Is the face in the mirror a little darker?
Don't rush to blame skin care products. The real problem may lie in whether you slept well last night, or even for a long time.
It's more than just tired. This is "old" written in genes.
The latest research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders uses a rather scary word: causal effect. Scientists used Mendelian randomization methods to conclusively confirm the connection between insomnia and "epigenetic age acceleration." To put it simply, insomnia is pushing your body towards the abyss of "aging" from the lowest level of DNA methylation. This is not an illusion, but actual molecular-level disintegration.
If you don't sleep well, your brain will "shrink"?
You may think that the worst thing is that your skin will be looser and you will get a few wrinkles.
So naive. But what is even more terrifying is the brain. The research data presented in the "Lancet" sub-journal is placed there: the brain age of those with the worst sleep conditions is almost 1 year older than their actual age. A whole year, friends.
It's your brain that's quietly atrophied and inflamed, but you're still there counting sheep. Chronic inflammation, which acts like a simmer, is cooking neurons bit by bit.
What can you eat to “make up for” your sleep?
Okay, I won’t scare you anymore. I know you don’t want to suffer from insomnia, but your body just doesn’t obey its orders.
Especially after waking up in the middle of the night and being unable to fall back asleep no matter what, traditional Chinese medicine calls this "blood does not nourish the heart". Stop counting sheep, that won't work. Go to the kitchen.
Red dates: don’t eat them as snacks, eat them as medicine
Many people think that red dates are just sweet. Something went wrong. It is the "fruit of the spleen" and even more so the "fruit of the heart." Those who toss and turn, have many dreams and wake up easily are mostly due to weak Qi and blood. There is no way to nourish the mind.
Grab a few red dates. It is best to boil them over low heat until they become gelatin. The sticky state is the most nourishing thing. Don’t be greedy and grab too many. Three or five are enough. Because red dates have a high sugar content, grabbing more will cause moisture.
Lotus seeds: the core is the best
When I think of lotus seeds, I think of cooking porridge. But many people are afraid of hardship and lose their core.
As far as I'm concerned, if you're in a state where you have something on your mind and are so troubled that you can't sleep, you should never get lotus seed cores. The bitter taste of lotus seed core is specially used to clear the heart fire. Only when the fire in your heart subsides will your thoughts come back. The heat in the body was controlled, and people were able to calm down.
Walnuts: Nourishing the brain and kidneys
If you always wake up in the middle of the night or get up frequently during the night, the root cause may be in the kidneys.
Walnuts, which have a brain-like shape, not only have the effect of nourishing the brain, but also stabilize the kidneys. When the kidney qi is not stable and stable, the person will be in an erratic state, as if he is in the air, and his sleep will be very shallow. Eat two or three walnuts before going to bed. Chew the walnuts into pieces first, and then drink them with milk of moderate temperature. The kind of heat generated from the internal heat in the waist position can make sleep stable and fixed on the bed.
Don’t stay up late at night while eating something to soothe your nerves.
Don’t expect that eating two dates will offset your sin of staying up late checking your phone.
Give up those late-night snacks that are often described as “sinful” before going to bed, especially those that are high in sugar and fat. Traditional Chinese medicine has this saying: "If your stomach is not in harmony, you will have trouble sleeping." Your stomach is making a gurgling sound and is working overtime for digestion. How can your brain go to sleep after get off work?
Not sleeping well is not just about being tired. It is "punishing" the body.
Tonight, turn off your phone. Make a cup of tea with lotus seed cores and chew two walnuts. Make yourself sink into the darkness like soil like a seed.
After all, a good night’s sleep is the cheapest “rejuvenation medicine” in the world.
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