Are you suffering from insomnia? Or maybe you’re just too stressed out from work and social life that you couldn’t even bring yourself to nap? What kind of measures do you take?
Have you tried everything—re-arranging your bed, purchasing memory foam pillow, meditating, counting the sheep? How about the “easy and sure” way of taking sleeping pills?
If you are one of those people who resort to sleeping pills, know that there are other alternatives. One that has been known to be effective and healthier than meds is banana tea. Have you ever heard of it and its benefits to the insomniacs?
Reasons Why You Can’t Sleep
There are several factors as to why some people find it hard to sleep. As mentioned above, it may be due to stress.
You know when sometimes your body wants just to rest, but your mind can’t? You keep thinking about what happened to your day or what you need to do the next day. What you usually do to knock yourself out is to read a book, or just count the sheep right?
Another factor could be your metabolism and your body’s condition. It’s hard to sleep when you’re experiencing indigestion or even when you have common colds.
Muscle pain that is caused by too much work from strenuous activities may also cause discomfort. It is hard when your body doesn’t seem to cooperate.
And then, of course, there are the environmental factors such as noise. This could be hard for people who wake up in the slightest thump or step. What more when there’s a party in the nearby neighbor’s house, right?
Another factor that is rather difficult to “cure” is when you are just not the deep sleeper type. You envy those people who knock off in seconds even in noisy places. And you cannot do anything but just live with it like you always have.
According to Findyourbalancehealth.com, It could also be possible that the reason behind your lack of sleep is your poor diet. When you eat less and spend a lot of energy all day, then your body experiences nutrient deficiency. That, in turn, results to sleep deprivation.
Well, let me tell you this, there are measures! And these actions do not have to involve you going to your doctor for a prescription!
About Banana Tea
We are all familiar with the health benefits of bananas. We know very well how much potassium we could get from it. You can also snack up on it to give you energy that will last you an entire afternoon.
But did you know that if you extract bananas and make tea out of them, you’d help yourself sleep? And by sleep I don’t mean nap; I mean really, long, uninterrupted sleep—the one you’ve been itching to have.
We are accustomed to consuming the banana fruit itself as a snack. What is amazing about it, though, is that the peel is the part that helps induce deeper sleep.
This may seem to be a little off as we are used to just throwing the peel away. However, this can be the answer to your sleepless nights and eye bags that are getting bigger.
Making banana tea is pretty easy. Anyone, even a person with the slightest kitchen experience, can do this. All you need to have is a banana peel, water, and a stove.
Findyourbalancehealth.com and Doctoroz.com note that the banana you’ll be using should be ripe. Instead of the green one, have the yellow one. Those with brown spots are good too because that means they’re ready for consumption.
Some people prefer organic bananas, and that is fine. If you think about it, they’re better. That means they are grown naturally (or even locally), with no pesticides—all the more healthy your tea will get.
Now, the fruit of the banana could also be used in this recipe, only if you want to. Adding it will add flavor to the tea. But then again, the peel has more of the “power,” so stick to it.
Boil the banana peel in a cup of water just until the flavor seeps through. And that’s it–easy peasy and no hassle, whatsoever.
Now, we are not claiming that this will do wonders for everybody. But it sure is one great and healthy alternative that you can try to avoid taking the meds.
No one is forcing you to do this, but you lose nothing if you try it anyway. You’ll never know whether it will make a difference in your sleeping pattern unless you try it.
It did wonders for a lot of people, so chances are, it will do some to you too. Natural is good, after all, right?
Author Bio:
This is Sandra McElroy. My mission is to help BedtimeFriends readers research, & pick mattresses, pillows & various other sleep products that suit their needs, & budget.