Waking up to pee too much? Here are three specific tips to help reduce your nighttime trips to the bathroom.
This is really about quality and duration of sleep because the more fragmented your sleep, the less it helps your healthspan. (What’s healthspan? See this post: https://customhealthspan.com/2019/02/25/healthspan/)
Even if you think you fall back to sleep instantly, the fewer interruptions in your sleep, the better. Many of the things that will help with this are general habits for good sleep like sleeping in a dark, cool room.
But, let’s get specific about this particular issue: waking up to pee. First, it should go without saying that you don’t want to drink a ton of liquid close to bedtime, so three more tips are below.
How this works: Your body is supposed to make more anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) at night so you won’t be waking up to pee as much. We’re dialing in on that here.
- Get enough salt. Salt makes you make more ADH. A lot of people these days are trying to eat healthily, but are actually not getting enough salt. Therefore, unless you need to be on a low salt diet (check with a medical professional on this!), you can try a little salt before you go to sleep. Start with a pinch and experiment with going up slowly. I prefer real Himalayan pink salt, but you can use what you have on hand.
- Watch out for alcohol close to sleep. Alcohol inhibits ADH, making you get up more to pee.
- Get enough Vitamin C, copper and zinc, because these nutrients are key for making ADH. And, of course, getting copper is a great excuse to eat more avocados.
If you do wake up to pee, be sure to do complete blue light blocking by using a red night light or blue blocking glasses. Exposing yourself to blue light will make it that much harder to fall back to sleep.
I have a lot more to help your sleep, but start with these tips to reduce nighttime trips.
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