Nutrition Notes 2
Carbohydrates increase body's ability to make Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland that helps regulate one's circadian rhythm of sleep-wake timing, blood pressure and seasonal reproduction.
It is also, though many are not aware of, a powerful antioxidant, particularly in protecting nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. In plants it acts as first line of defense against oxidative stress. It was discovered in 1958. So eat some carbs at night about four hours before bedtime to help you sleep.
This is another point for back loading your carbs, not front loading them particularly if you use intermittent fasting to either shed or control your weight. Here are nine foods with melatonin.
Bananas
Morello cherries
Porridge oats
Sweet corn.
Rice
Ginger
Barley
Tomatoes
Nuts
And here's a picture of some carbs for dinner not breakfast as we've all been programmed to think was our most important meal.
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Not all whey is the same. And that goes for protein powders.
Whey is the faster acting protein that many take right after a workout to start rebuilding muscle fibers that get beat up from the exercise. Casein is the longer, slower acting form that some ingest before bedtime to help keep the muscle rebuilding going.
But despite all the controversy about meat-eaters versus the veggie crowd, much of the benefits of whey get damaged in the heating process. So we like to rotate a good plant based protein into the mix along with our occasional rare steaks.
Plant based protein powders offer certain benfits. Taste, like in nearly all things, is a concern. But there are good quality, good tasting plant based protein powder choices. Here are two. And, yes, we offer both.
Carbohydrates increase body's ability to make Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland that helps regulate one's circadian rhythm of sleep-wake timing, blood pressure and seasonal reproduction.
It is also, though many are not aware of, a powerful antioxidant, particularly in protecting nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. In plants it acts as first line of defense against oxidative stress. It was discovered in 1958. So eat some carbs at night about four hours before bedtime to help you sleep.
This is another point for back loading your carbs, not front loading them particularly if you use intermittent fasting to either shed or control your weight. Here are nine foods with melatonin.
Bananas
Morello cherries
Porridge oats
Sweet corn.
Rice
Ginger
Barley
Tomatoes
Nuts
And here's a picture of some carbs for dinner not breakfast as we've all been programmed to think was our most important meal.
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| Backload those carbs. |
Try This Way
Not all whey is the same. And that goes for protein powders.
Whey is the faster acting protein that many take right after a workout to start rebuilding muscle fibers that get beat up from the exercise. Casein is the longer, slower acting form that some ingest before bedtime to help keep the muscle rebuilding going.
But despite all the controversy about meat-eaters versus the veggie crowd, much of the benefits of whey get damaged in the heating process. So we like to rotate a good plant based protein into the mix along with our occasional rare steaks.
Plant based protein powders offer certain benfits. Taste, like in nearly all things, is a concern. But there are good quality, good tasting plant based protein powder choices. Here are two. And, yes, we offer both.
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| Smoothy Good |
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| Balanced |
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