Friday Favorites: Natural Dietary Remedy for Insomnia

Date: 2025-09-26 11:59:46

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Lactucin, the hypnotic component of lettuce, is put to the test in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of lettuce seeds.

The other insomnia videos I mentioned are Kiwifruit for Insomnia (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-insomnia/) and Tart Cherries for Insomnia (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/tart-cherries-for-insomnia/).

For the Four Rules of Sleep Conditioning and the Four Rules of Sleep Hygiene, go to your local public library or independent bookstore and pick up How Not to Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-diet/). (All proceeds I receive from my books are donated to charity.)

Check out these other sleep videos: Is Six Hours of Sleep Enough? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-six-hours-of-sleep-enough/) and How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep Without Sleeping Pills (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-get-a-good-nights-sleep-without-sleeping-pills/).

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