Diet is one of the biggest causes of waking up tired
Did you know that nutrition has a big impact on your sleep? One of the biggest causes of waking up tired has to do with nutrition. We discovered this with our organization, with which we make hundreds of people independent of nutrition every year, with about half of all participants indicating in advance that they wake up tired. After following one of our retreats, in which we prana lifestyle Integrating with participants not only improves quality of life, but also helps to eliminate waking up tired.
Waking up tired can have long-term consequences for your overall well-being. Perhaps you or someone you know has the problem of waking up tired. In this article, we explore the importance of a good night's sleep, the consequences of waking up tired, symptoms that come with it and offer options to help solve this problem. We also explain the impact of nutrition on waking up tired with substantiation.
Tackling emotional, mental and physical overstimulation and waking up less tired
In addition to nutrition, your mental, spiritual and physical condition can also impact your sleep quality and can cause you to need more time at night to recover and wake up with a 'full battery'. We will discuss possible solutions to tackle overstimulation of your emotional, mental and physical condition later in this article.
“Since I became independent of food and changed my lifestyle, my body only needs 2 to 4 hours of sleep. Waking up tired is a thing of the past for me.”
– Brahman Menor
The Importance of a Good Night's Sleep While You're Still Eating: Cellular Recovery
A good night’s sleep is an absolute necessity for a healthy functioning body and mind. During sleep, the body repairs itself at a cellular level, memories are strengthened and essential hormones are produced that you need during the day to function properly. This recovery process is important for maintaining optimal physical, emotional and mental health.
Consequences of Waking Up Tired
Waking up tired may seem like an everyday occurrence to you, but its consequences extend beyond just a temporary feeling of fatigue.
In the short term it can lead to:
- irritability (morning mood)
- decreased concentration
- not feeling well or at ease.
In the long term, however, the consequences can be more serious and waking up constantly tired can contribute to health problems such as: obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression and 'a short fuse' in terms of irritability or even (verbal) aggression!
Chronic sleep problem and waking up tired
A regular lack of sleep can also weaken the immune system, making one more susceptible to infections and illness. It can also affect cognitive function, resulting in impaired memory, slowed thinking (brain fog), and a reduced ability to absorb new information.
How much sleep does a person need per night to not wake up tired?
An adult is advised to get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night. During this time, the body goes through different sleep phases, ranging from light sleep to deep sleep and REM sleep. Interruptions in this cycle, insufficient total sleep time, or sleeping too long can lead to the common problem of waking up tired. Not only the duration of sleep, but also the quality of sleep has an impact on the self-healing capacity of the body.
Symptoms of waking up tired
Recognizing the symptoms of waking up tired is necessary to effectively tackle the problem. Although it may seem obvious, we will give some common symptoms:
Daytime fatigue: A constant feeling of tiredness that lasts throughout the day, even after a night's sleep.
Difficulty concentrating: A decreased ability to focus on tasks, indecisiveness and forgetfulness.
Lack of energy: A general feeling of listlessness and lack of energy, even after a good night's sleep.
Irritability: A short fuse, decreased tolerance for stress, and an increased sense of irritability.
How to Fix Waking Up Tired When You're Still Eating and Drinking
Fortunately, there are several ways to tackle waking up tired and improve the quality of your sleep. We provide some general tips
- Improve sleep hygiene: Create a sleep-friendly environment by keeping the bedroom dark, cool, and quiet. Limit screen exposure before bed and avoid stimulating activities.
- Regular sleep schedule: Try to maintain a consistent sleep pattern. Even on weekends! This allows the body to get used to a fixed sleep-wake rhythm.
- Limit caffeine and alcohol: Avoid caffeinated drinks and alcohol before bed as these can disrupt sleep, although having a drink may seem to help you fall asleep faster… Alcohol is processed by the body during sleep, which costs extra energy and negatively affects the depth of your sleep.
- Follow one of our retreats: We organize dozens of events every year pensions in which we work in groups of 40 to 200 people on a thorough physical, emotional and mental reset (on a cellular level). Not only does this help tackle waking up tired, but it promotes the overall energy level throughout the day.
- Exercise Regularly: Regular exercise can improve sleep quality, but avoid intense workouts close to bedtime.
- Improve stress management: Learn stress management techniques, such as meditation or breathing exercises, to calm the mind before bed.
- Eat less: Heavy meals shortly before going to bed will negatively affect your sleep. This has to do with digestion and the release of certain substances in the body in response to food intake. Sleep is normally needed to recover. If you use your sleeping moment to digest food instead of recovering, you will eventually become sleep deprived, which increases the chance of waking up tired.
Prana helps to shorten your night's sleep and wake up tired
Please note: this is only possible if your system is properly prepared for this and has been reconditioned at a cellular level. Do not do this without professional guidance and without the right training!
From our own experience and our organization, it has been shown that people who eat minimalistic or nothing at all sleep much less. They sleep an average of 4-6 hours per night. They also solved the 'waking up tired' problem.
Research among the more than 5000 people we have helped with our guidance and training with the full integration of a prana lifestyle, shows that approx. 20% who eat almost nothing, but get 3-4 hours of sleep. Where waking up tired is no longer an issue.
About 40% eat only a little and have a night's sleep of 3-5 hours. The remaining people alternate periods of eating with periods without eating and their sleep pattern varies depending on the period they are in.
The statement that a healthy night's sleep involves 7-9 hours of sleep to restore your system is only relevant for people who maintain a standard diet and lifestyle that is followed by almost 99,9% of people in our society.
