Nutritional Hypnosis

Waking up in the middle of the night, perhaps around 2 or 3. This is the witching hour that many people who are stressed, wake up.

A new solution that nobody seems to talk about or know:

Before bed and teeth brushing, I recommend you have a small protein snack.  My recommendation is String cheese.  Why String cheese, basically because its fun to eat, but also easy to have it portioned out.

How did you discover this?

I learned about this in school, how blood sugar impacts adults as well as children.  As a hypnotherapist I worked with parents bring children in for Night terrors.  There are many techniques to help them over come this but the #1 would be “magic cheese” before bed.

Why does it work?

Small protein snack works because it helps stabilize your blood sugars during the night.  Children are growing and often their metabolism is haywire.  The same goes for Overstressed adults.  Your metabolism off has ups and downs through out the night.

Can it be any protein, I’m allergic to dairy.

Lentils are a great source of protein and also small bites of chicken or lean protein works great.

I do not recommend nuts, as they are to hard on the digestive system while resting.  ThIs food can actually cause night mares if had before bed.

How do you recommend I eat the protein:

Great question, I often think of this as a treatment and like any treatment you have to figure out the amount.  When you take medicine for a headache you can decide on one pill or two (often) This is the same, start off with a bite and increase till you are sleeping through the night.  Having a whole meal before bed is a no-no and is hard on the digestive system.  So one bite to two bites usually does the trick.  Maximum a whole cheese stick if that is what does the trick.  Too much will distress the system so just the right amount you will discover.  Having one bite may increase your sleep a few hours then take two bites to finish increasing.  happy sleeping!