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Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:Vitamin D for Sleep?Dr. Michael J. Breus./ Jan 22, 2010 / Huffington PostOnce again I love it when a mystery is revealed, or at least partially explained.I was reading a case study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and it helped confirm a hypothesis I have had for a while about the importance of vitamins to your sleep.Look at the busy B's: Did you know that vitamin B can help regulate the use of tryptophan?
- B3: has been shown to increase REM sleep, help with depression in some cases and a decrease in nighttime awakenings.
- B6: is essential in the production of serotonin, the "calming" hormone that helps calm the body before falling asleep.
- Folic Acid: Deficiency in folic acid deficient can be found in those with insomnia.
- Important Minerals: Calcium and Magnesium, taken in a 2:1 ratio, can be helpful for sleep.
- Calcium: is a natural relaxant which has a calming effect on the nervous system. 500 mg daily can be helpful (soda can actually strip away calcium).
- Magnesium: is a mineral that appears to help assist chronic sleep problems as well. It should be taken 250 mg daily with 500 mg of calcium.
But a recent case study has shown that for a patient with severe sleepiness and a vitamin D deficiency, a vitamain D supplementation improved daytime sleepiness dramatically:
The patient was a 28-year-old female. She was suffering for about four months with excessive sleepiness. Her symptoms started slowly and continued to progress. She kept a standard bedtime between 10 and 11 pm, and she reported falling asleep within minutes. She would wake at 7:30 a.m. and reported that she did not think that she was sleeping poorly. She would get her kids ready for school and then be back in bed by eight am until noon. She would then nap from four pm to seven pm. She reported about 14 hours of sleep per day.
Her sleep study showed no signs of sleep apnea or other sleep disorder. During her clinic visit she showed no signs of narcolepsy, depression or anxiety. Her next day nap study was unremarkable. She reported muscle fatigue and pain, as well as headaches, her lab work showed a thyroid in the low, but normal range and she had low levels of vitamin D.
She was started on a vitamin D supplementation at 50,000 units once per week (IV) and within two weeks she started to see a decrease in her sleepiness and fatigue.
Vitamin D is actually considered a fat soluble hormone that can be received in foods (dietary sources and fish) or is self-manufactured by the skin after exposure to UVB light. A vitamin D deficiency has been noticed as a global issue and recently found in underserved populations, patients in northern latitudes, people with darker skin tones, the elderly, obese and pregnant or lactating women. Also very common in areas with a high degree of sunshine (this seems counterintuitive, but think about all that sunblock!). Recent studies have linked vitamin D deficiency to metabolic syndrome, muscle pain and even type 2 diabetes.
So why do we think it helped her sleepiness? It is really hard to say, but I have seen this in some of my patients. It could be linked to a decrease in sleep disturbing pain. Or vitamin D may be something that will help decrease a person's drive for sleep. Only more research in this exciting new area can tell us.
Check with your doctor about vitamin supplementation. We all work hard, and eating right isn't always easy. And even when we do, we may not get what we need from the food we eat. Our bodies actually make vitamin D, but we have to get enough sunlight to make that happen effectively.
Have you started taking vitamin D and noticed an increase in your daytime energy? What about vitamin B? Share your stories -- would love to hear your experiences with keeping healthy and getting better sleep.
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- Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck - Fox News. Glenn Beck is anti-gay rights.
- Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
- Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well? Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
- Boycott Arizona the home of "hater" - U.S. Senator John McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial profiling and increases hatred towards minorities. A remedy: Demand Republicans to support Immigration Reform (The Dream Act). Further, Senator McCain voted against ending DADT and Blocked Immigration reform!
- Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians.
- End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.
- Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of LGBT workforce.
- Boycott Salvation Army as they will not hire Gays! "DO NOT DONATE TO THEM."
And Now, Our War of the Fittest!
This group is called "Peckers Pics." The English - slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues. In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!" Whereas, you should select the guy that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit!" Warning: This may stoke you!Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.
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31Scott Brown - Red Meat: Vanity Fair's Official 2010-11 Republican Beefcake CalendarJanuary: Senator Scott Brown (MA).
Hometown: Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Star sign: Virgo.
Marital status: Married!
Turn-ons: Reading Cosmopolitan, which awarded Brown its "America's Sexiest Man" distinction in 1982.
Turn-offs: Political dynasties; strong jawlines; preppy Catholics.In December 2008, a widely disseminated photograph of President-Elect Barack Obama emerging from the Hawaii surf in a bathing suit aroused convulsions of enthusiasm across the land. Even the New York Post joined in, catcalling, "Fit for Office … Buff Bam Is Hawaii Hunk!" But a mere two years later--two economically desolate, war-torn, jobless years later--the national sentiment toward Obama has wilted, with open-mouthed adoration giving way to libido-crushing frustration. Far, far sexier than the president and his drooping poll numbers are the crusading challengers of the Republican Party, whose tea-swilling followers are fogging up the windows of the 2010 midterm elections. If Obama's a shipwreck, the 13 bare-chested men of Red Meat: Vanity Fair's Official 2010-11 Republican Beefcake Calendar are total dreamboats. Ahoy!
Marco Rubio - Red Meat: Vanity Fair's Official 2010-11 Republican Beefcake CalendarNovember: Marco Rubio, Florida senatorial hopeful.
Hometown: Miami, Florida.
Star sign: Gemini.
Marital status: Taken!
Turn-ons: Cheerleaders (his wife is a former member of the Miami Dolphins squad); neologisms (in his book 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future, he invoked the imaginary word "idearaisers").
Turn-offs: Lazy Florida voters--Rubio boldly.
January 24, 2011 / The Oxford PressOXFORD, Ohio --- Police here have charged a Kentucky man with the April assault of a gay Miami University student outside an Uptown bar.Police arrested 20-year-old Grant Rose of Alexandria, Ky. Jan. 13 for assault, a first-degree misdemeanor, after being identified in a photo lineup.
Rose is accused of assaulting Benjamin Collings, who was attending a charity event at the Stadium Bar Uptown when he and Rose got into a verbal confrontation in the restroom.
Rose allegedly made derogatory remarks toward Collings, according to police. The confrontation turned physical outside the bar, when Rose allegedly struck Collings and caused serious facial injuries, according to police.
At the time, Collings told the Oxford Press he suffered a fractured cheek bone, a broken nose and two black eyes in the assault.
The assault led to 300 Miami students and staff and Oxford area residents to hold a rally on campus.
The crowd marched through the campus with flags and signs demanding "no more hate on my campus."
"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
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