How to Get More Sleep
Three out of four women sleep less than 7 hours per day (actually 6 hours and 41 minutes on average). Inadequate sleep can cause all of the following:
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-Chronic Fatigue
-Chronic Muscle Aching
-Irritability
When I have a patient who isn't improving in their energy it is almost always because of inadequate sleep.
The best sleep inducer is an hour a day of exercise. I mean real exercise! Walking is not real exercise. It is helpful to start there, but one needs to do aerobic type exercise like jogging, running, swimming, or biking. Weight lifting twice a week is also a must.
In regard to supplements the following are very helpful:
Melatonin
CLM enzyme
This is what I take.
If the above doesn't work then usually the person's circadian rhythm is off. We then do a Timmin's Hormone Profile which will check cortisol levels throughout the day. In people with inadequate sleep the cortisol levels are very high at night and low in the morning (the opposite should occur). The treatment for this is varied but can include morning cortisol, adrenal enzyme, and adrenal forte. Changes in diet are often in order.
For the person with chronic inadequate sleep, poor health is inevitable. The best approach is to try simple measures such as above and if these don't work, get a comprehensive natural medicine evaluation
NEWS:
Heart Disease Among Women
More Deadly Than Cancer
The World Health Organization recently issued a worldwide study that says heart disease and strokes kill twice as many a women a year as do all cancer combined.
Dr. Hauser Comment: Heart Disease kills women and men. It is easily prevented also. Please get it checked out. Have a natural medicine doctor do platelet aggregation study, homocysteine, cholesterol profile, hormone analysis, h. pylori test, and food allergy profile. Get a heart check of America test to see if you have calcium in your coronary arteries. Consider taking supplements:
Vitamin E
Cardiac Support
Garlic
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Lipitropic
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How often should I have a Mammogram?
Ross Hauser, M.D.
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Instead of asking how often to have a test, you should be asking what you can do to prevent breast disease in the first place. The government and scientific agencies will continue to argue about how often various screening tests should be done, but what they won’t do is educate the public on how sweets, candy, ice cream, pastas, breads, and other carbohydrates can harm them and cause their cancers.
How can I prevent breast cancer? We suggest the following:
Eat lots of colored vegetables – they contain important anti-oxidizing and free radical destroying properties. In the United States, potatoes in the form of french fries and potato chips account for one-third of the population’s vegetable consumption! So eat lots of vegetables, but exclude potatoes!
Eat a high protein diet – chicken, fish and meat
Cut out sweets
Cut out grains
Add soy to your diet
Stop wearing a bra – wear one as little as possible, or try to wear a bra without underwire and with less restriction (like a loose-fitting sports bra or tank tops and t-shirts with built in shelf bras!).
Do monthly self breast exams
Have your blood tested for cancer physiology (tumor markers)
Establish a relationship with a natural medicine doctor, and discuss with him or her other ways to prevent breast cancer and stay healthy, and how often to have breast screening tests (MRI, mammogram, etc.)
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