In the evening, sweets disturb the mechanisms of normal sleep

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It is better not to eat sweets and flour in the evening, such food is harmful the natural mechanisms of sleep and provokes problems with difficulty falling asleep, insomnia, doctors state.

The opinion that licorice disrupts the mechanisms of normal sleep in the evenings was voiced in an interview with a therapist and nutritionist. The doctor explained that a person's energy level and tone, mood and quality of sleep largely depend on the hormones produced by the body. Hormones are released at different times of the day in different amounts. Disturbances in this hormone production cause the development of depression, apathy and fatigue, difficulty falling asleep.

The doctor emphasized that the production of hormones is influenced by eating habits. In this regard, the doctor advised not to consume certain products in the evening.

“These include sweets, desserts, and flour products,” the doctor listed.

The doctor explained that in the evening the body begins to prepare for sleep, and he needs to increase the production of the main “sleepy” hormone melatonin. Sweets and white flour products are rich sources of quick energy, due to which the concentration of melatonin decreases. Thus, drowsiness is reduced, a relaxed state passes – it becomes difficult for a person to fall asleep normally.

“Sweet foods can be consumed in the morning. During the day, the body will use up the calories.” “Sweet foods can be consumed in the morning. During the day, the body will use up the received calories,” the doctor advised.