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Definition of Insomnia: The Inability to get enough sleep

Just tell me what to take for insomnia

This is a subject that is of interest  to many.  Getting enough sleep is essential to your health and well being. 

Can't Sleep?

Is it a problem for you to fall asleep? Do you have trouble staying asleep, and find you are waking up in the middle of the night?    On the following morning do you have fatigue?  Feel sleep deprived?  

Americans spend an astounding $14 billion per year trying to combat sleeplessness.   In fact, many sleep so poorly they feel exhausted during the day. And many say that poor sleep interferes with their daily activities.

Because of this, drug companies are constantly developing drugs for this ever-growing market. Even the effect of drugs that factually "knock you out," will not provide you with the benefits of a natural deep sleep that is necessary for health and vigor.

The fact that many people are even taking psychiatric drugs prescribed normally for anxiety to sleep seems to point out the problem.  The effect on a person, their body, with continued sleep deprivation can cause stress, anxiety and depression as well as a real physical malfunctions. 

Lack of sleep can cause all sorts of problems.

Sleep keeps your heart healthy.  Lack of sleep has been associated with worsening of blood pressure and cholesterol. 

Sleep reduces stress. You ability to deal with stress. When you have sleep problems and lack sleep the body goes into a state of stress.   This can increase blood pressure and product of stress hormones.  

Sleep reduces inflammation:  The increase in stress raises the level of inflammation in the body.  This causes more risk for heart-related problems, cancer and diabetes.  Inflammation is thought to be one of the causes of the deterioration of your body as you age. 

Sleep makes you more alert and gives you more energy.   It is good for your memory.

Sleep may help your lose weight.  Researchers have found that people who sleep less than seven hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese.  It is thought that the lack of sleep effects the balance of hormones in the body that affect appetite.  The hormones ghrelin and leptin, important for the regulation  of appetite, have been found to be disrupted by lack of sleep. 

Let's look at some of the factors that will cause you sleepless nights.

The Hormonal Factor

Sleep problems plague women more often than men, and women in mid-life more than younger women. There is no full accounting for the gender and age differences in sleep disturbances, but hormonal fluctuation is one strong factor. 

Although the relationship between female reproductive hormones and sleep patterns is little-explored and not well-researched, many women know  the strong connection between the two. Many women report lying awake for a night or two before their period begins, the time when progesterone levels drop off sharply. Progesterone is the body’s natural relaxation substance. As women approach mid-life and make the transition from perimenopause to menopause, sleep interruptions can increase. These sleep changes are often presumed to result from hot flashes at night, but that is only part of the picture. Years before a woman reaches menopause and her estrogen production dwindles, her progesterone levels begin declining. This change in the ratio between progesterone and estrogen may be implicated in sleeplessness during perimenopause and menopause. Progesterone is our relaxing, calming hormone, therefore it only makes sense that women deprived of it may experience sleep disturbances.

For more information on sleep and other disturbances during menstruation, go to P.M.S.


Diet and Lifestyle

While hormones seem to play a very important role, they cannot be held as the sole culprit of sleep disturbances. There can be literally hundreds of possible causes of insomnia. In some cases no precise cause of insomnia can be pinpointed. The first thing to do is to review your sleep habits and behavior to establish a pattern. The following is a list of changes that can be made to help you get a better night’s sleep.

Prepare your body for sleep by relaxing before bed.

1)  Read a good book. 
2)  Listen to quiet music. 
3)  Take a warm shower or bath.

Watch what you eat and drink.

1) Avoid caffeine in the evening, possibly even after 12:00pm. 
2) Avoid alcohol as it robs us of our deepest sleep. 
3) Try eating foods containing Tryptophan, i.e. warm milk, dark meat (turkey), cottage cheese. 
4)  Eat a high protein snack at bedtime to maintain your blood sugar level throughout the night.
5) Take a Sleep Aid. 

Foods that can help you sleep better 

RECOMMENDED: 

A Sleep Aid from WSN® to fall asleep and stay asleep for those who can't sleep.   It is called the Sleep Support Formula 

A Natural Solution to Sleeplessness

Sleeplessness is a condition that you can do something about without the need of additional drugs or medications.

Unfortunately, medications only treat the symptoms and usually do nothing to address the underlying causes.

The good news is that cutting-edge science and nutrition have come together to create a solution that operates at the cellular level to help you manage sleeplessness.

The WSN® Sleep Support Formula combines and uses three different nutritional approaches that will help your body maintain a regular sleep cycle.

Each of these safe non-habit forming ingredients have been shown to support a relaxed and calm state of mind.

Combined, they create a very effective way for you to experience a restful night's sleep that can be safely used as often as needed.

The WSN® Sleep Support Formula supplies the cells of your body with the nutrition needed that allows the muscles of your body to relax. As your body relaxes, this unique combination of ingredients further support your body and mind, making it easier to become calmer and quiet your mind, and drift off into a more relaxed sleep.

Not only are the ingredients not habit forming, but over a longer period of time, your use of the Sleep Support Formula will increase the nutritional effectiveness of the ingredients within the cells of your body, greatly improving your management of sleeplessness, often allowing for less and less of the supplements to be needed.

The extracts of Tart Cherry and Passion Flower, each in their own way, nutritionally support the body in attaining restful sleep.

We're so sure about the quality and effectiveness of the WSN® Sleep Support Formula, and that you will experience the results you want, that we offer a 90-day money-back guarantee. A bottle containing 60 tablets is now $33.70.

It has: 

Calcium/Magnesium - 

The body performs different functions at different times of the day. Many people suggest adding food supplements at varied times of the day to accommodate for the digestion and assimilation of these nutrients.

At night, many suggest taking calcium. This is because calcium is utilized at night, and also because calcium can help you get to sleep when taken at bed time. Remember the adage of a glass of milk before bed? Calcium absorption is the reason this makes sense. Magnesium is needed to work hand-in-hand with calcium. Many people take magnesium along with calcium, in the same supplements, at bedtime, although some suggest that magnesium is best absorbed in the day time. If the calcium supplement contains magnesium, taking both at the same time is appropriate.

Tart Cherry - 

Due to work schedules and stressful lives, getting a restful night sleep is a challenge for many. However, poor sleep and restless nights may be a thing of the past thanks to tart cherries.

Ongoing research suggests the tart cherry has a number of natural health benefits including reducing inflammation in the body and reducing pain due to gout and arthritis. In fact, no other fruit or vegetable has been found to date to have the natural anti-inflammatory properties of tart cherries. A reduction in these types of pain can certainly help with getting a good night's rest, however the cherry has a lot more to offer.

There is natural melatonin in tart cherry that is delivered in this food.   Melatonin decreases with age, and also because of stress, or due to jet lag, causing poor sleep and insomnia.

Passion Flower - 

Passion flower has a mild sedative effect that encourages sleep. This property has been well-substantiated in numerous studies on animals and humans. Nervous symptoms and cramps that inhibit sleep are alleviated by ingestion of the herb, and leading quickly to restful uninterrupted and deep sleep.

Vitamin D3 - 

Doctors and scientists are now touting calciferol, otherwise known as vitamin D3, as a natural way of getting consistent, quality sleep. 

Phosphorus & Potassium - work with the other minerals to enhance sleep. 

 

Learn more at WSN Sleep Support Formula

Ingredients

Clinical studies

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