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As paradoxical as it sounds, you need a well energised body to have a very good sleep. Or, to put it another way, your cells need to be well fed in order to stay relaxed. As a recovered insomniac, I can remember being advised to avoid any temptation to catch some sleep during the day or evening in order to get a better sleep at night, suggesting that if I was exhausted enough, I would sleep. Well, as

For nearly half a century, we have been told that eating salt is bad for us. This, after salt has been used throughout history – longer than 50 years - to savour (flavour?) our meals and preserve foods (my own mother-in-law still remembers food for the family being stored in salt barrels).  Did you know that the word “salary” comes from Roman soldiers being paid, at least in part, in salt, such was its importance, particularly for

There can be such a strong temptation to view insomnia purely as a symptom of psychological distress – I know, I have been there! And whilst, yes, of course, sleepless nights can be the result of worry, I don’t believe that is the case with the vast majority of insomniacs who have difficulty getting a good kip night after night. This post is really a word of warning. Viewing insomnia solely through the prism of life’s worries and

Someone reminded me recently that the first three letters in the word, ‘diet’ is, ‘DIE’. Well, given the link between sleep deprivation and death and the fact that some diets spell the beginning of sleepless nights, this is not that for from the truth. Insomnia is becoming an ever-increasing nocturnal nightmare and whilst its cause is certainly multi-factorial, fad diets are, from my own past experience and from what I see very frequently in my clinic, becoming