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Vitamins and sleep apnea

In today’s health conscious society taking vitamins have become a daily routine. While taking vitamins have been around for a long time it is especially essential for an older growing population. Vitamins and supplements are a billion dollar industry. Vitamins also are found to help with sleep disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia . The B vitamins in particular are found useful to promote sleep . What vitamins are beneficial to sleep disorders? Vitamin B6 – It has been suggested that B6 helps produce serotonin which triggers the hormone melatonin which helps you get to sleep.  Vitamin B5 – helps with stress and anxiety which in turn helps you sleep  Vitamin B1 – This is good for sleep apnea patients who have memory loss  Vitamin C – also helps reduce stress  There are also supplements and minerals that make sleeping easier. Calcium is one of them. A deficiency of calcium in the body makes us restless. That is why you hear so many people say that dr...