Get your fruit & veg
Results from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey showed that ‘reference sleepers’, who got between seven and eight hours of sleep per night, ate more fruit and vegetables and had higher levels of beta-carotene, lycopene and vitamin C in their blood than either ‘short’ or ‘long’ sleepers. Fruit and vegetables that are especially good for these nutrients include mangoes, papaya, apricots, tomatoes, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi and red, yellow and green peppers.