Sleep as Medicine

You have a 50% chance of having a stroke between 6am and 12 due to  changes in plasma viscosity and blood pressure. What time you eat/take medication/exercise all change the effects of these interventions on the body. Sperm motility and morphology better in the morning – increase in fertility. It is clear there are mutual relationships between key micro and macronutrients, immunity and sleep. A study published in SLEEP found that sleep loss initiates, amplifies, and extends blood levels of a chemical signal endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) that enhances the pleasure we experience whenever we eat sweet, salty, or high-fat snacks and is just what you do not need circulating late at night when standing in front of the fridge. Studies show that sleep affects your blood pressure, growth hormone, temp, cortisol testosterone and multiplication accuracy. We know sleep has a huge effect on mood, natural steroid levels  and energy. Eating high sugar foods and UPF affects your body clock and can lead to a poorer sleep cycle. Poor sleep increases cravings for these foods. It’s a cycle!