WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP?
CATEGORY: 1: Simple Malnutrition
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RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENT: SEA KELP
There has been a lot of media regarding the Chilean miners, rescued in October 2010, after spending 70 harrowing days below ground. Many of the 33 men now report problems sleeping, and it’s no wonder given what they’ve been through. Sleep disorders are experienced by many at different times and for different reasons. Some causes include (a) pain, (b) worry and stress, (c) medical disorders such as Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD), and (d) overuse of sleep inducing products, among others. We know that Michael Jackson died trying to get a good night’s sleep.
I sleep 9-10 hours a night, always have. I have to. You wouldn’t like me on the third day in a row without enough sleep. On weekends, I have been known to hibernate 14, 16, even 18 hours at a stretch in dreamland. My friend David tells me that I sleep more than his cats, which is a bit of an exaggeration. But it’s important to realize that not getting enough sleep is extremely detrimental to your health. Conditions reportedly linked to lack of enough sleep include, (a) decreased performance and alertness which can lead to injury from accidents, (b) memory and cognitive impairment, (c) impaired personal relationships, (d) depression, (e) weight gain, (f) attention deficit disorder, (g) heart problems, and (h) stroke, among others.
Since I’m a pretty hyper, type-A personality, I often lay my head down at night with too much adrenaline still coursing through my main frame. On those occasions, I take Sea Kelp and fifteen minutes later I’m drifting off. And there’s no drug hangover feeling the next morning. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that Kelp gave someone the best night’s sleep they’d had in years.
Excess adrenaline, created by myriad factors, is the usual cause for most problems falling asleep and staying asleep. Sea Kelp is a safe, easy, and inexpensive answer to the problem. It acts like a sponge in the blood stream, soaking up excess adrenaline. It is derived from the ocean grass commonly known as seaweed, and is a staple in the diets of many cultures. The main nutrient it contains is iodine, which is found in its largest concentrations in seafood, and in lesser quantities in spinach and other vegetables. Sea Kelp has a natural, tranquilizing effect on the body and mind. It helps calm and relax the thyroid and entire nervous system, which often stops the impulses that lead to RLS and PLMD, making it easier to fall asleep and stay sleep.
Most people report that Sea Kelp works even better when taken with Potassium. It seems to support an even deeper, well-rounded sleep, enhancing the effect of the Sea Kelp.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING SEA KELP
The amount of Sea Kelp each person needs is very subjective. Some nights, after an adrenaline rich day, you may need a whole 150 mg tablet. Some nights a quarter tab will do. Some nights it will take a half or none. When I first started using Sea Kelp as a sleep aid I had to take a whole tablet to feel the effect. Now, it takes usually only a half tablet. I think over time, taking Kelp has brought my set point down to a more relaxed place, so that it takes less to be effective.
You will have to experiment to see exactly what your own needs are. Start with one tablet on the first sleepless night, taken about a half hour before bedtime. Depending on how you feel the next night, take the same amount, or reduce or increase the dose over the prior night. Try not to take more than you absolutely need on any given night. You may want to purchase a pill cutter to avoid crushing the Kelp when you quarter or halve the tablet.
If you are still restless a half hour after taking the first tablet you may take more, but increase it slowly, by a half or quarter tablet and then wait. You don’t want to take too much and end up oversleeping, or feeling overly relaxed the next morning. If you want to play it safe, you can start with a quarter tablet on the first sleepless night, and then increase by quarter tablet increments each night, until you figure out how much you need to sleep well but wake up refreshed. Play around with it. It’s worth the effort to figure out what works best for you. When is the last time you had a really good night’s sleep?
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SUPPLEMENTS: Sea Kelp
RECOMMENDED BRAND: Puritan’s Pride Sea Kelp #623,
STRENGTH: Sea Kelp 150 mcg tablets
DOSAGE (Adults): Sea Kelp: 1/2 tablet to 1 or more tablets,
(Children 6 and over): Sea Kelp: 1/4 tablet to 1/2 tablet
TAKEN HOW: 30 minutes before bedtime
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NOTES
The only thing to be aware of is that you can become a little too mellow with Sea Kelp. It is one of the best natural tranquilizers available. I tell everyone this, but there are still people who don’t listen, and end up barely able to stand up from the kitchen table. If you find yourself feeling overly mellow, it’s the Sea Kelp, and you should decrease your dosage accordingly.
Sea Kelp is one of those products that marketers love to mess with. It is abundant and therefore cheap, because it comes from seaweed. They can’t make any money unless they fancy it up. Puritan’s Pride Sea Kelp will cost you around $4.95 for about 500 tablets, and it works the way I described here. I have tried more expensive Kelps with strains from Siberia and such, and discovered that, in fact, they do not work as well as Puritan’s Pride brand for the purpose discussed here.
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Thank you for all this information. Recently found I have a thyroid imbalance.
really want to work on this in a healthy way. My main problem has been lack of sleep due to a good few years of stressful situation.
