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Just wanted to wish everyone a restful weekend. Full moon a’risin on Sunday, folks! I’ve received nice and plentiful feedback on the little moon post and its effects on us humans. (Thanks so much, by the way!)

As I mentioned, the scientific data on all of this is “wishy washy” at best. I *wiiish* they would come up with something a little more concrete than “doctors and scientists” reporting that during a full moon the volunteer sleepers showed disruptive sleep patterns and took longer to fall sleep than normal. –Well, duh, they were hooked up like lab rats and sleeping in a monitoring tube. So while I’m not a scientist, those studies aren’t really knocking my socks off. HOWEVER, there really are “enough” general studies and coincidences out there that make (me) believe there is such a pull on our bodies, sleep and behaviors to at LEAST acknowledge it. The studies are intriguing and I’ve bitten.

Regardless if you believe in the luny effect or not, I was doing some light sleep research (as I’m having a shortage of it myself) and found a few (new to me) highlights to share around the importance of sleep. Its more about quality sleep vs. abundance.

-Moon pull or not, when you have sleep disturbances, your body decreases melatonin production.

–Melatonin is a hormone secreted (hate that word) by a gland in your brain and regulates hormone production and such. It is critical for “good sleep” and has other cancer preventing perks too. We need it.

-Exercise during the day and exposure to light will help produce a regular circadian rhythm of melatonin which in turn helps produce higher levels of melatonin at bed time.

-Melotonin is only produced in darkness— so use those blackout curtains! Lights out.

– Foods with natural high levels of melatonin are bananas, rice, radishes, tomatoes and ginger to name a few. Oh, and BONUS: Red Wine.

-And for getting restful sleep, other than the same ol’, same ol’ (limit exercise close to bedtime, turn off electronic devices, no lights for midnight bathroom breaks, blah blah…) I was interested to learn that you should up your *magnesium* intake. I’m reading this everywhere as a solution for everything. It’s like the new kale! (which—wouldn’t ya know— has lots of magnesium!)

Magnesium works with melatonin to help reduce brain activity in the P.M (aids in relaxation and letting you snag some zzz’s). Load up on some magnesium—- great for many reasons and these foods have high levels of it: almonds, cashews, edamame, beans, avocados, dark chocolate, pumpkin seeds, spinach and other green leafy veggies.

Good sleep is as essential as nutrition and exercise. So fight the good fight this weekend and get you some.

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