Everyone knows that your diet is an important part of your health, but you may not know how much your diet can affect your sleep. Dr. Jeremy McConnell at Florida Sleep Specialists in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL, is here to help explain how diet can make or break your sleep patterns and how changing your diet can enhance your sleep.
Sleep and Your Diet
Diet and nutrition can severely affect your ability to sleep comfortably and maintaining your weight can increase your ability to get a full night’s sleep. Your doctor in Bradenton, FL, can help you develop a balanced diet that will benefit your entire life and not just your ability to sleep. A balanced diet consists of mostly fruits and vegetables and will give you the vitamins and nutrients your body needs, helping you maintain a healthy weight and helping you get the sleep that you need.
An unhealthy diet can cause other sleep disorders to plague your life and cause you to be exhausted and make it hard to focus during the day. An unhealthy diet is a cause of obstructive sleep apnea and can cause you to snore and affect your breathing pattern as you sleep.
Without the ability to get a full night’s sleep, your brain won’t be able to function at full capacity and will affect your ability to focus at work or school, and can even be dangerous by causing you to fall asleep while driving. It’s also been proven that people that are sleep deprived are more likely to increase how much they eat during the day, causing a long cycle of an unhealthy diet causing a bad sleep pattern and vice versa.
Contact Your Sleep Doctor Today!
Your diet severely affects your ability to get a good night’s sleep and once both are maintained, you’ll find yourself feeling much more energized and able to focus throughout the day. Contact Dr. Jeremy McConnell at Florida Sleep Specialists in Bradenton and Sarasota, FL, today at (941) 792-8383!
