People sleep in various positions and although some are horrendous for spinal health, others can relieve all the tension. There are tummy sleepers and side sleepers and even those who splay out across the bed or curl up into the fetal position. It’s not very common for people to regularly sleep on their backs, though. This position isn’t reserved for vampires and zombies; rather, sleeping on your back may benefit your overall health. 

It’s difficult to switch up your sleeping position, especially if you have one that you already prefer. Some people say that sleeping on their back is an impossible feat, and they just can’t get comfortable. Only about eight percent of people prefer back sleeping. This surprises many sleep health experts because back sleeping may help to relieve sinus pressure, reduce back pain, and improve overall sleep quality.

The Science Behind Back Sleeping

Back sleeping, or supine sleeping, has a host of health benefits that many people don’t consider. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Infants that sleep in a prone position can increase the risk of nasal bacterial build-up, respiratory work of breathing, or upper airway secretions. For adults, back sleeping may help to reduce tension headaches, relieve sinus pressure, keep the spine aligned, and reduce chest pressure. A 2019 review of studies found that back and side sleeping resulted in less pain than adults who slept on their stomaches. The same review found that about 60% of European adults sleep laterally, on their side. There are many reasons to sleep on your back, though, and you can learn about them below. 

May Prevent Wrinkles And Fine Lines

By sleeping on your stomach, you can irritate, pull, or pinch the skin, which can result in wrinkles or fine lines. The friction of your face on the pillow is what creates more wrinkles, and the same applies to the neck. Twisting or scrunching the neck can wrinkle one side or the other. By sleeping on your back, you help elongate the spine and keep the neck straight. Additionally, the facial skin doesn’t pinch or create friction with the pillow. Because of this, back sleeping may ward off wrinkle development. 

Support The Neck Or Back Pain

Some people find that back sleeping strains the back, while others find that it relieves a lot of tension. If you want to support the back and neck, you have to take the right steps to do that. A low pillow can negatively affect the spine’s natural curve, whereas a high pillow may cause a loss of natural curvature. You may also need to place a pillow under the knees to relieve tension on the lower back. It’s much easier to give the spine rest by maintaining its natural curvature. In fact, a 2017 study found that back sleeping with both arms at the sides or on the chest was the best way to prevent back pain. 

May Reduce Sinus Buildup

People who experience regular sinus congestion may benefit from back sleeping. According to sleep studies, sleeping face-up may help relieve congestion. Elevating the head above the heart works to reduce mucus buildup. Additionally, a large amount of blood will not gather in your nose, which can create that congested feeling. Essentially, gravity does its part to help drain the mucus and keep it out of your airways. 

May Improve Breathing

To piggyback off the previous benefit, back sleeping may help to improve breathing. By keeping the airways clear of mucus, you can breathe more easily. If you aren’t congested, though, back sleeping can still improve diaphragmatic breathing. Sleeping on the side or stomach can crowd the breathing space, whereas back sleeping allows for deep, full breaths. According to several studies, diaphragmatic breathing helps to reduce stress, improve attention span, and boost overall mood. Deep breathing also works to boost melatonin production, a hormone necessary for relaxation and improved sleep. 

May Reduce Breakouts

Pillowcases absorb sebum from the hair and skin, in addition to dead skin cells and other debris. Rubbing the face on the pillowcase, night after night, can actually clog pores and increase the presence of whiteheads, blackheads, or inflammation. Sleeping on your back helps to avoid skin to pillow contact, keeping the face away from the pillowcase. That means that dirt and built-up oils will not irritate your facial skin. 

SHARE:

The post Can Sleeping On Your Back Solve Your Sleep Issues? appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

Nicotine is one of the most highly addictive-and deadly-substances in the world. In fact, Cornell University describes nicotine as a “super toxin” that’s more lethal than strychnine, arsenic and diamondback rattlesnake poison.

Why it’s addictive?

People get addicted to nicotine by smoking cigarettes made with black leaf tobacco. Addiction experts claim that kicking the nicotine habit can be as difficult or harder to quit than heroin.

As deadly as nicotine is, its chemical structure is virtually the same as the neurotransmitter responsible for the release of dopamine, the brain’s way of using a pleasant sensation to remind us that we want something. In its own way, the release of dopamine is a survival mechanism to help keep humans alive. We feel better when we eat, drink, get praise from family and friends. We can also feel better when we drink, smoke, shoot drugs. Dopamine doesn’t just trigger these sensations; it reminds us of the need to indulge them. Dopamine doesn’t distinguish the difference between a good behavior or a bad behavior.

Health Effects

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, smoking causes or creates increased risk for:

• 90% of lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of lung cancer deaths in women
• an increase in coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times,1,5
• an increase in stroke by 2 to 4 times,1,6
• an increase in the likelihood of men developing lung cancer by 23 times,1
• an increase in the likelihood of women developing lung cancer by 13 times,1 and
• dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.
• Fertility problems
• Premature births, low birth weights and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Nicotine Replacement Products

There’s a lot of money spent advertising nicotine replacement products. Whether it’s gum, a pill, or a patch, it’s all the same-a pharmaceutical answer to the body’s natural defenses.

