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    Teenagers Sleeping Habits

    published Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 at 3:30 pm by

    Life was so much easier before the advent of all the electronic aids and entertainment venues that are available for today’s teenagers. Sleeping following the days exertions naturally and no doubt on some occasions, thankfully! Today that has changed forever with the arrival of mobile phones, facebook, twitter the list goes on.

    Sleep deprivation is very real and may be the cause of inhibiting physical and mental health. Teenagers sleeping habits if not ingrained in them as young children can cause no end of problems, as they grow older. Sleep in puberty is extremely important, teenagers need good sleeping habits established by this time in their life. Sleep gives the brain the ability to renew and regenerate itself, we know this to be true when getting up in the morning feeling great from a good nights sleep or feeling exhausted from a bad night.

    Sleeping problems cannot be isolated but must be considered as part of the whole life style balance and routine. Young people live life to the full using up as many hours in a day as they can physically do during the week. Staying up late most nights during the week just to have the weekend “sleep ins’, sleeping until the late morning
    early afternoon. This causes problems in sleeping normally, and becomes harder to remedy as the weeks go by.

    The obvious lack of exercise sitting in front of a television screen or a computer a teenager does not  encourage sleeping anymore than eating the wrong foods, particularly the junk foods. Teenager’s ability to graze on any number of processed foods manufactured today is well-documented causing weight to increase and before long insomnia. It is accepted that for some people the early morning is their prime time for activity and problem solving, while others reach their physical and mental capacities later in the day. This is often reflected in sleeping patterns, these patterns are formed from birth and alert parents will soon work out which side of the coin their child is likely to favor. This means the child can be encouraged to work within their body’s needs.

    However today’s world demands that everyone work within society’s requirements and not those of an individual, this can affect each person as needs are different. Trying to tell a teenager to go to bed is a waste of time, they have to understand and be encouraged to take personal responsibility for their own health and well-being. Compromising on social activity, may give parameters to work with and provide much needed rest, while keeping them popular in their perceived social group?

    Encourage regular meals of healthy food, exercise and a balance of social activities and your teenagers will thank you for loving them, then again you may be the worst parents in the world in their opinion, but at least you will have tried!

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    Exercising for Insomnia

    published Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 at 10:02 am by

    Reasons for taking up exercise are varied and many,for some losing weight, for others improving insomnia and other mental health issues. Coming terms with the loss of my husband got me out of the house and into regular exercise. Essentially, I found exercise a help in improving my general health along with mental health. When your overall health improves, every other aspect of your life improves as well.

    For some, their doctor usually suggests exercise, and unless exercise becomes part of their life, health problems will impinge on themselves, their family and lifestyles. Overweight, obesity, or just fat what ever you call it causes the main illnesses of heart problems and diabetes. Combining an unhealthy diet without exercise is asking for trouble, leading to mental and physical downsides. The health authorities have unquestionable proof that exercise is indeed a necessary inclusion in a healthy life.

    Recommending exercise for obesity has to become today’s buzzword in a world of increasingly fat people. Do you need to lose weight? What would motivate you? Are you getting married? Are you always tired and grumpy? Exercise is not just about losing weight it is about improving your general out look on life. Even if you are not overweight, exercising every day will lift you out of depressive moods and avoid the feeling of sadness that is hard to live with both personally and socially.

    For those of us who are getting older it offers a chance to ease back into a routine that will increase circulation, and muscle tone of an aging body. Exercise contributes to bone density and assists in protection of the brain from the dementia diseases.
    The obvious motivation to keep exercising as we age is the easy option. When joints start creaking and being painful gentle exercise like swimming is a real benefit that lasts beyond the pool.

    Regardless of our ages, insomnia affects everyone to varying degrees. Some will call it a bad night’s sleep, others will have an ongoing problem sleeping that leads to chronic insomnia. As you exercise regularly, the ongoing benefits do become obvious, as you will find along with other improvements to your life style. Sleeping becomes more achievable and more restful, leading to a better outlook on life. Your family comes into focus and you stop dwelling on yourself and start thinking of others. This in turn will reflect on your family and set an example for your children to follow in the coming years. This in turn will reflect on your family and set an example for your children to follow in the coming years. A family that plays and exercise together will have a strong family unit that will survive as others fail.

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    Insomnia from Lifestyles

    published Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 9:43 am by

    I speak from experience when I say I know how devastating the lack of sleep or insomnia can be. Functioning normally becomes a real trial and increases the existing stress from the initial lack of sleep. It is a real catch twenty-two situation, one that something like
    1 in 4 people worldwide suffer from, and yes, we all at some time resort to sleeping pills. The unfortunate side effect of these is addiction and an inability to sleep with out taking the pills. Sometimes they can be unavoidable in order to get some relief, but stop at just one or a half tablet when you feel you are stretched to the limit.

    It pays to look closely at your lifestyle, and the relationships that are part of your life. What you eat, how you live, work and how you react to other individuals on a daily basis. The foods you consume are the first place to start in order to optimize the chance of a good nights sleep. The four substances that are at the top of the list as a deterrent of sleep are alcohol, caffeine, sugar and nicotine. Other foods that affect your sleeping patterns include proteins like cheese and red meat. Cheese contains amino acids that interfere with the serotonin production in the body.

    An avid coffee drinker, I have cut back from ten cups a day to three and then avoiding it after 3pm , as it takes between three and five hours to leave your system. Therefore, in the run up to your bedtime it makes sense to avoid coffee. Caffeine is also found in tea, chocolates and some cold remedies available from the chemist. Look at the ingredients of the processed foods and medications for more accurate information.

