When Is A Sleep Coach the Solution For Insomnia?

When do you know if a sleep coach is the solution for your insomnia? Let’s begin by defining insomnia. Insomnia can be characterized by the inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or both. Insomnia is poor quality and very unsatisfying sleep. It’s duration can be short lived or transient, meaning that it lasts for a few days or even up to a month or it can go on for years – then it’s classified as chronic. Your nights can be overwhelmed with one or more countless wake-up events. Often you get up in the morning totally restless and groggy feeling like you’ve not slept at all. Daytime is often challenging, particularly mid-day, when you feel an immense energy drain. You may feel like you to need to lie down, if even for 15 minutes. You may be subsisting on coffee, colas and caffeine-laced beverages to help you stay awake. Little do you know that these caffeine beverages often have half-lives that can affect and stimulate your system for up to 20 hours after their consumption, thereby causing night-time wakefulness. And then the process begins all over again.Sleep and your sleep routine is a habit, just like many other routines in our lives. The NSF (National Sleep Foundation), says there are at least 50 – 70% of you who have insomnia. This epidemic of insomnia is witnessed by the number of sleep-aides found on a pharmacy shelves. These aides may work for a while, but then they become less effective to put you asleep, or keep you asleep. Wouldn’t it be nice just to do this ‘sleep thing’ on your own – without trying? Babies don’t try to go to sleep – they just fall asleep naturally. Something happened along the way from being babies to being adults. We developed unhealthy sleep habits.How best to begin addressing your sleep habits? Look to your daytime and nighttime routines. We are creatures of habit and even though you may not believe it, you developed your sleep habits and you can change them. You can replace those less-than-restful habits with positive ones. Sometimes other influences affect your sleep, as an example, physical pain can wake you up, your partner’s snoring, caring for a sick family member, room temperature too hot or too cold, but if none of these seem to be causing your insomnia, there is a better than 50% chance that it is coming from unresolved tension and stress. Just imagine…eliminating your stress and eliminating your mind chatter! That may seem like a fairly unattainable goal, but when you reduce or eliminate some of the stress and tension in your life your rewards are bountiful…among them, a good night’s sleep! Don’t you feel that sometimes you’d just like to discuss your sleep challenges with someone who has had first-hand experience and similar problems to those you are facing? If you think you’ve tried everything ‘out there’ to help change your sleep routine and habits and nothing seems to be very effective, perhaps it really is time to consider working with a personal sleep coach. Typically coaching programs can be done over the phone, by email, or in-person or a combination of all three – whichever suits your needs and lifestyle.If you are constantly challenged by:· Sleepless night· Tossing %26 turning· Clock-watching· Morning or mid-day low-energy grogginess· Dependency on sleep medication or a caffeine boost· Endless mind chatterAnd if you could actually:· Toss the expensive sleeping pills· Wake up to the energy of excellence· Learn an energy healing process that would help you to resolve sleep issues and would also be a tool you could use for the rest of your life ~ whenever you are feeling stuck.Then an interactive, personalized sleep coaching program may be your answer.

An adequate supply of macro nutrients and micronutrients are required for survival, growth, and development, and for the maintenance of health and well-being throughout life. Regarding skeletal muscle growth, the accretion of protein (primarily contractile) represents one of the primary goals that a select group of athletes (e.g., bodybuilders, powerlifters, Olympic-style weightlifters) aspire towards. Rates of protein accretion (and loss) are a function of the balance between protein synthesis and degradation. An increase in skeletal muscle mass can occur via an increase in synthesis, a decrease in degradation, or a combination of the two. Note that each process is mechanistically distinct. That is, one can occur in the absence of changes in the other.

Nutritional status and the hormonal milieu present in the body have a profound impact on how protein is used (i.e., oxidized, used to make additional contractile or noncontractile protein, etc.). Various supplements have been touted as muscle-builders” based on the notion that they impact protein metabolism, specifically, via an inhibition of protein degradation. Some of these supplements, it is clear, do in fact ameliorate the decline in protein synthesis seen under certain stressful states; however, protein synthesis may also be affected when these supplements are consumed.

A couple factors must be taken into account regarding the degradation of cellular protein? The half-lives of different proteins vary tremendously between and within cells. Also, proteins do not exist within solution intracellularly but are part of distinct structures (e.g., contractile protein, cytoskeleton, etc.) within the cell. If the integrity of each cell is to be maintained, the degradation of various proteins within a cell must be regulated smoothly. Regarding skeletal muscle, there is evidence that myofibrillar and nonmyofibrillar protein are independently regulated. Thus, when examining the existing data on how various dietary supplements affect protein synthesis and degradation, one must remain cognizant of the fact that wholebody protein synthesis and degradation may (or may not) reflect changes in skeletal muscle protein synthesis and degradation.

The supplements that this chapter will cover are those that have been touted as anticatabolic. It would seem plausible that a decrease in protein degradation with no change in protein synthesis should result in the accumulation of extra protein. This of course would be particularly important for athletes involved in the strength-power sports (i.e. bodybuilding, powerlifting, Olympic-style weightlifting, shot put, discus throw, etc.)

