How We Cured My Husband's Insomnia by Danielle Papageorgiou

The solution to this condition is to basically eat a lot more fresh fruits and vegetables so the intestines can heal. We realized that our diet had become unbalanced and did not include nearly enough fresh produce. So, we have now started a mainly raw diet for a while. We figured it couldn't hurt, since a healthy diet, in my opinion, should be about 75% fresh fruits and vegetables anyway. We have also been juicing carrots and apples every night before bedtime for over a week now. This, I believe, has made the biggest difference! Since doing this, he has not had a single bad night and his mood has drastically improved.

My logic for starting the juicing was this: Since leaky gut causes the body to not be able to absorb nutrients, my husband would have vitamin deficiencies (which we already knew he did). So, by juicing, we would be getting all the nutrients out of, say, 10 carrots and two apples. There is no way he could eat all that at one sitting. Also, juice is much easier for the body to digest.

I knew carrots are very healthy and also contain a lot of calcium, which helps one sleep. Apples are also very nutritious and would make the juice a little sweeter. So, we do a carrot-apple juice. It is actually quite good. We have also sometimes added celery or spinach for more nutrients.

One note to those who want to try juicing is to be sure to buy a high-quality juicer that will retain the enzymes and nutrients of the fruits and vegetables. We use a Green Life juicer. Champion is another good name. Do some research and spend the money it requires. You definitely do not want to skimp on this purchase! Even if it doesn't help you sleep better, it will improve your overall health to juice.

That's it. That's now our regimen every night. It is not easy to juice that often; it is time-consuming and required a lot of clean up. But, it is so worth it to see the man I love back to his happy self and just so much more optimistic about life! I just want to tell everyone I can and hopefully, someone will also benefit from our story!

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BIO:

Danielle has been studying health and nutrition for about a decade. She owns a forum called NutritionTalkNow.comdedicated to the discussion of nutrition-related topics.

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