1 in 3 people are affected by insomnia which can include finding it hard to get to sleep and waking up during the night and not being able to get back to sleep. 

You might stay up later to squeeze in more time awake and sleep is often seen as a luxury. But research has now shown how important sleep is not only to how well you feel the next day in terms of mood and energy but we now know that not having enough sleep increases the risk of Alzheimer’s, type 2 diabetes, cancer, obesity and developing a mood disorder such as anxiety and depression. 

How Nutrition Can Help

Nutrition can have a big impact on how you sleep.

Balancing blood sugar is essential in staying asleep because the crashes in sugar levels which happen through the day and night (due to going long periods without food and not eating the right foods) stimulates more adrenaline and cortisol to be released. This is because these stress hormones, apart from helping you to run away from a tiger, can also mobilise your glucose (which has been stored as glycogen in the liver) back into the blood stream. This is why you can be woken up around 4am because of an adrenaline surge and you might find it hard to go back to sleep because your mind is now active.

Nutrients

So, as well as eating a healthy diet, supplementation is beneficial as this can help improve the quantity and quality of your sleep.

Certain nutrients can be extremely supportive in helping you sleep. These include magnesium – nature’s tranquiliser for relaxation and sleep, Hops which have a natural sedative effect and a long history in helping to improve sleep and valerian which has been shown to reduce restlessness and anxiety.

The Glenville Nutrition Clinic

Dr Marilyn Glenville who founded The Glenville Nutrition Clinics has been in clinical practice for over 30 years and knows that you need to be able to trust the nutritional advice you have been given and reassured that any tests being recommended are important to help you sleep.

At The Glenville Nutrition Clinic we have the experience to support you with dietary advice, supplements and nutritional tests that can help you not only get a better night’s sleep but also improve your general health and wellbeing.

Our aim is to provide help, support and information that can make a real difference to your health.

When you come for a consultation, you will be in the hands of one of Dr Marilyn Glenville’s highly qualified nutritionists.

All of our nutritionists are hand-picked and trained to follow Dr Glenville’s high standards.

If you’re ready to improve your mental welling and help enjoy a good night’s sleep or you have concerns about your general health, please do give us a call and we can set up a telephone or Skype consultation for you.

So make the call now, and take your first step towards achieving your goal.

There are many laboratory tests that are extremely helpful if you are suffering from reduced sleep.

These tests can give you invaluable insights into understanding what is going on in your body at the moment and can tell you what vitamin and mineral deficiencies you may have. 

The interpretation of these results lets you know what supplements you need to take and what amounts of specific nutrients are needed in order to help you get a better night’s sleep and supporting your general health.

In the clinic we use an exclusive Nutritional Test that checks whether you have any deficiencies or imbalances in 15 different vitamins, mineral and essential fatty acids from one blood sample:

Minerals – calcium, chromium, copper, magnesium, manganese, selenium and zinc
Vitamins – A, C, B12, D, E, folate and beta-carotene
Essential fatty acids – your ratio of omega 6 to 3 fats

We can also see whether stress maybe affecting your sleep, and this is easily done by measuring cortisol with saliva samples which is convenient and accurate, and the samples are collected at home and then posted back to the lab.

All the tests we use in the clinic are carried out by accredited scientific laboratories in the UK and the USA.

Your nutritionist will interpret the findings of these tests for you and provide you with tailored recommendations based on your results.

Founded by Dr. Marilyn Glenville PhD, the UK’s leading nutritionist and authority on womens health issues. 

Author of 16 internationally best-selling books and former President of The Food and Health Forum at The Royal Society of Medicine.

For more than 30 years, The Glenville Nutrition Clinics have been supporting patients naturally and is the longest established nutrition clinic in the UK today with a particular expertise for women's health.

Once you’ve booked your consultation my reception will call you in the next few days to book your appointment on a date that’s convenient for you.

The prices above are for a consultation with one of Dr Glenville’s highly qualified nutritionists who have been practicing with me for many years and are all personally trained by me.