The Health Habit by Elizabeth Rider

Author:Elizabeth Rider
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House
Published: 2019-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Blue light looks like other light and is everywhere; it even comes from the sun. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), used in energy-efficient bulbs and devices such as smartphone screens, also contain blue light. I promised to not overload you with science so I’ll just give you one quick fact: Blue light has a short wavelength and produces more energy than lights with longer wavelengths, like red lights. The problem is that LEDs and devices are mostly just blue light, and don’t contain the red, infrared, and violet light that the sun also emits.

Your brain can’t handle such an overload of blue light without the others, hence, the excess blue light is called “junk light.” Even your skin can sense blue light with your eyes closed like I mentioned before, which is why it’s crucial to sleep in a dark room; no TV, no streetlights shining in, and no digital clock or other random lights if possible.

I realize that not everyone can sleep in a pitch-black room; just do the best you can to eliminate or reduce any light in the room while you sleep. I put black electrical tape over the light on my fan and use an old-school analog alarm clock with no light if I need an alarm.

Eat dinner at least two hours before bed, and eat enough to fill you up. Active digestion right before you head to bed diverts your body’s energy to digestion instead of repair while you sleep, and takes away from your body’s natural healing process.

Eat enough at dinner so you don’t feel hungry before bed, and load up on good fats at dinnertime, as they satiate you and give your body slow-burning fuel. Salmon, eggs, grass-fed beef, bone broth, avocados, healthy oils, nuts, and seeds all contain good fats.

If you are hungry after dinner, eat a light, healthy, no-added-sugar snack such as nuts or a small low-glycemic meal. Popcorn, juice, toast, cookies, or muffins will only raise your blood sugar and prevent restorative sleep. Air-popped popcorn on a Friday night while you watch a family movie or people-watch downtown with friends? Not a problem after a wholesome dinner. Popcorn every night for dinner? You’ll have blood sugar issues that’ll keep you up and sabotage your health.

Try a nighttime elixir of raw honey with apple cider vinegar. An hour before bedtime, mix one tablespoon of raw honey with one to two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in about one cup of hot (but not boiling) water.

Honey has been used for centuries as a sleep aid. Choose raw honey as it will have more enzymes and be less processed. Hot water will kill some of the enzymes in both the honey and apple cider vinegar, but it doesn’t ruin all of their nutritional benefits (this is why we use hot, not boiling, water). I boil water in my electric kettle and let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes before using it.

There aren’t any scientific studies as to why this nighttime drink works, but it does.

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