work has become an almost impossible task. Unable to see past the complexity, most people blindly succumb to the hasty prescription habits of doctors.
Choking down cardiovascular meds after the age of forty-five is as trendy as buying a red Corvette. And itâs just as ridiculous. Youâre on the road to some sobering, adverse drug reactions. Lethargy, obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, internal bleeding, and even cancer await regular cardiovascular drug users. These side effects just barely kill you, slowly ruining quality of life and making you wish you were dead. Youâre better off slamming your Corvette into a brick wall. Itâs less painful and instant. Fortunately, hawthorn provides another route.
Hawthorn supplementation is an easy way to help ensure total cardiovascular health while protecting your wallet from Big Pharma. And if you combine it with magnesium supplementation and a suitable body-fat percentage, youâll find that having a healthy cardiovascular system doesnât have to be complicated, risky, or expensive.
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 CHAPTER 5Â
SLEEP LIKE A BUM
NATURALLY AND GET
RID OF ANXIETY
Although Iâm sensitive to homelessness and alcoholism, I have to admit that a small part of me used to envy the drunken bum. Driving to work or strolling through a park, I would see him conked out in the middle of the day. Oblivious to the hustle and bustle of the city, his head would be curbside at a knot-wrenching, 45-degree angle. He was getting more shut-eye than I ever imagined. I wanted it, and I knew millions of other Americans did, too.
Despite the comforts of home, most of us canât sleep half as well as a drunken bum. A century ago, the national sleep average was nine to ten hours, according to Harvard Health Publications . Today, we get fewer than seven hours of sleep per night. 72 This is usually rationalized by the erroneous claim that we are getting more work done. Thatâs what I told myself, but I was wrong.
Our super-achiever culture frowns upon sleep while encouraging more work. Some people revel in it. Donald Trump boasts that he can get by with less sleep than ânormalâ people, tacitly implying that the rest of us are wimpsâmere mortals who require regular deep sleep for at least eight hours per night. Others foolishly follow in his footsteps.
Lack of sleep might encourage more activity, but it depletes productivity. The extra waking hours of most âStupor Heroesâ are likely spent surfing the Internet, watching late-night television, or enjoying other faux fast-lifestyle activities. Beyond numbing your mind and reducing your productivity, the real cost of such bravado is accelerated aging, as sleep research shows. No matter what healthy habits you engage in during your waking hours, lack of rest will negate your antiaging endeavors.
But donât lose sleep over this. You can sleep like a drunken bum without booze, general anesthesia, or even expensive and risky sleep meds. Deep, relaxing, restful sleep is less than one chapter away. Applying what you learn will guarantee increased productivity as a professional who takes pride in âdoing it allâ and even extend your expiration date!
NATIONAL UNREST
Americans are not rested. Studies done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal that nearly 70 percent of adults donât get adequate sleep. Researchers also found that more than 70 million people suffer from constant sleep loss or sleep disorders. That means almost a fourth of the U.S. population have become âwaking addictsââpeople in need of serious sleep intervention.
âItâs important to better understand how sleep impacts peopleâs overall health and the need to take steps to improve the sufficiency of their sleep,â says Lela R. Mcknight-Eily, PhD, a behavioral scientist for the CDC. I couldnât agree more, but this message is rarely heard in the mainstream because