Re: Re: Hypnosis/sleep

[Guest guest]

Tim: is this for real? This link you list is a sublink of this astrology

site: http://home.earthlink.net/~astrology/. While " Anita " lists a number

of known substances like melatonin to help sleep, she also says such strange

things as " Keep a piece of cheese wrapped in saran wrap under the other

pillow. (If there¹s no one sleeping on it.). Every time you wake, take a

bite, chew well, then rinse your mouth with the sleepytime tea mix, rinse

several times, drink some more tea just to go down again. " .

Now I'm not saying there is or is not something to astrology, but perhaps

pointing to a site that's a bit more scientific and to a person with better

credentials would be more convincing.

on 10/11/2002 6:12 AM, Tim Tyler at tt2333@... wrote:

>

> http://home.earthlink.net/~astrology/curing_insomnia.htm

> lists a large number of other things that some people find

> beneficial.

[Guest guest]

Perhaps there was some merit to old advice of drinking a glass of warm milk? I usually snack on a few oz of kefir as a late night snack but never thought about it as a sleep aid.

JR

-----Original Message-----From: Tim Tyler [mailto:tt2333@...]Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [ ] Re: Hypnosis/sleep--- Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...> wrote:> Tim: is this for real? This link you list is a sublink of > this astrology site: http://home.earthlink.net/~astrology/. > While "Anita" lists a number of known substances like melatonin> to help sleep, she also says such strange things as> "Keep a piece of cheese wrapped in saran wrap under the other> pillow. (If there¹s no one sleeping on it.). Every time you> wake, take a bite, chew well, then rinse your mouth with the> sleepytime tea mix, rinse several times, drink some more tea> just to go down again.".That is not particularly strange advice - in my opinion.High carbohydrate smacks before sleeping keep the blood sugar up - and tryptophan, protein and calcium all seem widely recommendedfor insomnia.``The best bedtime snack is one that has both complex carbohydrates and protein, and perhaps some calcium. Calcium helps the brain use the tryptophan to manufacture melatonin. This explains why dairy products, which contain both tryptophan and calcium, are one of the top sleep-inducing foods.''- http://askdrsears.com/html/4/T042400.aspCheese scores quite well on these fronts. I gather some peopledon't get on with some cheeses in this application because of the high Tyrosine content of some cheeses, though - cottage cheese is reported to provide the benefits without the downsides, being both high in tryphophan and low in Tyrosine.The advice about rinsing your mouth out seems designed to reducethe probability that complex carbohydrates will remain on yourteeth - and contribute to tooth decay and gum disease while you sleep.I can't vouch for other pages by the same author - since I only looked at that one.