XPOST: [PathOfHealth] Eating for restful sleep

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Hi everyone,

 

I thought this brief post, from the PathOfHealth group, might interest some.

 

Best,

Elchanan

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Elchanan [Elchanan]

Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:56 AM

Path of Health

Eating for restful sleep

 

 

Hi everyone,

 

Leah just posed a question, and I thought I'd share a few brief comments in

the group.

 

Question: How can we eat to optimize the restfulness of our sleep?

 

Brief Response:

 

Digestion for the day should be complete before we lie down. To accomplish

this simple goal:

 

1. Eat foods that digest quickly and easily, allowing a time of rest in the

digestive system. (Fruits and greens, primarily.)

2. Don't eat shortly before bedtime!

 

The whole idea is NOT to be digesting, to any substantive degree, throughout

the entire time we are sleeping. Then the system can direct its energy and

other resources toward other constructive activities ... including clearing

the mind (as by dreaming more fully and more richly).

 

Best to all,

Elchanan