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What you eat directly impacts how you sleep. Science-based and easy to
understand, Eat Better, Sleep Better includes 75 recipes that
incorporate sleep-supporting ingredients that work with the body’s
rhythms and hormones to unlock quality rest—and the health benefits
that come with it.
More than half of all Americans have difficulty falling or staying
asleep. Drawing on the science that has made her the go-to expert on
the connection between food and sleep, Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge pairs
her comprehensive strategies for getting a good night’s sleep with Kat
Craddock’s 75 recipes. Developed with ingredients that trigger the
body’s dietary melatonin and serotonin, these recipes align with a
Mediterranean diet and trigger a healthy circadian cycle, so you feel
energetic during the day and ready for sleep at night. Eat Better,
Sleep Better is for anyone who wants food to be the medicine for
getting quality sleep. Here, too, is a 28-day meal plan that takes the
guess work out of what to eat when so you can start eating—and
sleeping—better than ever.
The recipes, are easy to prepare, satisfying, and delicious. They
include the following:
-Easy Breakfasts: In-a-Hurry Egg-and-Cheese with Salsa Roja, Make-Ahead
Morning Muffins, Overnight Oats with Ginger, Compote, and Walnuts
-Salads and Soups: Chilled Out Soba Salad with Edamame and
Sesame-Ginger Vinaigrette, Creamy Lemon-Turkey Soup with Barley and Mint
-Side Dishes and Meatless Mains: Soy-Braised Butternut Squash with Miso
Butter and Black Sesame, Mushroom “Carbonara” with Broccoli Rabe and
Parmesan, Focaccia with Beefsteak Tomatoes and Olives
-Low-stress Evening Meals: Portuguese-Style Tomato Rice with Mussels
and Scallops, Grilled Chicken Cutlets with Midsummer Mostarda,
Pan-Seared Halibut with Barley-Artichoke Risotto
-Sweets for Sleep: Sesame Shortbread Cookies, Easy Stonefruit Sorbet,
Chamomile-Ginger Panna Cotta
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