Posts Tagged ‘trouble sleeping at night’
How to get better sleep
Sleep Hygiene – Best Practices
Experts recommend these to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to start a new day.
- Go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning. Set and maintain a sleep schedule. Try to stick to it even on weekends and when life gets crazy. Failure to do so can lead to insomnia. “Sleeping in†on the weekends will make it harder to wake up on Monday morning because it resets your sleep cycle.
- Avoid drinking alcohol close to bedtime. While it may initially sedate you, alcohol keeps your brain in light sleep – you have trouble getting to the deep sleep and REM sleep phases and your sleep is less efficient. Arousals due to alcohol can cause sweating, headaches and intense dreaming.
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Can’t Lose Weight? Get Some Sleep
This article is from the WebMD Feature Archive
Can’t Shed Those Pounds?
To lose weight seems to be the number one resolution each new year. However, nearly 90% of these resolutions meet with either little or no success. Some people even gain weight instead. Most people never know there may be a very simple reason why: They don’t sleep well.
Studies published in TheJournal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet suggest that sleep loss may increase hunger and affect the body’s metabolism, which may make it more difficult to maintain or lose weight.
Try Magnesium for Trouble Sleeping at Night
The Magnesium Miracle
According to Dr. Carolyn Dean M.D., N.D., author of The Magnesium Miracle, Magnesium is one of the least known but one of the most essential minerals
we should be using in maintaining excellent health. After sifting through thousands of scientific studies she has come up with a list where magnesium is of therapeutic value in treating a myriad of symptoms.
Such as: Anxiety, panic attacks, asthma, depression, diabetes, fatigue, heart disease, hypertension, insomnia, tooth decay. The list is endless.