Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine
“Every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two after midnight.” ~old adage 10pm-2am: This is the "magic window" where your sleep is at its deepest and most regenerative. After 2am, your sleep is more superficial. Modern science confirms traditional wisdom [1] - during this period, our liver is most active and efficient at detoxifying … Continue reading 10pm-2am: Your Body’s “Repair Window”
What are some basic habits/routines/disciplines you do to stay healthy? Recently a friend of mine surprised me with this question and I was eager to share as helping others heal and stay healthy is my passion. Whilst typing the (looong) reply, I figured I might as well turn it into a blogpost to benefit as … Continue reading 6 Basic Health Practices Anyone Can Do To Stay Healthy!
Found a new brand of Herbal Tea to add to this little Tea Corner of mine! Currently trying out new flavours to drink at night like these. Got this idea from the meal plans in The Wahls Protocol book where every dinner is accompanied by a different cup of herbal tea to detox and sleep better. … Continue reading Tea Shopping!
Excerpt from this morning's journal: Slept at 10pm, woke up to use the bathroom at 1130, 0100, 0200 and 0300. Couldn’t fall back asleep from 3am onwards. Tried saying the rosary then meditating but by 4am I gave up and picked up a book (Earthing - The most important health discovery ever?) to read. This pattern … Continue reading Sleep Hacking & Waking Up at 3am
Hours of sleep: 2.5 (0030-0300) Sleep quality: 9/10 HRV: 75 Reflection: Woke up at 3am again but this time I slept at 00:30am. Surprisingly, I was fully awake and refreshed, as if I'd slept a good 8 hours! Not sure what's happening but I did not take an afternoon siesta yesterday either. Maybe my sleep quality … Continue reading W6D3 – Aerobic + Strength Endurance
(Made some changes to the way I write training logs to include more data and better formatting for easier reference. Hope this is for the better!) Hours of sleep: 3.5 (23:00 ~ 02:30) HRV: 70 Reflection: For some reason I felt fully rested after waking up at 2:22 AM. I tried going back to sleep … Continue reading W5D7 – Active Rest
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