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(capsules), magnesium, passiflora (also known as passion fruit), vitamin C and Melatonin. I don’t, however, recommend them all at once! I usually start by recommending chamomile tea, half an hour before bedtime. There are also several sleep-helpful teas containing chamomile available at most grocery stores such as “Cozy Chamomile, Sweet Dreams” and “Sleepy Time” teas by Bigelow. If you don’t care for the taste of chamomile tea, mix it half and half with your favorite DECAFF tea – Constant Comment or Bigelow Vanilla, for instance. I actually prefer the mixtures myself. If that’s not enough to help you achieve adequate sleep, take three to six mg of Melatonin at the same time. (This combination alone knocks my lights out!) If these aren’t effective, I recommend replacing the chamomile tea with valerian either in tea form or in capsules. Valerian is a stronger sleep inducing herb than chamomile. If that doesn’t do the trick, replace the valerian with the lobelia capsules (no more than three capsules though. It can nauseate you if you use too much). Lobelia is an even stronger sleep-inducing herb. It’s calming effects have also been known to help people stop smoking! I believe that anybody with sleep challenges, especially type II diabetics, should be sure to take about 500 mg to 1,000 mg of magnesium (magnesium citrate to be specific) and 4,000 mg of vitamin C daily, preferably in the evening. Why so much vitamin C? Only three animals don’t make their own vitamin C. Humans are one of those creatures. In the animal world, the ones who do make their own make an average of the equivalent of 4,000 mg per day when they’re well and increase it to about 9,000 mg per day when they’re sick. I use these numbers as a general guideline for human use of vitamin C and it seems to work well for myself, my family and my patients. It also coincides with, or perhaps is even a little less than, Linus Pauling’s recommendations. He, as you may remember, won the coveted Nobel Prize for his research on vitamin C. This amazing supplement is particularly important for type II diabetics because of its specific healing properties.
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