Warm milk could help you sleep better…
Pouring some milk into a sleepy time tea, before you go to bed, can be a great add-on for your nighttime routine.🍵🌌
Oatmeal, healthy cookies, biscuits, granola, or toast, goes great with some milk as well.
Pairing milk, with carbohydrate-rich foods, will enhance it’s sleep inducing powers.☁️
Check out this article about how carbs help you sleep better.
How do we know that warm milk can induce sleep?💤
There have been lots of studies on night milk, warm milk, and many other forms of milk, to see how it affects a person’s sleep.
Night Milk:
“A 2015 article in the Journal of Medicinal Food discovered that night milk—milk harvested at night—contains high amounts of tryptophan and melatonin.
The study discovered that after mice drank night milk, they experienced decreased spontaneous locomotion and impaired motor balance.
The mice also experienced shortened sleep onset and prolonged sleep duration.
The study’s findings mean that night milk may be an effective natural sleep aid for people.
Night milk also may help anxiety-related disturbances, too.
The study discovered that the people who drank Horlicks made less movements during sleep.
Study participants’ sleep movements were compared to people who drank warm water.”
The psychological associations we have with milk🧠🥛
Not only does science back up this claim.
But parents and their parents, have passed down this urban legend for decades.
Since breastfeeding as a baby, or atleast drinking warm milk from a bottle…
Us humans have consumed warm milk for comfort.
We have a comforting connection or association with milk, that can benefit us, especially before bed.🛏️
And here is a diagram of how milk can work with your brain and body, to help you sleep:
(click the image🔝 to read another article on this same topic).
Pour up a glass of milk every night, before you go to bed, and stick to this new routine..
Your brain will eventually learn that milk means, sleep is coming next.😴🥛
You can adjust your internal clock or circadian rhythm by following a routine such as this.
Routines are very healthy for your brain to regulate itself and understand when it’s time to rest and when it’s time to do stuff.🌇🌆
The benefits of drinking milk…🐄🌰🥛
Drinking milk can help with inflammation and muscle recovery.💪
Milk protects you from oxidative damage and sleep deprivation.
It can promote relaxation and it’s known to lower anxiety levels.
Plus you can get super hydrated off of it too!
Weight Loss
“With drinking milk at night, weight loss can be achieved.
Drinking milk at night-time may infuse you with a feeling of fullness which can prevent you from waking up due to hunger pangs.
People can successfully combat their midnight-snack urge by merely having a cup of warm milk without worrying about gaining weight.
Also, milk is an essential source of protein which can help maintain blood sugar levels and ensure sufficient energy levels.
Be sure to go in for the low-fat milk version of milk.
Clear Skin
There can be numerous benefits of drinking milk at night for the skin.
Regular milk intake can improve skin condition by giving it a youthful appearance.
Milk has vitamin B12 which can help avert the loss of skin’s elasticity and collagen infusing it with a beautiful glow and look.
Vitamin A existing in milk may endorse new cell formations and help fight different skin ailments making it radiant and flawless.”
Does it matter if I drink milk, warm or cold?🌡️🧊
It depends…
If you are lactose intolerant, but you still want to drink cows milk🐮,
You should drink your milk warm, because heat breaks down the lactose…
And this makes it easier for you to digest this beneficial dairy product.
Cold milk can benefit anyone who suffers from acid reflux, so if that sounds like you, then stick to the cold way of drinking milk.
However…
If you want to go completely dairy free, you can try these options down below:⬇️
Warm and cold milk recipes for your new bedtime routine…🛌
There are several recipes online, that people have come up with, to spice up a glass of milk before bed.
Click on any of the links down below⬇️, so that you can make some of these for yourself…
Click the image to get the recipe!
This recipe is called Mom’s Warm Milk, and is a very comforting drink to consume before bed.🔝
Nutmeg and milk make a great combination for sleep.
Click the image to get the recipe!
This is the famous golden milk, but it’s ingredients are especially made for sleeping.
Almonds, honey, turmeric, and ginger, make this drink super healthy and sleep inducing.
This is a lavender milk recipe, that will naturally calm you down and comfort your soul.
There is honey and half of a whole vanilla bean in this recipe.
You’ll need a cheesecloth and some culinary lavender for this one.
Click here for six more colorful milk recipes that can help you sleep better at night.
Check out this demonstration of how to make warm cinnamon milk🔝
Check out these warm milk recipes, that are great during the wintertime and can help you get cozy before bed.
 |
