We now know that your immune system is intimately involved with the sleep process, handling a great deal of the communication and housecleaning activities that are totally different than the idea of fighting a bug. Your lymph system is a key part of your immune system and its function during sleep is explained above in the section Unclog Lymph System for...

Too much Substance P in your nerves will also interfere with sleep, making you feel wired or anxious, similar to how a Hypocretin problem feels (explained in the previous section). However, Substance P is not involved with pleasure urges or reward behavior. It is part of a natural system that processes pain and inflammation.Hypocretin problems are...

Disturbances in your sleep pattern, either not being able to get to sleep or not being able to stay asleep, are a key sign that stress friction is affecting your nerves. Poor sleep results in poor recovery leading to a reduced energy level and more fatigue the next day. This means even less energy to deal with stress. This nasty de-energizing catch 22 can...

You must get an adequate amount of sleep in order to lose weight. Sleep is prime fat burning time. If you don't get enough you throw leptin out of balance, are tired the next day, and want to eat more to try to get your energy going. This invariably leads to overeating and weight gain.Individuals with sleep deficiency or insomnia may also have concurrent...

Many people with fibromyalgia are physically exhausted yet go to bed and stare at the ceiling. In general, the more hours in the day your energy runs better the easier it will be for you to go to sleep. Your nerves will not go to sleep easily when there is too much trash in your body and you have built up too much Substance P in your nerves as the day has...

Sleep is the most important time for your immune system to do its job. Each night, as you sleep, your immune system orchestrates the housecleaning and repair activities vital to optimal health and physical well being.* Nutrients that assist your immune system to perform its nightly chores and nutrients that help you get to sleep or stay asleep are...

A new study shows that individuals who sleep on average less than 6 hours per night have a five fold increased risk for developing abnormally high blood sugar, knocking on the type II diabetes door.

If you are short on sleep and are trying to lose weight it may cut your results by 55%, as demonstrated by a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

When teachers watch grades plummet they invariably know something stressful is going on in that student's life. That is because the inflammation resulting from the problems is disturbing sleep – and a good night's sleep is now turning out to be the key to memory and learning.

Do you have iron deficiency and not know it? Fatigue, weakness, and cold intolerance are common symptoms of low iron. A depletion of iron stores indicates a functional deficiency, which can cause a variety of health problems.

A new study shows that widely used sleep medications triple the risk for mortality. The data comes from the National Population Health Survey in Canada. The study involved 14,117 people aged 18 to 102 years, with data collected every second year from 1994 to 2007. It found that even one dose of anti-anxiety or sedative medication in the previous month...

New research with 240 eighteen-year-olds found that as sleep duration went down the consumption of fat and the habit of snacking increased. These changes are enough to shift healthy metabolic function onto a path of weight gain. If someone is already overweight then the shorter sleep time is simply going to further aggravate the problem.

The role of ATP in sleep regulation

Effects of Oral Supplementation with Pyrroloquinoline Quinoneon Stress, Fatigue, and Sleep

Supplementation of polyunsaturated fatty acids, magnesium and zinc in children seeking medical advice for attention-deficit/hyperactivity problems - an observational cohort study.

Evening chronotype is associated with changes in eating behavior, more sleep apnea, and increased stress hormones in short sleeping obese individuals.

Ghrelin in mental health, sleep, memory.

Acute sleep deprivation in healthy young men: Impact on population diversity and function of circulating neutrophils.