Hi Patricia,
A thyroid imbalance could easily result in lack of sleep, especially when combined with stress. I recommend the Sea Kelp in Blog 1. I would start with one tablet in morning and one with dinner. If you are a bit hyper due to an overactive thyroid, the kelp will calm you right down. If this dose makes you too sleepy and relaxed in the middle of the day, cut your morning dose in half. If you don’t see any results you can increase either your morning dose or evening by half a tablet. You have to experiment to see what works for you. Another problem with an overactive thyroid is that you get stressed more easily; everything can get on your nerves. The kelp will help you take things in stride and not react so much to the stressor.
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Hi Lynn
Thank you for your wonderful blog. I have had insomnia for about
10 years and was extremely excited when i saw your blog on Kelp and sleeping. Admittedly it wasn’t the Puritans Pride brand however, I felt very anxious, nervous, insomnia was through the roof with heart palpitations etc. Obviously this isn’t what I was hoping for. My thyroid tests always come up fine but i have always known something isn’t right with my thyroid.
Do you think the Puritans Pride brand will work for me. I have ordered some and really pray this will be the missing link to my long term insomnia.
Debbie
Hi Debbie,
I say in my blog to beware of buying kelp other than from Puritan’s Pride. Kelp is so inexpensive that the only way for most companies to make any money is to guck up the supplement with non essentials. Clearly, if you got anxious and excited with heart palpitations, you got a bad brand. Sea Kelp will do just the exact opposite of that. It calms and soothes, and lets you sleep deeply without a drug hangover. I put a recommended brand in all charts, because not all brands are equal. Let me know how the PP kelp worked for you please.
Thanks for writing, Lynn.
I was really hoping this would work. The first night I took 3 pills the second night 5. Still no difference. Good luck on this one.
Hi Dale,
Every once in a while I’ll find someone for whom Sea Kelp does not work as a relaxant. I’m sorry about that. But before we give up, let’s consider something else. Sometimes you can take too much and miss the point you’re trying to reach. Just as an experiment try just one tablet one night. Also know that I once had a friend who needed 7-8 Sea Kelp to get to sleep each night. Did you use Puritan’s Pride brand or another Sea Kelp? The brand is important.
Thanks for writing, Lynn.
I tried kelp here in Europe, gingerly at first since kelp bought over in Europe doesn’t have the brand names mentioned. Mine is from Belgium A. Vogel Kelpasan and this one small tablet per night has helped me to sleep and also seems to cause me to adjust my weight to a normal weight by lessening my desire to eat. Our bodies regulate normally giving us the right desires in a balanced way. The thing is we are all somewhat unbalanced from not getting enough of the iodine, minerals, and trace elements contained in this one product of seaweed. Once you start the regimen, you will see the difference yourself over two weeks of taking it regularly! Over all a lot of things are changing for the better from me taking this one supplement in prayer!
Hi Eric,
I’m glad the Kelp is helping. It will give you the best night’s sleep you’ve ever dreamed of.
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Dearest Lynn… You are too kind and thank you for writing so soon. I have a friend from Texas living in the mountains of Argentina nearest Chile who suggested this remedy by email but had no idea it could regulate appetite. Any news on this effect from you, if kelp actually causes lack of desire to eat lowering weight? Always had an imbalance inside due to eating normally, but suspected after awhile that our bodies suffer from lack of certain things found naturally in food,s but not included in food preparations in these days when man prepared food is not food but more like soft kill poison. Thanks for any spelling corrections on my article as I forgot to edit.
eric
Hi Eric,
Yes, I’ve heard about Kelp regulating appetite. Generally speaking, Sea Kelp regulates the amount of adrenaline in your system, and that is what is affecting your appetite–slowing it down or speeding it up. I’m glad you’re getting an additional benefit from it.
Thanks for writing, Lynn.
Thank you Lynn for the encouragement about adrenalin regulation affecting apetite, which I must say is quite pronounced in my personal experiences in taking kelp over three weeks now for the first attempt. I have been over weight for years since living in Paris, like many who eat on the run have, but stopping this routine has not helped in the past as the damage seemed to have been done.
Once your body gets out of whack, it seems to be almost impossible to get back to a balanced body weight, and as so many people have shared with me that in life it is quite diificult at best through diet or any other means to lose weight, especially when you lead a somewhat sendintary life style.
So this has been a big benefit which is useful in losing weight, as I have found, when you don’t eat hardly at all, like general fasting you lose weight with a minimum of exercise.
Hi Eric,
Be sure to share this info with other people and send them the link so they too can learn about it. Losing weight after a certain age, as you suggest, is almost impossible. Good luck and stay in touch.
Lynn
Thank you Lynn again. I will pass on the link. You have a good spirit and are outgoing. I like this about you. I will stay in touch, and let you know the results of our conversations till now, if they are as effective in the long run. To me and others this is what counts, the long term results that improve life no matter our age! The will to change is also affected and strengthened by the time spent struggling for a better result, and finally finding it is a special occasion. Let’s see what happens in my case and I’m sure it will help others given time!
Hi Eric,
Good luck. I think you will be happy with the results, but let us know.
Lynn
Hi, wanted to find out if it is safe for my wife to use sea kelp. She had her thyroid oblated and takes synthroid. She wants to try sea kelp to see if it helps her sleep better. thanks.
