Sleep Helper™ Articles:
Stress, Subordination, and Cravings
Research on female monkeys shows that those in a subservient role and under chronic stress ate significantly more food resulting in weight gain, compared to the female monkeys in the dominating role. New research on humans does show that women with poor stress management skills will keep eating after they are full simply to make negative emotional feelings go away.Read More: comfort foods, Sleep Helper™, stress eating, Stress Helper®
Coordination, Thyroid, and Obesity
Early impairment of nerve-related function is a clear risk for developing later-life obesity, so concludes new research published in the British Journal of Medicine.Read More: clumsiness, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, Daily Protein Plus™, Daily Protein™, Leptin Control Pack®, Leptinal®, LeptiSlim®, Sleep Helper™, Stress Helper®
How Stress Causes a Fatty Liver
New research has for the first time pinpointed the precise mechanism explaining how excess cortisol results in a fatty liver.Read More: cortisol, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, fatty liver, Pantethine, PhosphatidylSerine PS, Sleep Helper™, Stress Helper®, Super B Complex
Lack of Sleep, Stress, Adrenals, and Obesity
A new study points out that the lack of sleep, all by itself, is enough to inappropriately raise cortisol later in the day. As I explained last week, too much cortisol turns off fat burning gene switches in your liver, leading to obesity risk.Read More: cortisol, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™, lack of sleep, Sleep Helper™, Stress Helper®
Theanine – A Nutrient for Relaxation
Theanine is the active component of green tea responsible not only for its taste but also for its relaxing effects. Brain cells are known to generate electrical pulses from their cell surfaces called brain waves. It was demonstrated in humans that 40 minutes after taking theanine (50 mg to 200 mg) relaxing alpha waves were generated in various brain regions, an effect that may last up to 12 hours.Read More: focus, relaxation, Sleep Helper™, theanine
Mom’s Mood Influences Baby’s Sleep
We have known for a long time that children born to parents who don’t sleep well are likely to have sleep problems. A new study is shedding more light on this issue, indicating that the fetal programming that takes places while in the womb may have a profound effect on a baby’s sleep pattern.Read More: fetal programming, infants, Melatonin, mother's mood, Pycnogenols, Sleep Helper™
Sleep Problems Cause Inflammation and Early Death
While everyone knows that a lack of sleep does not feel good, the extent of the damage if sleep problems persist is far greater than previously understood.Read More: cardiovascular disease, Melatonin, mortality, NF-kappaB, Sleep Helper™, sleep problems
Teen Sleep Problems Lead to Depression & Drug Abuse
Sleep problems in children and teens have reached a crisis level in America. New science shows that these issues are setting the table for obesity, depression, drug abuse, and future cardiovascular disease. Specific biological pathways have now been defined that explain how sleep problems may lead directly to substance abuse.Read More: drug use, hypocretin, Melatonin, Sleep Helper™, teenagers
GABA Levels 30% Lower in Those with Sleep Issues
A new study looked into the GABA levels in those having trouble sleeping and found they were 30 % below normal, a level that also contributes to an anxious feeling and poor mood.Read More: GABA, Melatonin, Sleep Helper™, Taurine
Pregnancy Cautions: Caffeine, Stress, & Depression
While a child is developing in the womb major imprints are made on the developing nervous system that may affect brain health, growth, obesity, and future cardiovascular risk. If children are to maximize their genetic potential then good parenting during pregnancy is a must.Read More: caffeine, Melatonin, Sleep Helper™, Stress Helper®
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