Getting the right kind and right amount of sleep can be essential to both our day-to-day function and our longer-term health, but getting a good snooze in is rarely as simple as going to bed eight hours before you need to wake up.
In fact, the source of your sleeping issues could be in what you eat and when you decide to eat it. With the myriad number of modern fad diets you can follow, whether it's cutting carbs or intermittent fasting, you could be knocking yourself off your sleep schedule.
If you toss and turn at night, struggle to nod off, or find yourself napping during the day, you may well have a disturbed sleep pattern. Though it can be difficult to identify what underlying issues are causing, nutrition expert and registered dietitian Reema Patel from Dietitian Fit & Co. has laid down for the Mirror how to eat your way to a better night's sleep.