Hi Lee,
I’m sorry about the delay. I’ve been filming a video to put up on Kickstarter, trying to raise money to write a book about a natural cancer cure. Please forgive the delay. Another reason for the delay is the nature of your question. I know Graves Disease, and it’s an auto-immune nightmare.
Yes kelp will help you wife sleep. Take 1/2 tab to 1 tab a half hour before going to bed. It’s tricky though and the dosage may have to be altered depending on how she feels. I would also add a cup of bee pollen granules as a tea with honey twice daily. Synthoid is used to assist a low producing thyroid. You will have to experiment to see if Sea Kelp can be used along with Synthoid. Just try it and see. Tinker with the dosage each night to see how it affects her.
Please explain what exactly it is to “oblate the thyroid.”
What I’d really like to see her try, if you can afford it, is a daily regimen of Monavie Active. It calms the thryroid and improves the symptoms for any auto immune disorder. It’s $152.00 a month. Do you think you can afford that? If so, I’ll give you more details. If Monavie works the way I expect it will, then she won’t need kelp or synthoid for her thyroid. Monavie will calm down the immune system and end the problem as long as you continue to drink it daily. It is an unparalled source of nutrition for auto immune conditions.
Thanks, for writing, Lynn
Her thyroid cells were killed by swallowing a radioactive pill years ago to stop the graves and she has to take synthroid from now on. I just was not sure if the iodine would be safe for her to take. Thanks, Lee. Also, is the iodine safe for a person to take every day?
Hi Lee,
It never ceases to amaze me the many things that doctors think is ok to do to another human being. The only way to find out how the iodine in kelp will affect your wife is by letting her experiment with it. If she starts small, very small, say one-quarter tablet twice daily, mornng and evening, whatever reaction she gets will not be large and will not last more than 24 hours. If it helps, continue at that level until it stops working, and then increase or decrease the dose. I’ve see this work a couple of weeks on Graves patients, then stop. Her case is complicated by the destruction of her thyroid.
People take kelp in different ways: some use it as a sleep aid, like myself, taking it every night about 20 minutes before bed. Others use it for performance anxiety and stage fright, taking a good dose the day before and the day of the event. Kelp is one of those supplements whose doses have to be individualized. Only the person taking it can know how much is enough or not. There is no standard dose that perfectly fits all like with other supplements. Try the Kelp but go slow.
Thanks for Writing, Lynn
Hi Lynn, My wife has graves disease and take synthroid. Is it ok for her to try sea kelp? Thank you.
I came across an intuitive who told me to try sea kelp – because he said I was short of it. After taking two pills I slept though the night for the first time since in about two years. I had no idea it would help me sleep. I googled it and found this out now!
Hi Sara,
Yes, Sea Kelp works wonders to help you fall asleep and stay asleep with no drugged feeling the next morning. It also helps to relieve anxiety. You can feel it draining the adrenaline from your system, unclenching you.
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Sea kelp has never helped with my insomnia and there is nothing to support that it removes adrenaline from the blood stream. Show me some blood work.
Hi Molly,
Please tell me how you are using the Sea Kelp. Do you have a thyroid disorder like Graves?
Lynn
Hi Juanita,
Even in Jamaica you can order the sea kelp online from Puritan’s Pride. I know there are some countries to which they will not ship, but I believe that they will ship to Jamaica.
Lynn.
Are all the brands of sea kelp good for sleep? I use Good and Natural, 150mcg. This holds 250 tablets. Please email me and help me. May God bless you.
Hi Juanita,
Actually, not all brands will relax you and end insomnia. I have found that the fancier formulas, with mixtures from Siberia and such, do not work as well as the inexpensive Puritan’s Pride tablet. I think they charge $4.95 for 500 tablets. Sea kelp is a plentiful ocean weed, and there is no reason why it should be high priced. If your brand works the way I describe in the blog, then continue to use it. If it does not work then please try Puritan’s Price brand.
Thanks for writing,
Lynn
Thanks very much, I will try, but I dont know if I can get these tablets in Jamaica.
I take sea kelp and it does not help me. If I don’t take 3 or more per night, I suffer from chronic insomnia. About a year and a half ago I had a total mastectomy. I am in my late forties. Doctors always prescribe Valium, which does not help. How many sea kelp must I take? I want to get some sleep as I am a school teacher, and it is very hard work. I hardly sleep!!
Hi Juanita,
The blog states clearly that each person has to experiment with the dosages of Kelp to get the right one that suits them. Based on your email, iti seems that your correct dosage is “3 or more per night,” which prevents the insomnia of which you complain. I know lots of people who need that amount or more to sleep well. I also know people who can take 1/4 tablet and get a good night’s sleep. So I would have to assume that in fact Kelp is working for you, as long as you take enough.
Lynn
Lynn Capehart is an incredible person with so much knowledge of the human body. I have used this remedy for sleep for many years and there is nothing better. I sleep 8-9 hours every night and feel great the next day. I have also used Sea Kelp to calm my nerves if I am going through a stressful time.
Sue Backes
Lynn is a great person who is very professional and well informed about the products…
Jahari