    Today sugar is quoted as getting kids hyperactive, whether there is truth in that I do not know but certainly, sugar in any quantity before bedtime is not inducive to a good nights sleep. Smoking cigarettes or products with nicotine in them are also not recommended.
    Alcohol needs to be taken in moderation as it can be a relaxant in itself but the effects wear off. Consumption in the evening prior to bed may have you dropping off at bed time ,but waking after three or four hours and then to find going back to sleep easier said than done.

    Some people do have allergies or intolerances to some foods and it is wise to investigate food that may be a problem. Other issues that affect your sleep may include eating a big meal before you go to bed. Sleeping positions are not the best to ensure a normal digestion process. You are likely to end up with flatulence, heartburn and indigestion all of which hinder sleeping, added to which the discomfort itself is unpleasant. Start changing some of these habits and see if your sleeping patterns change. Insomnia can be beaten if you can find the key as to why it affects you.

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    Grow Soothing Chamomile for your Stress

    published Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 7:50 pm by

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    I have discovered a new respect for the old remedies and healing ways of past generations. Those of who never knew the advantages of the health providers, the modern world enjoys today. Even in some of the poorer parts of the world, traditional medicine is practiced still, using herbs and garden plants. One of those plants that achieved its own niche in the daily health of our forebears is chamomile. This little herbs history goes back to the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the early Anglo Saxons. They considered it as useful in lowering fevers, and for its calming effects.

    Perhaps growing some would enable you to overcome your insomnia. Firstly it would get you out in the garden and exercising ,all that fresh air can work wonders for an overactive brain. Doing something in order to help yourself has positive spin offs for the mind as well. You have an opportunity to create new and pleasnat thoughts ,benefits of which can be very real as you lay in bed at night before dropping asleep.
    Growing chamomile is easy. The plant likes growing in the full sun in a light free draining soil.
    Growing it in pots or containers requires a similar soil mix. If you wish to propagate, your plants to either sell or like most gardeners, give them away. You can grow them either from seed, cuttings or division. The small beige colored seeds are sown in spring. The existing plants can be divided in springtime. Take cuttings from some of the side shoots over the summer months. Plants that are growing in pots, like most plants, need to be raised off the ground to stop the potting mix from becoming waterlogged.

    There are many varieties of chamomile but the most commonly used ones are, Flore-pleno, Treneague, Matricaria recutia(German) or the Chamaemelum nobile (Roman).The low growing form of Flore-pleno has double flowers, while Treneague is used for lawns. Neither of these forms produces the flowers that are used for chamomile tea. Give plants, both in the garden and pots a liquid fertilizer drink every six weeks or so. Chamomile is a hardy plant and not too fussy about the temperatures it grows in. When chamomile is grown as a lawn or in pathway, the herb gives off a perfume similar to that of an apple.

    When picking for use as an herb the leaves can be picked at any time of the day, while the flowers are picked when they are fully open and preferably in the morning after any dew has gone. Using the Nobile or the recutita make them into teas by infusion. Achieve this by pouring boiling water over the flowers and leaving them to soak for at least half an hour. This can be used for as a relaxant or sedative for both adults and children.

    Drying the plant, both flowers and leaves allows you to use in pot pourri or in sachets for placing in clothing drawers, or bedding. Chamomile tea is readily available from supermarkets, health shops and pharmacies if you just want the easy way out! Try using the (squeezed) teabags for resting on closed eyelids for some eye relief. While generally an easy plant to use, be aware that if over used, it may cause dizziness or vomiting. Some people may also get dermatitis from touching the plant as well.

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    Does Stress Affect your Ability to Sleep

    published Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 2:57 pm by

    Are we aware of how stress affects our lives and our sleeping habits? I suspect not. We become used to the daily life that has a headache or two, arthritis problems or other pains. We assume these are caused by what ever we like to assign them to. Therefore, we may eat more, or take up other habits like smoking and drinking .There are variations to this as people may do different compensatory things.

    As this becomes a daily routine, we accept these symptoms as just part of our lives. You may or may not notice your sexual life deteriorating, the tiredness and lack of concentration just more hurdles to be over come. It could be that depression and the feelings of lack of self-esteem become part of your psyche.

    The amazing human body will get through each day enabling an individual to get through a day. However, the daily physical annoyance of all these complaints makes you become tense. How often have you sat down and you notice your neck feels tight, it will be tensed muscles.
    Your muscles body wide right down to gritting your teeth, if you take the time to notice, will all be tense or tight. The upsurge in the massage business is a good indicator of the fact that many people suffer like wise. The inability to sleep or insomnia is part of the side effects of all these tensed up muscles.

    The massage business is based on releasing the stress on muscles or causing relaxation for the muscles. Friends and relatives will have been telling you to relax and stop jumping down their throats! How to relax is a very personal choice and can be achieved from counting sheep for some people, but for others it will require a good look at themselves and their lifestyles.

    Taking time to exercise every day is a good de-stressor and a mental lift for many sufferers. Daily exercising promotes the positive mental attitude required by the body in order to alleviate the stress of the day, while providing the ability to sleep better. We are all aware of the effects of a good nights sleep. Combined with exercise and good nights sleep is enough to get person through their day with much less stress. This regime allows one to lose weight as well, so of course it starts a circle of wellness that maintained can only improve your life.

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