Monday 3 December 2012

Drink This & Sleep Like a Baby .

         
 
 


That hot cup of milk your grandmother gave you before bed may have been a powerful sleep medicine after all.

While a staggering 30 percent of Americans suffer from chronic insomnia (1), few realize that chronic insomnia can increase the risk of most degenerative diseases (2).
Experts link rising stress levels and elevated cortisol (a hormone released in response to stress) to the rapidly increasing number of cases of insomnia. The problem is compounded when the lack of sleep causes more stress, which again raises cortisol levels, which further disturbs sleep patterns.
Researchers have found that when bioactive peptides in milk are taken before bed, the improvements in sleep are remarkable (3-5):
•    Promotes deeper sleep (3)
•    Supports more restorative sleep (3)
•    Induces relaxation at the level needed for sleep (4)
•    Supports anxiety that disturbs sleep (4)
•    Improves numerous stress markers (5)

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