Dear Health Conscious Reader,
It was 8 o’clock straight up. My son was waking me. I was scheduled to play tennis at 6:30 a.m. Oops! I had overslept and missed tennis for the first time ever.
Once I got over the initial surprise, I was elated. I had slept like a baby. But I didn’t wake up woozy or in a daze. My mind was clear.
Why was I happy about this?
The night before, I had tried something different. A new liquid formula I’ve been developing. It contains a powerful ingredient from the bark of the Jamaica dogwood tree. I first learned of this extract while visiting my friend and Jamaican herbalist Ivy Harris late last year.
When I got the first test samples back from the lab, I was eager to try them. There were two different flavors. So, right before I went to bed, I tasted one, then the other. Then I tried a couple more sprays of the first one again. I liked them both. But in my enthusiasm to taste the flavors, I had ignored the recommended dose.
Only to learn it worked a little too well!
I took this as very good news. Let me explain…
Your body is already equipped with a natural sleep inducer. It’s called melatonin. The secret to getting a good night’s sleep is having the right amount of this hormone in your bloodstream.
But as you get older, the amount of melatonin in your body slowly disappears. By the time you turn 65, your supply of melatonin is almost completely depleted. And as the level of melatonin drops, the quality of your sleep gets worse.
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This is why older adults have more trouble getting to sleep than younger people. They sleep fewer hours, wake up more often during the night, and get up earlier.
The medical establishment often criticizes supplementing with melatonin. Because, let’s face it, sleeping pills are big business. Sleeplessness is one of those areas where your doctor is likely to give you no other option than a prescription.
However, I prefer natural approaches to help you get a deep, restful sleep. I believe it’s important to support your body’s unique sleep cycle.
Natural supplements, such as melatonin, work with your body’s natural sleep cycle. One of the best things about melatonin is it can help you sleep without making you feel woozy or hung over in the morning, which is a common complaint with many sleep aids.
The right dose of melatonin helps your body move between sleep and wakefulness naturally. It replaces the melatonin your body needs to maintain the cycle nature designed for you.
And, in spite of being ignored by most doctors, melatonin has a great track record. The British medical journal Lancet summed it up best. They confirmed that providing melatonin replacement effectively improves sleep quality – especially older folks.
But how much melatonin you take is critical. Very small doses are enough to help you sleep. If you take too much, you lose some of the benefit. And if your dose is way over the mark, you won’t get any sleep benefit at all.
Melatonin at the right dose is remarkably effective at helping to restore your sleep cycle.
At my clinic, I’ve been working with people who have sleep concerns for years. And low-dose melatonin is by far the best way to help people who can’t sleep.
I’m sure you’ve seen melatonin at your local health-food store. They sell it everywhere. But like other hormones, knowing how much you should take – and how to take it – can mean the difference between good results and no results.
Melatonin is no different.
But there is another factor to consider: how you take it.
Taking melatonin in pill form can slow its absorption and its effectiveness. And that can interfere with the results. By the time it passes through your digestive track and is filtered by your liver, more than an hour may have passed. Even if your body absorbed 100% of the pill, you’d still have to estimate the exact time to take it before bed.
That’s why I believe that using a liquid spray is more effective.
Here’s what I suggest for better sleep:
1. Throw away your other sleeping aids.
2. Start taking some melatonin.
3. Take melatonin the most effective way. Orally, through a spray delivery.
I’ve been recommending Native Rest to my patients since I first created the original formula. Now I feel I have perfected it.
So far the test results are just what I expected. Safe. Effective. Reliable. My patients tell me they’re more relaxed and energetic – relieved their sleep concerns are behind them. And they love the even faster-acting, more potent ingredients.
You can get the same results. Getting started is easy. If it doesn’t work for you, just let me know, and you’ll get a complete refund. You have my word on it.
To get your own new and improved Native Rest experience, just click here.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD