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Hardwiring for happiness Have you come across the work of Dr Rick Hanson yet? I often point patients to him who I think would do well with a programme to change a stressful mindset or negative way of thinking. He does great programmes but I also really like his simple Just One Thing blog posts, …
Lowering lipids causing more dementia? WDDTY did a recent piece about the importance of high-enough lipids to protect the brain - are statins behind the increase in dementia? I wouldn't be at all surprised. A reader recently sent me this fascinating case study/article about using B1 and B2 for mitochondrial CFS. A good reminder (thank …
Check this quote of the week out... Clinically, one of the most common causes of poor sleep we see is a blood sugar imbalance.On one end of the spectrum, we have people battling chronically high blood sugar, which causes inflammation, insulin resistance, and declining brain health, all of which degrade sleep. A fasting blood sugar …
Useful research for you today on two interventions that specifically helped patients with anxiety levels and poor sleep. As a perimenopausal woman, I am coming to know insomnia pretty well unfortunately - it's very common in times of hormone change! Happily, I've decided it gives me extra thinking and writing time so I'm not letting …
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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 …
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 …
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
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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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 …
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 …