Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Anxiety Insomnia: Get Healthy Sleep

Do you suffer from anxiety insomnia? This is a very common form of insomnia, and it's often treatable just by a couple of changes in your lifestyle.

Eat better: add milk and bananas to your diet
Milk contains calcium, which is essential for your body, and for healthy sleep. The bananas make the milk's calcium more easily available to your body. Bananas also relax you.

Exercise more: get rid of stress hormones
Stress hormones like adrenaline are bad for your body. Over time, they can do immense damage to your heart. Therefore, it's essential to flush these hormones from your body with exercise. Try going for a walk before you leave for work, and during your lunch hour. Your body will thank you.

Improving your nutrition, and exercise sound too simple to cure something like anxiety insomnia. However, these two simple changes will ensure that you fall asleep, and stay asleep, waking refreshed and happy each day.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Sleep Disorders: Insomnia Help

Do you have insomnia? You're not alone. Ten per cent of the population suffer from insomnia, which can be brought on by many reasons. Stress for example, is a common cause.

There are many ways to manage insomnia. 

Here are some tactics to try:

* Get more exercise. When you're under stress, you need to exercise to burn off the stress hormones, otherwise they'll keep you awake. Aim for at lease half an hour of exercise daily, while the insomnia lasts;

* Herbal remedies, such as herbal teas, and essential oils. Pure lavender oil is widely available. Try a massage with four drops of lavender oil diluted in a tablespoon of vegetable oil just before bed.

Drinking chamomile tea throughout the day in preference to tea and coffee can also help.

Here are other insomnia solutions