Trouble Sleeping? - Try these natural sleep aids

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Maybe you have a lot of things on your mind and can't stop thinking about them when it's time to go to bed?

Perhaps you can't settle down and fall sleep after you workout?

Well if you are looking for a safe and natural sleep remedy that's cheap and effective, than you'll want to try these 2 supplements which can help you relax and get a good nights sleep.

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One supplement that's good for helping you to fall asleep is "Melatonin".

Your body has its own internal clock that controls your natural cycle of sleeping and waking hours. Melatonin levels begin to rise in the mid- to late evening and this is part of what makes you feel sleepy and ready to go to bed. Then melatonin drops off in the early morning hours.

Light affects how much melatonin your body produces. Ideally you would wake and sleep with the sun, like most animals do in nature. But most of us today don't do this and we are awake in the night watching TV, on the computer, etc. which provides artificial light and stimulus which can off set your natural sleep rhythms.

Natural production of melatonin levels slowly drop with age and this may explain why a lot of older people have trouble sleeping throughout the night.

To help with sleep you should take 3 to 6 mg of melatonin before bed.

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Another supplement that I highly recommend is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) this is the main calming neurotransmitter in the brain. It helps to turn off excess adrenalin and calm you down, which can help you relax and get a good nights sleep.

The body makes GABA from the amino acid glutamine. GABA helps the body make endorphins which are the chemicals that make us feel happy. Having enough GABA in our brain is linked to being relaxed and happy. Having too little GABA is linked to the sleeping problems, insomnia, and feeling anxious, stressed, tense and depressed.

Taking GABA increases the amount of alpha waves. Alpha waves are linked to clear thinking, good focus and being in "the zone" or "the flow". In these mind states, in which we are focused, calm and productive, we have high amounts of alpha brain wave activity.

GABA is popular among bodybuilders because it can increase the level of human growth hormone.

To help with sleep you should take 1/2 of a level teaspoonful of GABA powder before bed.

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You can get both melatonin and GABA inexpensively as an over the counter supplements. They should be available at most any supplement store. But if you can't find them locally you can order them online.

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