Healthy Sleep Tips & Information

Lack of adequate healthy sleep is a problem for many people, and that is growing each day and causing all kinds of health and other problems. Healthy sleep tips are also in short supply because there is a lot of confused information on how to get good healthy sleep. I visited with a psychologist sometime ago about an issue that I was bothering me. After listenting to me, he asked me a few questions including how much sleep I was getting each night. In his review of my case, he informed me that about 50-75% of the issue I was dealing with will go away if I found a way to get better sleep. So, I decided to test his theory and to my surprise the better my sleep, the less of a problem I was experiencing with the issue - anxiety.

God himself rested after he had toiled to create the masterpiece we call earth and all the things in it, including you and I - Genesis 2:2. How is this for a healthy sleep tip? He made sleep a part of you so your internal systems can have a chance to slow down and recharge for the demands of the next day. When you don't get enough sleep, about 6-8 hours daily, you feel sluggish because your systems are not recharged. If you allow this to continue, at some point, your systems will become inefficient in their work and begin to do poor work in some of their ther assignments to protect you. Along the way, they begin to breakdown, and causing you health problems of one kind or the other. Divine health and healing requires divine health sleep.

CONSIDER THESE SLEEP FACTS:

  • Did you know that you can be sleepy and not know it? And about 50% of Americans have problems with sleeplessness of one degree or another?

  • Did you know athat about 24,000 (twenty four thousand) people in America die each year from sleep related accidents on the road?

  • Here are great healthy sleep tips. Did you know that most lack of sleep is caused by an overactive brain which continues to fire its engine even when you would rather it get some rest? When your brain is racing, the chemical that is responsible for sleep – melatonin cannot be released to calm your body down so you can have healthy sleep. So the key is to find a way to calm your brain down. Try some of the following and see which one works for you:
    RELAXATION - Try relaxation exercise 30 minutes before bedtime.This will slow down your systems including your brain systems.

    TRY OATMEAL - They raise your blood sugar levels by causing the production of insulin which induces sleep. They also contain melatonin which is known to have a relaxing effect on the body.

    AMONDS - have the elements tryptophan and magnesium both of which serve to reduce muscle and nerve action and steady your heart rhythm. This action produces a calming effect for your body so you can sleep.

    HONEY - a little bit of honey helps your brain shut off the chemical that triggers alertness – orexin, and this helps you to fall asleep. So, maybe its not honey time when you need to be alert.

    CHERRIES - The best way to get a good night's sleep is to increase your melatonin intake, recommends experts. Cherries, along with nuts and oats, are a natural source of melatonin and, when eaten regularly, can help regulate your sleep cycle.

    HERBAL TEAS - Tea has tons of snooze-promoting properties but not all of them. Top ones to lull you to sleep include chamomile, passionflower, hops, and lemon balm.

    DARK CHOCOLATE - Don't worry — you can eat chocolate day and night (whew!). Although milk chocolate is a stimulant, dark chocolate contains serotonin, which works to tell your body and mind its time to relax. Not to mention the other health benefits dark chocolate has, too. Can you say mmmm!

    BANANAS - The magnesium and potassium in bananas serve as muscle and nerve relaxants. Experts say that the vitamin B6 found in banana also converts tryptophan into serotonin, increasing chances of relaxation even more.

    TURKEY - The battle of the turkey is still being fought today. Some experts say it has no effect on sleep, and the annual Thanksgiving food coma is caused by the amount of food you eat, not the bird itself. But experts agree that turkey does have tryptophan in it, which gets metabolized into serotonin and melatonin, two of the main chemicals responsible for your dozing off.

    Great healthy sleep tips you should use often
    Because it has already been worked out for you, your health and healing help is assured in the things in nature, such as natural foods. Like everything else that you need to have in life, you need only just reach out and get it. It won't come to you. -
    Author, DHH-Ways.com

    • image placeholder Up The Healing Chain

    Meditating for health and healing Meditation 4 Healing

    Traditional Chinese healing Native Chinese Cure

    Ayurveda Native Medicine Ayurveda Native Cure

    Western Herbal medicineWestern Herbals

    Herbal TeaHerbal Tea World