Often night sweats in men is caused by andropause, and andropause often has its origins in a hormonal imbalance.
While it is most commonly associated with decreased testosterone, other hormones also tend to be imbalanced.
Thankfully, with just a few dietary adjustments and a simple little routine before bed, you might effectively mediate the hormone problems preventing you from sleeping well.
Healthy Foods For Your Testosterone Levels Oats and an extract made from oats (Avena sativa extract) have long been considered a natural aphrodisiac.
Studies show that oats contain avenocosides, compounds proven to increase testosterone production.
Your body requires a healthy amount of good fats to produce and maintain your testosterone levels.
Try obtaining healthy fats from unsalted nuts.
You want the omega 3 fatty acids nuts like walnuts and almonds provide, but you don't want them salted because excess sodium has been shown to suppress libido and may also suppress healthy testosterone production.
Try drizzling some honey over your salads and fruits.
Honey provides both Vitamin B, which helps adrenal glands remain healthy and continue producing testosterone, and boron, which helps maintain testosterone levels in your blood.
Finally, eat plenty of bananas and avocados as they are high in folate, potassium and vitamin B6, all nutrients that help increase testosterone production.
There are many unhealthy foods that are bad for your testosterone, but let's address the biggest bad guy on the block: sugar.
This includes both obvious high sugar foods and drinks as well as foods made with simple carbs like white bread and white pasta.
Your body basically just breaks these simple carbs down into sugars.
Many studies show that eating any significant amount of sugar almost immediately reduces the testosterone in your blood stream.
Set Your Sleep Hormones Right With Supplements Many cases of night sweats in men are a result of some kind of hormonal imbalance or wild hormone fluctuations.
To help compensate for this hormonal irregularity, I recommend a combination of foods and supplements that help your body manufacture and convert the right hormones for peaceful sleep.
Our target hormones will be melatonin, tryptophan and serotonin.
Start with a banana and tablespoon full of a natural peanut butter.
These foods provide tryptophan without giving you too much food before you go to bed.
Eat these at least an hour before you hope to fall sleep.
With these foods, consume an iced chamomile and sage tea and take two supplements: a vitamin B complex and a vitamin c supplement.
The vitamin B complex will help relax you.
In addition, the vitamin B complex and the vitamin C together will help your body convert some of the tryptophan from the banana and peanut butter into serotonin.
Lastly, take a low dosage melatonin supplement with the last of your tea after you finish your banana and peanut butter.
All together, this will provide the right balance of testosterone, tryptophan, serotonin and melatonin to help your body be hormonally ready for a good, deep sleep.