Article: EAT DESSERT IN BED!(prevent insomnia)(Abstract)

AND OTHER SURPRISING SLEEP-BETTER TIPS

You know the drill: You crawl into bed at midnight after reading bedtime stories and paying bills. And you lie there, trying to figure out why it is you feel wired instead of weary after another exhausting day.

Women are the sleepless sex. "Hormones are a built-in sleep disrupter," says Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., author of Sleeping Through the Night and pediatric director at the Center for Sleep Medicine in Philadelphia. Fluctuating hormone levels may rouse you during the first phases of your menstrual cycle, disturb your sleep throughout pregnancy, and make you wake up in a sweat in the years leading up to menopause. ...

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