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An adequate supply of macro nutrients and micronutrients are required for survival, growth, and development, and for the maintenance of health and well-being throughout life. Regarding skeletal muscle growth, the accretion of protein (primarily contractile) represents one of the primary goals that a select group of athletes (e.g., bodybuilders, powerlifters, Olympic-style weightlifters) aspire towards. Rates of protein accretion (and loss) are a function of the balance between protein synthesis and degradation. An increase in skeletal muscle mass can occur via an increase in synthesis, a decrease in degradation, or a combination of the two. Note that each process is mechanistically distinct. That is, one can occur in the absence of changes in the other.

Nutritional status and the hormonal milieu present in the body have a profound impact on how protein is used (i.e., oxidized, used to make additional contractile or noncontractile protein, etc.). Various supplements have been touted as muscle-builders” based on the notion that they impact protein metabolism, specifically, via an inhibition of protein degradation. Some of these supplements, it is clear, do in fact ameliorate the decline in protein synthesis seen under certain stressful states; however, protein synthesis may also be affected when these supplements are consumed.

A couple factors must be taken into account regarding the degradation of cellular protein? The half-lives of different proteins vary tremendously between and within cells. Also, proteins do not exist within solution intracellularly but are part of distinct structures (e.g., contractile protein, cytoskeleton, etc.) within the cell. If the integrity of each cell is to be maintained, the degradation of various proteins within a cell must be regulated smoothly. Regarding skeletal muscle, there is evidence that myofibrillar and nonmyofibrillar protein are independently regulated. Thus, when examining the existing data on how various dietary supplements affect protein synthesis and degradation, one must remain cognizant of the fact that wholebody protein synthesis and degradation may (or may not) reflect changes in skeletal muscle protein synthesis and degradation.

The supplements that this chapter will cover are those that have been touted as anticatabolic. It would seem plausible that a decrease in protein degradation with no change in protein synthesis should result in the accumulation of extra protein. This of course would be particularly important for athletes involved in the strength-power sports (i.e. bodybuilding, powerlifting, Olympic-style weightlifting, shot put, discus throw, etc.)

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Everybody knows that if it’s over-the-counter, it’s got to be safe. Or is it really? After all, prescription sleeping pills are a lot more tightly regulated by doctors and the FDA. Not to mention a lot more expensive.Let’s just start with what everybody knows already about over-the-counter sleep aids. Just so everybody’s on the same page.Firstly, the main ingredient of over-the-counter sleep aids is an antihistamine. Antihistamines are generally taken for allergies, but also make you feel very sleepy. And yes, while they make you get to sleep faster, there is little evidence that they improve the quality of your sleep at all, much less help treat insomnia. Meaning, if you really had good quality sleep, won’t you be productive in your following wake hours? That brings me to the second fact that everybody already knows about OTC sleep aids.OTC sleep aids tend to cause “morning hangovers” or what is explained as residual next-morning sedation due to the fact that antihistamines have long half-lives. That simply means they stay very long in the bodies and therefore continue to cause drowsiness.So most people usually try to live with that limitation by simply staying away from driving or handling heavy machinery. However, did you know that you would also have to put up with constipation and a racing heartbeat through your day? Did you also know that you could be in a state of confusion, delirium and have urinary retention? These are called anticholinergic side effects of antihistamines. That certainly wouldn’t do for that important office meeting next morning.Thirdly, common over-the-counter sleep medications are Sleep-Eze, Sominex, Nytol, and Unison that are mostly either diphenhydramine or doxylamine antihistamines.However, other common OTC sleep aids like Tylenol PM and Advil PM are actually combinations of the painkillers acetaminophen and ibuprofen with an antihistamine, diphenhydramine.And that is why, the Medical Letter, which reviews drugs, recommends against using antihistamines for sleep. Some doctors say users of Tylenol PM may be taking acetaminophen they do not need. Acetaminophen overdoses can cause liver failure.As for ibuprofen, common side effects mainly involve the gastrointestinal system. It can cause ulcerations, abdominal pain, cramping, nausea, gastritis, and even serious gastrointestinal bleeding. Sometimes, stomach ulceration and bleeding can occur without abdominal pain, and black tarry stools, weakness, and dizziness upon standing may be the only signs of internal bleeding.And finally, back to the premise that if it’s over the counter, it’s got to be safe. That is truly the costliest and harmful fallacy that everybody has believed about OTC sleep aids being safer than prescription sleeping pills.The reason is this. OTC sleep aids are not regulated and therefore, prone to abuse. If the OTC sleep aids were used as they were originally intended for i.e. to treat allergies or relieve mild pain that usually resolve within days, their sedative side effects would have been limited. And because using OTC sleep aids does not require a doctor’s consultation and supervision, potential drug interactions would not have been flagged out and underlying serious side effects would have gone undetected. Also, you can develop a tolerance for over-the-counter sleep aids after using them for just a few days. You may find quickly that you’ll need to pop in more pills each time to accomplish the same effect.Last but not least, a so-called transcient insomnia may progress into a chronic insomnia if the root of the problem is not resolved. A slippery slope indeed. Don’t we all agree that insomnia is just a symptom of an underlying problem? And for many of us occasional insomniacs, it’s always triggered by something called stress.Here’s a tip. Today, researchers have found that the best treatment for insomnia with the highest success rates is to change our thought patterns to then change our behaviors into those that induce sleep. So, it’s really all in the mind.