Nutrition Breakthroughs

According to the scientific journal “Sleep”, poor sleep quality can be a common problem among middle-aged and older adults. Studies on natural insomnia remedies offer some good tips.

Sleep medications stay in the bloodstream and give a hangover effect the next day and beyond. They impair memory, reduce performance on the job and at home, and contribute to machine and car accidents.

Because good sleep is so vital to health, scientists continue to pursue the trail of finding things that enhance its quality and quantity.

Nutrition-smart consumers should know the correct way to balance calcium and magnesium when taking supplements, and be aware that the two act together as a synergistic team.

Women in the pre-menopause and menopause years are more and more finding themselves experiencing symptoms of chronic insomnia, hot flashes, night sweats, migraine headaches, anxiety, fatigue and depression.

A high percentage of women in the premenopause and postmenopause years experience hot flashes and night sweats. Up to 80% of women regularly experience this sudden, intense, hot, perspiring feeling in their face and upper body.

With the National Sleep Foundation reporting that 25% of the U.S. population uses sleeping drugs, an increasing number of people these days are looking for natural sleep remedies.

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a form of insomnia characterized by an overwhelming urge to move the legs when they are at rest, especially during sleep. Recent research has found that people with RLS are deficient in the mineral magnesium.

The type of foods we eat in the evening can have a pronounced effect on the quality of our sleep. One of the keys to a restful night's sleep is to calm and relax the brain, rather than stimulating it.

A recent Gallup Poll survey reported that magnesium consumption decreases as we age, with 79% of adults 55 and over reportedly eating below the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of magnesium