Do You Keep Waking Up Around 2-5am every morning
Our sleep cycles can tell us a great deal about our health, and the hormone balance
inside our bodies.
If you keep up waking up in the middle of the night between 2-5 am then this indicates
that you have high cortisol levels.
You may also notice that it's hard to turn your thoughts off, because you are over analysing
and thinking during this time.
Cortisol is a stress hormone released by your adrenal glands.
It's designed to help you adapt to life threatening situations such as being chased by a tiger
or defending yourself in a fight.
It helps your body adapt to this stress, by speeding up your heart rate and making you
more alert.
Unforunately mental stress, pressures, financial worries and obligations can also trigger the
release of cortisol in your body.
When cortisol is out of balance your body clock loses its sync causing you to wake up
in the early hours.
You may also find that you are tired again around 8-9am.
Long term, lack of proper sleep and high cortisol can lead to muscle loss, anxiety, mental health
problems, and high blood pressure.
So, in today's video we will take a look at the top 6 natural remedies that you can use
to lower your cortisol so that you can start sleeping properly.
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Remedy 1: Nutritional Yeast People who wake up during the night often
feel stressed and anxious.
Eating 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast each day quickly helps to soothe anxiety and
nervous tension in the body.
It is loaded with B vitamins which calm the nervous system down, reduce cortisol and help
you to sleep.
You can also take B1 as a supplement if you wish.
Remedy 2: Cut Out Caffeine Caffeine is a stimulant found in coffee, tea,
soda drinks, energy drinks and some chewing gum . This triggers the release of cortisol
which may be affecting your sleep cycle.
Replace these caffeinated drinks with calming herbal teas such as lemon balm, rosemary,
or passionflower to help bring this hormone into balance.
Remedy 3: Long Walks With high cortisol it's important to step
away from tasks that require thought.
Start taking long walks in nature of 45 minutes per day.
The fresh air, and essential oils released from plants into the air will calm down your
adrenal glands and reduce the amount of cortisol in your body.
Remedy 4: Apple Cider Vinegar Take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and
mix in a glass of water with a little lemon juice.
Drink this every morning and eat a handful of nuts and seeds.
ACV helps your stomach absorb minerals like magnesium which helps calm down muscle stress,
and reduce cortisol levels naturally.
Remedy 5: Wild Caught Salmon Wild caught salmon is one of the healthiest
foods to restore your hormone balance because it is loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin
b12 and other key nutrients.
We recommend eating this regularly and cutting back on refined foods like sugar to boost
your B vitamins and restore your sleep cycles.
Remedy 6: Vitamin D Over 75% of the worldwide population is estimated
to be deficient in Vitamin D due to the modern lifestyle.
This causes sleeping problems with your natural body clock (circadian rhythm).
Start taking a daily supplement of Vitamin D in the evening before you go to bed to switch
off cortisol and help you get a decent night's sleep.
Bonus Remedy: Ashwagandha Ancient cultures also used certain herbs called
adaptogens to help lower cortisol and help the body adapt to stress.
Consider trying out Ashwagandha, Rhodiola or Maca Root as a herbal remedy to help reset
your body and re-sync your body clock.
Summary
As you can see waking up the early hours is not a natural phenomenon, But is in fact caused
by high cortisol levels, caffeine and stress.
If this only happens once or twice per week, try to notice what is causing your high stress,
whether it be mental stress or a certain food that you are eating.
I recommend getting regular exercise for at least 5-10 minutes per day.
This will boost blood flow around the body, so that nutrients can get where they need
to be.
For 12 Common Signs of High Cortisol, click on this video here.
I wish you great health, wealth and happiness.