Connecting Poor Diet to Poor Sleep and Everything Else In Between This makes sense, as Matthew Walker sleep expert, author, and professor at UC Berkley says, ‘the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life’. It was almost as if this deterioration had catapulted me into a rapid aging process. Nine medications and 75 pounds later, I would also be able to add obesity to my list. I was eating healthy salads, but I had no clue that my bones were breaking down.īy the time I reached age 39, I could now add osteopenia, depression, sleep deprivation and menopause to my list of infirmities.
Looking back, I find it hard to believe that I had two relatively healthy children, but then, they received most of the nutrients that were being ingested and I was left with zero. “Let’s Get Physical” was the song that sent everyone running to the clubs to get fit and trim, but my lack of essential nutrients caused extreme damage to my ribs. This was brought about by a rigorous exercise routine at the gym, in the name of getting healthy. This was solved by the plethora of quick meals that provided little to no vitamins or minerals, and of course, my sleep habits continued to decline.Īt age 27, I was diagnosed with costochondritis. College brought about new challenges when it came time to eat.
#I ll sleep when i am dead skin#
I managed to make it through high school unscathed except for mononucleosis and skin irritations that could be traced back to a poor diet. Young Adulthood: Bone Demineralization and Costochondritis I found out much later that the tonsils are an important part of our immune system. This is a barbaric answer to solving a health issue, just remove the organ. Eventually, to combat the allergies, they removed my tonsils. I was left battered and bruised and they did not even work. Allergy shots were the recommendation for all of my environmental conflicts. My mother did her best by encouraging me, providing what she considered to be a balanced diet, general health, and sleep basics, but over time, my body developed poorly, and I suffered miserable allergies to everything. I was a mess – (spoken with a thick southern accent.) I looked like a raccoon with dark circles under my eyes. From inadequate nutrition to underdeveloped and overcrowded dental health which then led to poor physical health. Price Foundation would have had a field day reviewing my overall health relationships. I was labeled skinny, unattractive, and sickly. As a result of my poor eating habits, allergies, buck teeth, breathing problems, and fitful sleep were my constant companions. I was never well as child or young adult. It originated from the fast-food industry, had no nutritional value whatsoever, and laid a poor foundation for what I believe was my general unwellness. The food I consumed came from what is considered a SAD diet (Standard American diet). I remember picking through my food with my fork to dig a hole, hoping somehow the food would fall into the hole and disappear, or wishing the dog was inside so that I could hand off my vegetables to him. All I could eat on our weekly trip to McDonald’s was half of a regular size hamburger with no condiments. I did not have an appetite due to the postnasal drip running down the back of my throat like a sieve. Nowadays, I probably would have been considered anorexic. Early Childhood: Skinny, Unattractive, and SicklyĪs a child, I was very thin and clumsy. Although I am not yet recovered, I am much better than I was. This too, I largely resolved with diet, supplements, and alternative therapies, as conventional medicine seemed to make me worse and all that was offered were drugs and/or surgery. Unfortunately, the improvements were short-lived because my thyroid became overactive with onset of Graves’ disease. When I cleaned up my diet, sleep improved. I did not learn until I was 44 years old that my poor food choices were not only affecting my health but my capacity to sleep. I lived on these types of foods for decades as my health declined. It was anything but healthy and it left us feeling empty, with grumbling stomachs and an unsteady blood sugar level.
#I ll sleep when i am dead mac#
My journey into discovering what it means to be well began over 60 years ago, when Coca Cola’s popularity burst on the scene back in the late 60’s early 70’s, when a McDonald’s big Mac could be purchased for 49 cents, and Wonder Bread’s claim to fame was “Helps build strong bodies 12 ways.” Instead of eating a nutritious lunch, we were snookered into believing that bologna, whose first name was Oscar and was sandwiched between two slices of white bread, a Tab soda, and a bag of Charles chips was considered a healthy meal.
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