Comments on: Study Finds Frequent Sleep Disruption Increases Risk of Kidney, Heart Disease

By: Sleep More to Forget Less | Mark's Daily Apple

Sleep More to Forget Less | Mark's Daily Apple — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:44:00 +0000

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Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:59:45 +0000

[...] Frequent Sleep Disruption Increases Risk of Kidney, Heart Disease [...]

By: James Sakkis

James Sakkis — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:13:19 +0000

Thanks for all the tips.

By: Migraineur

Migraineur — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:43:55 +0000

James – I have the same problem as you. I try hard to limit the amount of fluid I drink after 7 pm, but it’s hard because my husband works late, and we seldom finish dinner before 8:30.

I read somewhere that alpha-lipoic acid (touted by a lot of low-carb gurus) can actually cause sleeplessness. I cut way back on the ALA, and started taking it in the morning instead of evening, and that helped a lot. Of course, if you’re not taking ALA, this tip won’t help you.

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Healthy Dose Link Time | Medicine, Cancer, Health Blog — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:47:08 +0000

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By: Mike OD - IF Life

Mike OD - IF Life — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:02:00 +0000

ZMA helps some people sleep…may be the Magnesium. I wouldn’t suggest taking melatonin…as that will just mess up your own ability to make it. Lack of sleep with just mess with everything including cognative ability, cellular repair and other recovery/detoxification mechanisms. Sleep it key to health, living longer, muscle growth and fat loss.

Scott has a review of “Light Out” worth checking out.
http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2006/11/22/book-review-lights-out-sleep-sugar-and-survival/

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:20:11 +0000

James> Some people claim omega-3 can help (Dr Seth Roberts of Shangri-La diet fame is one and he also claims that standing up more during the day helps (?!) ). Some like melatonin although for me it helped me get to sleep easier but not sleep sounder.

-Josh

By: James Sakkis

James Sakkis — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:15:15 +0000

What are some good remedies to staying asleep??? I don’t usually have a problem getting to sleep, but I do usually wake up any where from 3-7 times a night to use the bathroom. Any good herbal remedies, dietary suggestions, anything that will help me stay down once I’m asleep??

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:23:59 +0000

Since I got back into serious weight training I’ve been watching how much and the quality of my sleep like a hawk. Giving up caffeine altogether was probably the best thing I did. I never had a problem getting to sleep on my 8 Diet Cokes a day but I would wake up every 2 or 3 hours but I didn’t think too much of it. After stopping I only wake up to go to the bathroom — damn that gallon of water I am committed to drinking daily.

Saturday we slept until 930 (2 hours late) and Sunday 1030 (3 hours!). Last night I got to sleep around 1130 easily but woke up 5 or 6 times. I was pretty angry about it actually and it probably made getting back to sleep that much more difficult. My workout today did not suffer surprisingly but I suppose it takes a while for the effects of sleep interruptions to build up.

My tips would be cut caffeine, protein/fat only 3 hours before bed, and use ear plugs. And I’ll take your advice and try setting an alarm this weekend coming up (for 830).
Thanks,
-Josh

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:05:00 +0000

I’ve been reading a lot lately about the importance of sleep, and I know I’m on the short end of the stick in that department. I find that if I try to go to sleep before 11pm, I tend to have a restless night. I went to bed at 10pm last night and I had a lousy night. I usually sleep to 7am on weekends and I feel great; however, I have to be up by 6 on work days.

I spent several years working rotating shift work in the Air Force. We would work four swings, followed by four mids, and then four days. Even then I was reading articles on how it takes the body five days to adjust to a change in shift. I hope the effects weren’t lasting!