Sleep, Sleep ….Beautiful Sleep!

Sleep, Sleep …Beautiful Sleep!

I almost admire people who put their heads down and just sleep! It is vital for good health but with most of us bordering older ages, menopause and/or stressed out of our minds, this is the one area where we fail ourselves miserably, un-intentionally, but we just do!

If you don’t sleep enough, you will die. This happens literally in a condition known as ‘fatal familial insomnia’, where increasing insomnia leads to death, usually in less than a year. Sleeping too little has serious negative health effects, some of which include:

• Increased risk of heart disease
• Increase in inflammation
• Reduced performance of general tasks
• Development of diabetes or pre-diabetes
• Premature aging

Making sleep a priority should be first on our list and, I have found, should not be avoided at first signs that all is not well. Not everybody needs exactly 8 hours a day but your body will teach you what it needs and this is a simple rule of thumb that you must try and find and stick to. Children that are not moulded with good sleeping patterns at a young age are the ones who usually have the most problems later in life! The reasons simple: Lack of regular bedtime and regular waking times are not being managed soonest. If children are having sleeping difficulties, create a bedtime routine that starts about an hour before they try to fall asleep. Some advice for young and old:

Have a bath or a hot shower to relax yourself.

• Bath in dim light; use candles to light your bathroom and bedroom.
• Add a tablespoon of Epsom Salts to your bath water; magnesium to the rescue.
• Don’t exercise too late.
• A banana and glass of milk have been known to do miracles before bedtime although eating before bedtime is not advised.
• No Electronic Devices.
• Watching TV will also damage sleep patterns, especially late at night. And of course what you watch matters!
• Dim the lights! The dimmer the light before you go to bed the better you will sleep.
• Keep your room cool; the warmer the room, the harder it will be to sleep through the night
• Doing a little exercise every day helps.
• Avoid at all costs, sleeping pills. They are very damaging to your health.
• Lavender, Camomile drops or vapour drops on bedding might help. There are those available to children as well.
• Read a little before bedtime.
• Soft music might help.
• Spend time in Spiritual mode to bring healthy brain rhythms into place before bedtime.
• No drinking before bedtime.

There are some old wives tales but at the end of the day, SLEEP! It is crucial for Immune functioning. And we are NOTHING without  healthy functioning Immune System. Visit our website www.imsyser.co.za for the Imsyser Immune System Stabiliser Tablets for the most natural essential amino acid support to promote healthy immune functions and to assist in promoting good, healthy sleep.