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Hope
for the 60-million adults in the US that suffer with insomnia comes in the form of natural remedies – including a group of
stress-reducing supplements—a review paper published in the newest issue of the
“Holistic Nursing Practice” reports. The study author states that deficiencies
in certain vitamins and minerals can increase the effects of mental stress on
the brain, which can impact sleep.
This
review paper notes that downing a daily cocktail of three dietary supplements –
omega-3 fats, B-complex vitamins, and melatonin— are just as effective as many
drugs for treating stress-induced insomnia. The paper adds that these
supplements are also typically safer with fewer side effects when compared to prescription drugs.
Overcome Insomnia
Naturally - Rare Oil Treats Insomnia
Insomnia
is one of the most common health problems in the US, afflicting nearly 30
million adults. A new research study conducted by Green Clinic Research Center
scientists has discovered a new natural way to beat insomnia: lettuce seed oil.
In
this study of 60 adults with chronic insomnia, half were assigned to take lettuce
seed oil before bedtime while another took a placebo. The research team found
that the salad tree oil outperformed the placebo in terms of sleep duration and
reported sleep quality. Importantly, no side effects were reported. The
researchers note that lettuce seed oil may help induce sleep by promoting the
relaxation of the central nervous system.
Overcome Insomnia
Naturally - Risk of Falling and Prescription Medications
Everyone
with a television set has likely now seen the commercial with the fragile
senior citizen lying on the floor of her garden home, just out of reach of the
phone, needing help from a fall.
Those
little rescue buttons are a great asset and several of the older people I know
either have one or a parent still in the home does.
The
older we get, the more fragile our bodies can become. Sometimes it’s because of
a disease process that accompanies the senior years such as osteoporosis, or a
result of a lifetime of hard work in careers that are unforgiving to the body,
such as construction or other skilled labor trades.
Unfortunately,
another dynamic unfolds with the later years and can also be the result of a
disease process or injury, but could also be caused by the very medications
needed to alleviate symptoms of those complications in the first place:
increased risk of falling.
As
we age, our bodies simply don’t work as efficiently or recover as quickly as
they once did. The leading cause of injury and fatalities in people over the
age of 65 isn’t even cancer- it’s falling. Well over a quarter of a million
American seniors saw hip fractures alone in 2010. That doesn’t even factor in
head, arm, leg, and spine injuries.
Weakened
muscles after a stay in the hospital or damaged joints put seniors at elevated
risk of falling, and many times there are several other risk factors involved
in a person’s level of risk for a fall.
Some,
like the march of time, are factors we can’t control. To be sure, with healthy
living the march can be slowed significantly, but never stopped. This is the
natural order of things.
But
other risk factors, such as general mobility, have smaller sub-factors that
have some level of control, whether for ourselves or our adult children who
care for us. These include how accessible the living environment is, how clean
it is, and what kinds of assistive aids are available for use with mobility.
Power
chairs are a great modification of how people get around, and those cool grabby
arms that help a person pick something up off the floor to eliminate bending.
But
what about medications? Pharmacists advise that if you are taking more than
four prescription medications at a time, your risk of falling increases
significantly over peers who take less than 4.
The
biggest offenders are the medications that cause drowsiness or dizziness. These
side effects are very often printed on little yellow, orange, or blue stickers
on the prescription bottles, and also included in the information sheet that
comes with the medicine. Do you read your info sheets thoroughly?
Do
you know how many of your maintenance or acute illness medications carry such a
warning? You should. Knowing which medicines are the biggest risk-inducers can
be the difference in staying on your feet (or upright in a chair) or getting
dizzy and collapsing.
Medications for blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety
and depression are the most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals out there today
(as evidenced by the onslaught of relentless advertising), with erectile
dysfunction medicine rounding out the top five.
These
are also the medications that dominate the list of most likely to contribute to
falls in people who take them. The only other class of medication that also
shows up is for seizure disorders, but it isn’t as commonly prescribed.
There
is no doubt that some medications are necessary for keeping some conditions
from being fatal, but there is also no doubt that we, as a society,
over-medicate to a dangerous and deadly level.
The
littlest thing goes wrong and most Westernized healthcare consumers and
providers reach immediately for a pill. It’s the ‘quick fix.’ But it can come
at a great cost, especially when you are trying to quickly fix several
conditions all at the same time with a cocktail of fall-causing
pharmaceuticals.
The
best thing to do if you are taking multiple medications or any from the above
listed groups is to talk to your doctor openly and honestly about your wishes
for resolving health concerns naturally. Not everything always can be, but it
is always worth giving it a good try.
Sometimes
even just reducing the dosage of the offending medications will help to reduce
the risk. This would be solely up to the health care provider to determine as
far as if it is appropriate and safe. Your goals and concerns are what he or
she would use in determining appropriateness.
To
stay in this line of thought, I would offer one cautionary point. Your health
is your responsibility, and there is nothing wrong with wanting to get off
certain risky medications. There is, however, something wrong with taking that
decision into your own hands and not involving the doctor.
Because
don’t forget- going off a medication cold turkey ALSO can cause dizziness and
fainting, resulting in a fall. Let your doctor help guide your elimination of
the medicines you don’t want and together you can work as a team to get you to
the best possible health naturally.
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drug-free ways to reduce blood pressure or resolve insomnia or ED, check out my 100%
natural and easy to use programs today.
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Insomnia and Stop Snoring Program offers a revolutionary new approach to help
people stop snoring. Snoring is not only disruptive to our partners, but it
poses health risks as well, especially for those folks who suffer from sleep
apnea.
Christian Goodman,
the creator of the program, has discovered that a selection of specific
exercises can actually correct the issues that lead to excessive snoring, and
help snorers and their bed mates get a better night’s sleep.
The program will
allow you to shake your pesky and unhealthy snoring habit using only easy to
perform natural exercises. No drugs, surgery, funky contraptions to sleep with,
hypnosis or any other invasive techniques. If you can spend 7 minutes per day
performing these exercises you can say goodbye to snoring for good.
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