Given here is a list of eleven natural sleep aids. This list is not decisive - but it'll give you a good start to know what is available and they have all been PROVEN to be useful with sleep and a variety of sleep disorders.
No, its NOT your average list of sleep aids - look again and identify why. This list cuts through the half truths in the industry.
1. A forty minute walk, at least 4 mornings a week, preferably in the sun exposing your skin. Number one for a reason, just do it.
2. Healthy eating. Watch the food additives, colorings and chemicals which are in your diet. E.g. It might be that you suffer from insomnia several days after having takeaway Chinese meals with MSG in them, or that you're intolerant to the bread preservative calcium propionate (282). There are over 50 food additives and chemicals related to a wide variety of sleep problems including restless sleep, depression (waking too early in the morning), aggravated anxiety and panic, strange dreams, night terrors, bed wetting, the incorrect diagnosis of sleep apnea, breathing problems, sleep walking and sleep talking, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (too active to sleep), etc. Visit my website to discover exactly where to access this information in more detail.
3. Reduce your intake of salicylates and amines in food. These are naturally occurring food components which are found in HEALTHY foods, such as sultanas, strawberries, slow cooked tomato based stews, citrus fruits also vitamin supplements that have citrus bioflavanoids.
4. Look up your prescription drug name in Google to see if insomnia, depression, anxiety, restlessness, difficulty sleeping are side effects listed on internet sites. Some prescription medications are causing issues with sleep patterns. If you're taking a combination of medications, ask your doctor how each of them is behaving in combination - this question is tough for even the doctors to answer.
5. Do not eat too much sugary food, particularly before going to bed. When your blood sugar levels fall it causes many people to wake up. Instead, have a small piece of protein before bed, if you are hungry e.g. a boiled egg.
6. Get off the drugs, alcohol and stimulants! Duh!
7. Keep aside at least one hour each day to do something pleasant that isn't taxing. Relaxing isn't watching violent and weird TV shows, and it's not playing electronic games and definitely not violent electronic games. (Your subconscious mind does not know the difference between reality and imagination - this stuff is "bending your brain" more than you realize, and gives you more to assimilate and process whilst you are asleep.)
8. Have a definite end to your day, every day - where you stop working and unwind.
9. If you work on the computer a lot, turn it off completely or move away from the melatonin inhibiting blue ray screen many hours before you go to bed.
10. Hydrate. If you're dehydrated you do not sleep properly
11. Sleep cool rather than hot. Overheating in bed reduces your rapid eye movement sleep. Throw out your doona/duvet and sleep under something cooler made of natural fibers (cotton, wool, alpaca, etc).
This list will be continued soon, its by no means decisive. We know that it does not contain a list of packaged over the counter sleep aids - let's get the basics down first! If you implement the list above you may not need to buy any sleep aids at all.
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