Skin care — sleep

Oxytocin is often labelled the love hormone for both men and women. Oxytocin influences many physical and physiological actions within the body and  is elevated when we are in situations of stress, social bonding and intimacy or affection. The hormone helps to create a feeling of calm, closeness/intimacy, trust, social understanding, increase generosity, protectionist behaviours and intensifies sexual bonding and intimacy between partners. It is also used as an anitidote for drug withdrawl or cravings and is involved in the satifaction of hunger. 

Why melatonin? Insomnia or sleep trouble can be due to a number of reasons… medication, stress, ageing,  overstimulation or just something peculiar to an individual … so use of a naturally occurring supplement like melatonin to top up our own production, is the ideal option.  It usually doesn’t have any adverse effects or the ‘hangover’ effect sometimes experienced with other prescription sleep medication.  And it unlikely that an individual taking melatonin will develop tolerance or become dependent, particularly when melatonin is taken on an as needed basis for short periods of time. Although there is a commercially available melatonin product available...

5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) 5-htp is in essence your happiness neurochemical precursor, (meaning it is converted in our bodies to another chemical, serotonin. We produce 5htp in our bodies and it is largely sourced from our diet.   FOODS THAT HELP MAKE US HAPPY Foods such as eggs, cheese, nuts, tofu, oats, turkey, salmon are useful for boosting serotonin levels. SEROTONIN Serotonin, which is responsible for keeping us balanced in a mood sense, motivated, calm and resilient.  This then is further converted to melatonin (which is our body clock hormone .. it tells us when we should sleep /day and night cycles...