I must have been giving this advice now for about 20+ years. If you can't sleep: balance your blood sugar properly and it will help in the vast majority of cases. I do this myself. I have PCOS which messes about with insulin levels. I have a protein and carb snack before bed - mostly …
Morning Anxiety?
There's nothing worse than waking up in the early hours or even at your normal time feeling like your heart is racing and your mind won't shut up. I swear as I go into menopause time, my sleep is disrupted more by anxiety now than ever before. That's quite common. But then I've also had …
Acupressure for Insomnia
This popped into my inbox today about insomnia so I thought I would share it as I know a few of you suffer with it. Made me sleepy watching him yawn! https://youtu.be/K1w5h0GGPpE
Drug Alternatives For #Anxiety and #Insomnia
Really useful article from Food For The Brain in my messages recently on the natural alternatives to drug therapy for anxiety and sleep problems. An excellent run-down I thought. I've included the references for you too in case they are useful. Anxious about tranquillisers? There are alternatives One in twelve people in Britain suffer from …
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Top Ten Tips For Insomnia
Someone asked me about this today so I thought I would share some of my top tips for helping you sleep. What is Insomnia? Not being able to sleep at night drives you mad, makes you very tired, snappy and fed up. Sleep is crucial to us as it is the time when the body …
Cherry Juice For Insomnia
A recent pilot study at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester and the V.A. Center of Canandaigua in the US has found that drinking ‘tart’ cherry juice may help insomnia. Researchers gave their subjects 8 oz of tart cherry juice every night and morning for 14 days, then took them off it for a further …