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Natural
Cure for Sleeplessness
We have 24 hours a day, of which 12 hours form the
day-light and the other 12 hours form the night. It is expected that after the
long and tedious day’s works, you should have adequate rest. The most effective
way of achieving this is through sleep at night. At sleep, the body is renewed,
revamped and rejuvenated. It is nature’s way of reinforcement in order to
remain active and usefully productive. Any attempt to boycott this process will
tell badly on the body’s functions, productivity, durability and integrity. But
unfortunately, there are persons who have the problem of inability to fall
asleep, despite all personal efforts to help the situation. This unfavourable
condition is medically or psychologically referred to as INSOMNIA.

There is a natural tendency for man to sleep off
once it is dark. However, medical conditions, psychological disorders, hormonal
imbalance, nutritional contents of food and the body’s metabolic states can
alter this routine. When it becomes chronic, then it is called insomnia; otherwise,
lack of proper sleep for one or two days may not call for serious attention.
Whatever the case is, whether acute or chronic sleeplessness, it can be
corrected through some natural means. I will reveal to you in this article, the
things you can do by yourself to be able to sleep when you want, without a need
to take sleeping – pills.
It has been confirmed that the human body can
be conditioned or trained to respond to situations or the environment in a certain
definite way. That includes, teaching your body to sleep only, when exposed to
certain atmospheres, through consistent practice.
Some of the easy lifestyle and nutritional
practices that will knock out insomnia and give you healthy sleep time are as
follows:
1. Try to go to bed by the same time daily. Choose a favourable time and
make sure you complete all you have to do before the set time. It is called the
‘sleep-wake cycle.’ Once it is time, leave everything else, no matter how
important and go to bed. Do this daily for some days or weeks as the case may
be, until your body is influenced.
2. Bedroom use definition. Ensure that your bedroom is exclusively for ONLY
SLEEP and love making (for those who are married). Avoid the temptation to eat
or watch the television in your bedroom.
3. Avoid the intake of caffeine or caffeine containing substances, in the
late afternoon or evenings. This is because of its stimulating effects on the central nervous
system (CNS). As a stimulant, it is also true that it raises the metabolic rate
of the body system in general. All these put together will alter your sleep
time, or make you stay awake much longer than you desire.
4. Regular exercise but not later than 6 pm is encouraged. Much exercise in the day will
naturally stimulate the sleep centre of the brain during the night; as a way of
auto-regulating the work capacity of your muscles. Having noted that, during
the night especially bedtime, the brain should be shut off from all energy
exerting activities like reading, or even brain stimulating dealings like
watching of the television.
5. Cut down on your alcohol intake. If possible, avoid it completely, apart from other
well known health hazards of alcohol, it also disrupts sleep.
6. Leg exercises just
before bedtime will divert more blood flow to your legs instead of the brain.
This action can boost falling asleep as well.
7. Sex just before bedtime will favour your falling asleep. Studies show that, sex hormones
or chemicals release during sexual activities promote sleep.
8. Darkness supports sleep more than light does. Thus, an hour two before
bedtime, dim the lights in the bed room. A report suggests that, by so doing,
the natural melatonin in the body would be increased.
9. Control of sounds in the bedroom. Turn off the TV, and do everything possible to
minimise noise to the barest minimum if it cannot be totally stamped out.
10. Food like ‘lean turkey’ is high
in tryptophan; halibut, almonds, cashew and spinach are high in Magnesium;
while others like nuts, legumes and leafy green vegetables are high in vitamin
B complex. Consumption of such healthy foods before bedtime will favour sleep.
Sleep is good for your
health. Pay all the necessary sacrifices and display all possible discipline towards
achieving a considerable sleep time. The points already enumerated will sure
work for you. Good luck!
Well, I must state that too much of every thing is bad. Therefore, sleeping for more than 8hours may help you body or health but does not help you career, dreams and aspirations, jobs, education, finances and businesses. Discipline is necessary to ensure you do not sleep too much. Too much sleep only amounts to lazy. Lazy people will end up in poverty.
Eat well, sleep well and live healthy.