.
If you are not getting a good night there are
some obvious factors I am sure you have already considered - stress, working
late or maybe you have an infant and you’re sleep deprived from good parenting.
There is something you can easily do to help
all of those things to fade into the dreamy mists of a good night sleep. Probiotics.
Probiotics are the good gut cultures that
return balance to your digestive system. They do this by transforming your food
into the nutrients you need to be healthy and happy. A healthy gut - biome is
the proverbial prevention that is better than a cure.
The reason probiotics work so well to balance
your wake-sleep rhythm is because these colonies of healthy bacteria also live
by the day-night cycle and if you gut biome is off balance, so too will you be.
You can consult your health practitioner to
find which probiotic you need and find a wide range of reliable options. You
can also get your probiotics from eating or drinking fermented foods and
beverages. There are many options, think of sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha and
the most probiotic rich option - kefir.
Back in the day, yogurt used to be the most popular probiotic but not many of
the mainstream yogurts have any live cultures in them anymore. In contrast for
example, kefir delivers a great many vital gut cultures, it can be made by
yourself easily and tastes rich and creamy as an ingredient in your breakfast
cereal or as cream cheese alternative, called quark, on toast.
If you want to know more about good gut
health, the gut-brain axis and how probiotics can prevent chronic illness, depression
and anxiety as well as IBS and digestive disorders, read about it on the NUMEsa blog
and find out more about how gut health can save your health.
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