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By: Robert Tostado MD
What better way there is to have beauty rest than having good sleep? Sleep is equally important to one’s health as water and food. Basically, men need seven and women need eight hours of quality sleep a night. During our sleep, the brain gets a much needed rest and clears itself from a lot of toxic waste. When we are able to relax the whole night because of very good and sufficient sleep, we wake up feeling fresh and rejuvenated. However, many health problems such as depression and mild to severe sleep disorders can interfere with our goal of having a good night’s rest and thus, deprive us of a total beauty rest. These problems can result to excessive sleepiness and weight gain or the opposite, insomnia and weight loss. Who wouldn’t want to end such problems and wake up feeling like brand new, refreshed, with more energy and vigor and of course, feeling and looking beautiful? We all do, right? Now, if you are looking for deeper, more refreshing sleep without side effects, melatonin and sleep patches may be the right product for you.
MELATONIN
When we sleep, melatonin, a powerful repair hormone is secreted from the pineal gland each night to help us sleep. Melatonin research is much more extensive and much more favorable than that of the more popular diphenhydramine. Melatonin tends to cause daytime alertness, while the other tends to cause grogginess and clouded thinking the next day. Some preliminary studies even suggest that melatonin appears to decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. It is a compound that plays a critical function as a natural sleep inducer to help maintain normal sleep and wake rhythms. More and more doctors are recommending melatonin as a safe and effective natural sleep enhancer. While many antioxidants work in only certain areas of the body, melatonin has the ability to penetrate any cell in any part of the body.
Melatonin has been reported to make people feel better, strengthen the immune system, lessen free radicals in the body and help restore optimal sleep patterns.
Melatonin is available without a prescription at U.S. pharmacies as a very inexpensive sleep remedy. While some studies use the very low dose 0.3 mg/night, most use 3-9 mg/night or one to three standard full-strength pills. Some people will need 9-12 mg/night. The benefit is somewhat gradual, so don’t be disappointed or hopeless after one night. You just have to be a little patient.
People who have slight sleeping difficulties and those who are in a jet lag may take melatonin. Women who are trying to get pregnant should avoid it though. Also, pregnant women shouldn’t take it as well as people with transplants. The latter should exercise caution since melatonin can affect corticosteroid production.
THE SLEEP PATCH
The Rest Quiet Patch consists of the LifeWave technology. The materials found in the patches are of a patent pending blend of water, stabilized oxygen and amino acids. The Rest Quiet Patch system induces a deep rest by means of a persistent stimulation of the body’s own natural acupuncture meridians. It is not-transdermal which means that nothing enters the body. It is a completely new approach to a very quiet night’s sleep. It is neither a stimulant nor a depressant, like caffeine or alcohol. One who uses the Rest Quiet Patch can notice a very constant and stable levels of sleep during the night.The Rest Quiet Patch is manufactured at FDA registered facilities, is recognized by the FDA as safe. It has been tested in non clinical human applications for conclusive proof that the Patch works for approximately 60% of most sleep problems. It is recommended that the patch be worn from the time one goes to bed up until waking up in the morning. The Patch is designed to last eight to ten hours. For best results, use the patch every day that you want a quiet sleep, unless instructed otherwise by your doctor. However, if you have a health condition like sleep apnea, consult your physician before using the Patch.
In addition, LifeWave offers an exclusive three-step skin care system that detoxifies, hydrates and regenerates the cells of the skin. It literally works from the inside out to help lighten wrinkles, wash out fine lines and gain back the skin’s natural radiance.
