If so you form part of the 50% of Westerners who suffer from insomnia at some stage in their lives. Hot clammy conditions can obviously affect our sleep patterns, but we can take steps to achieve better, more reparative sleep:
Researchers have said that people who live the longest sleep for 5 to 6 hours a night, however people with the shortest lifespan sleep for less than five hours a night or more than ten hours per night.
Does drinking milk before bed help?
No – although milk contains an amino acid called Tryptophan which can help us sleep, it is suppressed by the other amino acids in milk
How about apple juice?
As it happens, yes if unsweetened and taken 30 minutes before bedtime
Do foods help?
Reishi Mushrooms are claimed to be an effective treatment for insomnia
And any Supplements?
Magnesium supplementation late evening improves sleep patterns. Higher levels of magnesium in specific brain sites promote sleep quality. Magnesium deficiency was found to delay sleep onset and contributed to age-related insomnia. Magnesium deficiency is also the leading cause of muscle cramps which commonly occur during night-time, further interrupting sleep patterns.
Foodstate Magnesium is much better absorbed, used and retained by the body than inorganic magnesium supplements.
