FIR Episode 8: Is blood sugar affecting your sleep and waking you up?

In this Free and Inspired radio episode, we will be looking at how to identify if your blood sugar is affecting your sleep and waking you up at night.

“Now, it’s fair to say I prescribe a few things in the clinic that raise my patients’ eyebrows. No more so than when I prescribe a herbal and nutritional formula for blood sugar levels to be taken in the morning to fix a problem centred around waking up at night.”

“Conversely, extending sleep and its quality positively affected your insulin’s effectiveness, reduced overall appetite, the desire for sweet and salty foods, and daily free sugar intake.” 

Yep, your blood sugar may be responsible for waking you up at night. And this type of waking up has a name – nocturnal dysglycemia. Basically it just says translates to sugar-based insomnia.

You’ll be surprised how much evidence there is around blood sugar imbalances, insulin and sleep quality. Philip explores all of these in detail.

Indulging in unhealthy food cravings caused by a lack of sleep then affects your sleep quality the next night, making the problem worse the next day and the next, compounding itself in the process.

Not only does Philip connect the dots between blood sugar and sleep.

He also outlines the differences between hypoglycemia and insulin resistance and how you can identify which might be affecting you.

We also look into the herbal solutions for each and how exercise and intermittent fasting can play an evidence-based role.

For example, a study using a ten-hour eating window and a fourteen-hour fast over eight weeks saw significant changes in fasting glucose levels.

All this and more on one of the biggest blind spots in sleep management.

Enjoy!