Heather AardemaCoach, Author, Speaker, National Board & Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Certified Decluttering & Life Coach

Sleep deprivation and late night eating

Name: Sleep deprivation and late night eating
Uploaded: 2018-10-02T03:01:24+00:00
Duration: 1 min 14 s
Channel: Heather Aardema
Description: This content was created by Heather Aardema. This content was uploaded by Heather Aardema. This is a YouTube video titled "Sleep deprivation and late…

2 Oct 2018 · 1 min

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This content was created by Heather Aardema. This content was uploaded by Heather Aardema. This is a YouTube video titled "Sleep deprivation and late night eating" (created 2018-10-02). It is a short, single-speaker talk/health tip segment about sleep health and habits: the speaker notes people today sleep up to two hours less than previous generations, explains why sleep is important, points out that humans often fight fatigue with distractions (social media, TV, late-night eating), highlights a link between eating late and obesity, and offers practical advice—reserve the bedroom for sleep and sex, read outside the bedroom, create consistent nighttime rituals, and keep the same wake time on weekends and weekdays.

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Hi, everybody. Welcome to today's Boost. Did you know that we sleep a lot less than our grandparents did? Up to 2 hours less in some cases. That's a lot of sleep that we're missing out on. And we need sleep to rest, to restore, to heal. There are so many reasons for it. We are the only animal in the kingdom to fight fatigue with distractions. When we're tired, instead of going to bed, we look at social media, or we eat or we watch tv, and then maybe we eat some more. There is a direct relationship between eating late at night and obesity. So what can we do? We need to train our brains that when we're tired, we should go to bed. We need to train our brains that the bedroom is only for sleep and for sex. If you're a reader, go out and read at the couch or on the couch. What else can you do? Create rituals, nighttime rituals, and be consistent. The time that you get up in the morning during the work week should be the same time that you get up in the morning on the weekend. Those are little steps you can take to start to learn how to be a good sleeper.