Sometimes, restlessness prevents a child from relaxing enough to fall asleep. On these occasions, a warm cup of chamomile tea is one old- fashioned remedy for restlessness that many parents swear by Taken with out sweeteners, a small, soothing cup or even just a few sips of chamomile tea can help both parent and child […]
Forget what you might have heard in the past about naps. For those who respond well to naps (and who learn the ropes to perfecting this art), naps can provide a wealth of rewards that go beyond just you feel better and able to tackle the rest of your day.
Naps have been shown scientifically to […]
The twenty-minute power nap has been talked about for years, but napping doesn’t have to be so confined. You can gain a lot of benefits from as little as five minutes, and as much as two or more hours (but, please, no more than three). As mentioned earlier, if you can achieve full cycle of […]
There’s no denying that today’s drug of choice is caffeine. It’s most widely used psycho stimulant in the world. And in standard practice, about 85% of Americans use caffeine regularly may help bolster wakefulness in the morning or to stay alert throughout the day. There is no nutritional need for caffeine in the diet, Moderate […]
If you wake up after seven to eight hours of sleep and still feel unrefreshed, your problem may not be about quantity but rather quality. The quality of sleep is as vitally important to our health and well-being as is the quantity. Why? Our sleep has a complex pattern, or architecture, those cycles through five […]
I get asked all the time if a woman or a man needs more sleep. This a hard question to answer because the research just isn’t there yet. Beyond what the scientific reports tell me, what I see in actual people in and day out from a clinical perspective however, says a lot. I know […]
1. Choose a set wake-up time. Wake up at exactly the same time every day, no matter how much sleep you got the night before.
2. Choose a bedtime. Choose the earliest possible bedtime that enables you to get the sleep you need. However, too much time in bed will lead to lighter, more interrupted sleep, […]
Perfect Night’s Sleep: write down what and when you eat and drink in your sleep diary for a week, and see if there are any correlations between your diets and sleep patterns. You can then start by eliminating potential trouble-makers. You’ll probably find, like one sleepless friend, that however much you like them late-night pizzas […]
In addition to those discussed above, the following herbs are well-known soporifics. Herbal sleep preparations are often sold as blended formulations. I agree with sleep scientists that, generally, lovely though they are, these rarely do the job, especially for serious insomnia. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try them, particularly if your insomnia is recent, temporary, […]
Changing your diet to maximize sleep-promoting nutrition clears away the crud and lays the foundation for better sleep. But it is not a cure. First, nutrients don’t work in isolation, but synergistically. As far as sleep is concerned, two obvious examples are the relationship between magnesium and calcium, and that between tryptophan and carbohydrate. The […]
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