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  • What Should Women Eat When Suffering from Insomnia?
  • When women enter menopause, they will suffer from some common symptoms, such as fatigue, insomnia, dry skin, menstrual disorders, so on. If women always suffer from insomnia during the menopause, what should they do? In fact, if they want control the insomnia symptom and improve sleep quality, they do not have to take medicine. There are some ordinary food in daily life, which can not only improve sleep quality, but are also very beneficial to human health.

    1. Millet:
    Millet has the effect of invigorating spleen and stomach, and improving sleep quality. Millet contains a high content of tryptophan, which can promote the secretion of insulin, increase the amount of tryptophan in the brain, so as to help people sleep well.

    2. Banana:
    Banana contains a large number of vitamin B6 and serotonin, which can help people far away from the depressed emotion and make people released and relaxed. In such a case, it can effectively eliminate the symptom of insomnia and promote sleep quality.

    3. Red dates:
    Red dates contain a variety of beneficial nutrients, such as protein, sugar, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., which have the function of nourishing spleen and soothing nerves. If you eat some red dates and lily porridge after supper, it can help you fall asleep more quickly.

    4. Sunflower seeds:
    Sunflower seeds contain various kinds of amino acids and vitamins, which can regulate the metabolism and improve the inhibitory function of brain cells, so as to play a role of stabilizing mood and soothing nerves. What's more, eating some sunflower seeds after supper can also promote the secretion of digestive juice, and speed up the digestion of food.

    5. Kiwi fruit:
    A latest study finds out that, eating two kiwi fruits every day can improve the sleep quality by 40%. Kiwi fruit contains great amounts of magnesium and vitamin C, which can promote the synthesis and transmission of nervous transmitters. In addition, it also contains calcium, which is rarely seen in other ordinary fruits. Calcium has the effect of stabilizing mood and inhibiting the function of sympathetic nerves.

    6. Hot milk:
    It is well known that drinking a glass of hot milk every night can help people sleep well. This is because the protein of milk contains a lot of essential tryptophan to human body, which can make the brain nerve cells secrete serotonin. Serotonin can make people have a sleepy feeling, as so to eliminate insomnia symptom and improve sleep quality.


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