Most nicotine replacement use a derivative of nicotine in its formulas. Using nicotine to quit nicotine doesn’t make sense. It’s also why use of these products has such high failure rates, as well as create transferred addictions from cigarettes to the nicotine replacement product.

Healthy Ways to Quit Smoking

70% of smokers want to stop. And while the body can be 100% free of nicotine after 72 hours, it’s the mental and emotional triggers that usually cause someone to start smoking again. It can take an extra 21 days for your body to completely adjust to being nicotine-free.

Here are some ways you can quit smoking for good:

• Do not skip meals, especially breakfast. Skipping meals triggers spikes in blood sugar, which can trigger dopamine and craving…for anything, including cigarettes.
• Watch caffeine intake. Nicotine can double the elimination rate of caffeine from the body, so after smoking, you may feel jittery if you maintain caffeine intake levels.
• Try drinking cranberry juice in the first 3-5 days after quitting smoking. It helps to stabilize blood sugar while your system is cleansing itself of nicotine.
• Lobelia tea is a great tea to drink while detoxing from smoking due to a similar nicotine-like effect on the body without the actual harmful effects of nicotine.
• Licorice Root tea is another tea that is good to drink while overcoming cigarette addiction.
• Hops, Magnolia Bark, and Wild Lettuce are also good herbs to help with healing from cigarette smoking.
• Take Sea Salt baths to help draw toxins from the body.

Dherbs Solutions

To help break cigarette and nicotine addiction, Dherbs recommends:

• Full Body Cleanse
• Substance Abuse Cleanse
• Respiratory Cleanse and Regimen
• Smoke-Less (Anti-Smoking) Formula
• Smoke-Less Inhaler
• Nerves Cleanse & Regimen
• Nerves Formula

Thank you for reading! This article is compliments of Dherbs.com.

SHARE:

The post Smoking appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS is medically defined as “the unexpected and sudden death of an apparently normal and healthy infant that occurs during sleep and with no physical or autopsic evidence of disease. It is the most common cause of death in children between 2 weeks and 1 year of age, with an incidence rate of 1 in every 300 to 350 live births.” Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 3rd edition, pg. 1129

Western medicine attributes SIDS to a plethora of causes including lack of biotin in the diet, abnormality of the endogenous-opiod system, mechanical suffocation, a defect in respiratory mucosal defense, prolonged apnea, an unknown virus, anatomic abnormality of the larynx, and immunoglobulin abnormalities.

Causes and Risk Factors

In August 2011, the National Library of Medicine posted these causes and risk factors to its website:

• Sleeping on the stomach
• Being around cigarette smoke while in the womb or after being born
• Sleeping in the same bed as their parents (co-sleeping)
• Soft bedding in the crib
• Multiple birth babies (being a twin, triplet, etc.)
• Premature birth
• Having a brother or sister who had SIDS
• Mothers who smoke or use illegal drugs
• Being born to a teen mother
• Short time period between pregnancies
• Late or no prenatal care
• Living in poverty situations

Alternative health experts and practitioners attribute SIDS to a certain gas or fume released from the materials used in baby mattresses.

Another alternative or unorthodox health practitioner reason or cause of SIDS is babies suffocating from regurgitating synthetic milk formulas.

And then there are infant vaccination and inoculation serums as a causative factor of SIDS.

Symptoms

Because SIDS is instant, there are no symptoms.

Healing Preventatives

Guidelines for helping prevent SIDS include:

• NEVER give a child under 12 months old honey. It can cause infant botulism, which may be associated with SIDS.
• Back sleeping is strongly encouraged. Avoid letting the baby sleep on its side or stomach
• Only let babies sleep in a crib or bassonnette, never in the bed with parents or older children.
• Allow babies to sleep in the same room as the parents for the first six to eight months. Notice this says the same room, not the same bed.
• Avoid soft bedding materials such as pillows, comforters and quilts.
• Maintain a comfortable room temperature. Babies shouldn’t feel hot to the touch.
• Offer the infant a pacifier at naps and at bedtime. There is a school of thought that the pacifier helps keep the airway open.

Mothers should not fear losing a baby to SIDS as this will activate a negative energy.

New mothers should rely solely on breastfeeding as mother’s breast-milk is always accepted by the baby’s body and babies do not choke on natural mother’s milk which is programmed with good intent and maternal love.

If breastfeeding isn’t an option, there are alternative natural baby formulas that promote infant health instead of detracting from it (as is commonly found in processed, store-bought infant formulas).

SHARE:

The post SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome appeared first on Dherbs - The Best All Natural Herbal Remedies & Products.