Always Hungry by David Ludwig

Author:David Ludwig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joosr Ltd

Sleep and emotional well-being are essential for good health

As you begin to change your diet, reducing your intake of processed carbs, consuming low-GI foods, and incorporating an abundance of healthy fats, you will do more than just lose weight. You will curb hunger, boost your energy and vitality, experience positive changes in mood, and experience an improvement in the severity of various illnesses. However, it takes more than just a healthy diet to experience total physical wellness.

Sleep plays a vital role in our health and well-being. It gives the body time to repair and restore itself, improves cognitive function, and even promotes weight loss. Insulin reacts adversely to sleep deprivation, which causes our fat cells to hold on to calories. Shockingly, just one night of disrupted sleep can trigger a reaction. Furthermore, during periods of unhealthy sleep (less than six hours per night), our bodies are left wide-open to stress—and this can be detrimental to our health.

Stress, whether related to sleep-deprivation, working environment, relationships, or lifestyle, can lead to emotional problems such as anxiety, depression, or anger. It plays havoc on the body, causing physical symptoms such as headaches, muscle pain, nausea, and skin complaints. It also plays a major part in how our bodies respond to diet. Cortisol, the hormone released whenever the body feels stressed, weakens muscle and builds fat, which can counter the effects of healthy eating. And what’s more, the emotional effect of stress means that we are more likely to overeat, becoming susceptible to bingeing on junk food.

To combat stress, it’s essential to include regular relaxation activities in your weekly schedule. Like exercise, you should choose something that appeals to you, so that you will find it easy to commit to each day. This could be yoga, tai chi, coloring, journaling, or using a guided relaxation video on YouTube. If you’re not familiar with meditation and mindfulness, which are proven to reduce stress, there are plenty of apps and online resources available to get you started. And for a good night’s sleep, set your bedroom up to be as restful as possible. It should be dark, cool, and quiet—if necessary, you can use earplugs, white noise machines, black-out blinds, or a sleep mask to achieve the peace you need. Experts recommend that you only use your bedroom for sleep and sex, and there should definitely be no screens in the room.

Balanced emotions complement and enhance healthy eating habits, and also improve physical well-being. Make sure you get enough good, restorative sleep and employ relaxation techniques to help reduce stress.

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