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Friday, October, 23, 2009

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Diet and Sleep Part Two

By Florence Cardinal Health Expert

You are what you eat

I can hear you saying, "Okay... now I have to watch what I eat

and when I eat it... but now you are going to limit my fluids?"

 

No! However, there are certain factors that should be kept in

mind when drinking any type of fluids. One troublesome item is

caffeine. Caffeine interferes with sleep with most people.

Caffeine can also become an addiction... so watching our intake

should be important.

 

Nursing mothers should be even more careful

than most others, since the caf...

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