Unfortunately, as we age we find we are less likely to sleep through the night. We not only suffer more broken sleep, the quality of our sleep declines. We tend to sleep less deeply. Also, we tend to achieve less time in REM sleep, the sleep time during which we dream.
When sleep is fitful and broken, we tend to secrete less HGH into the bloodstream at night, bringing on the unwanted cycle – poor sleep causing lower HGH levels, and lower HGH levels causing still poorer sleep. Dr. Eve Van Cauter, a sleep researcher at the University of Chicago, believes that if the capacity for deep sleep can be restored in people as they age, then the aging process may be slowed.
Further, she feels that impaired HG secretion caused by insomnia in older men is responsible for premature aging.
Poor sleep drastically alters our production of HGH and by restoring our levels of HGH we can help break this cycle. Restoration of HGH levels has been shown to bring back the normal sleep patterns we had in the younger days.
Not only does it restore deep sleep, it restores REM sleep.
If your sleep habits are poor taking a quality HGH supplement can help restore your sleep. To initially help reestablish good sleep some people have found taking melatonin or other natural sleep agents.
Caution – always check with your doctor before taking sleep agents, particularly if you are taking other medications.