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Not being able to sleep soundly or all through the night without waking several times is one of the worst feelings ..especially when it happens night after night. It can really make you feel terrible and isn’t good for you either. So, I’ve been trying to research some natural solutions for how to stay asleep all night. I never had trouble sleeping up until the past few months. I started waking up every night at 2am and 4am. Then, my sleeping trouble got worse, because after it hit 4am, I couldn’t get back to sleep at all and I would lie there wide awake until 9am.
I’ve been looking into every possible thing I can do to try to get some better sleep without resorting to getting a prescription. I was so desperate, I considered using Benadryl to knock myself out, but I can’t take that because it dries my throat out too much. To try and find the answer, I made a list of everything I could do to help me get a good sound night’s sleep. Luckily, I never had trouble falling asleep…it was just that I couldn’t stay asleep!
SO… I combined three methods I found online when I was researching how to stay asleep all night to get the most benefit and to make a “magic mixture” I could take to get a good night’s sleep.
How to Stay Asleep All Night with 3 Natural Ingredients:
I take a mixed spoonful of coconut oil, raw honey, and sea salt right before I go to bed every night.
The three components of fat from the coconut oil, sugar from the honey, and the salt all work to help your body be sustained throughout the night. This mixture helps you stay a sleep throughout the night and also helps reduce the impact of spikes in stress hormones or cortisol, which can often cause you to wake up in the middle of the night.
Why Does this Magic Mixture of Ingredients Work?
This magic mixture for how to stay asleep all night has been like a miracle for me!
The fat in coconut is beneficial right before bed because the fat gives your body sustained energy throughout the night. Having it before bed will prevent you from waking up hungry. Also, coconut oil fats prevent your blood sugar/insulin from spiking which is often a cause of sleeping troubles. Coconut oil provides your body with nutrients that allow your body to manufacture optimal amounts of sleep hormones.
You may be wondering why you would want to have honey that contains sugar before bed? And you’re thinking, “Doesn’t that cause blood sugar spikes that will make it even harder to sleep?” Actually, no, it’s going to help you sleep better. This is because the honey ensures an adequate amount of storage of liver glycogen for your brain. During sleep your brain uses energy and primarily gets this energy from the glycogen (sugar) stored in your liver. When you don’t have enough liver glycogen to provide energy for the brain, your adrenal glands pump out more of the stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. If you have high amounts of these stress hormones, they can cause you to have difficulty sleeping. According to this site, raw honey is 22% better at producing liver glycogen compared to processed honey you’ll typically find in the food store.
Having some sea salt right before bed is another important component as it helps lower the stress hormones as well. Salt aids in energy production so your energy can be sustained throughout the night. When you have adequate sodium in your bloodstream, your stress response is reduced and your body won’t pump out as much adrenaline or cortisol. Salt helps your body stay in a homeostatic state so that your adrenaline won’t spike during the night and cause you to wake up, at horrible times like 2am and 4am. There is even some evidence that salt raises your oxytocin level, which is a hormone that helps you feel calm and relaxed.
By combining all three ingredients, you get the benefits of all of them helping you to get to sleep and stay asleep through the night.
What You Need for the Magic Mixture
- 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon of raw honey (make sure it’s raw, unprocessed)
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
How to Use the Magic Mixture:
I keep jars of coconut oil and raw honey on a table near my bed at night along with a bag of sea salt and glass of warm water.
The main goal is just to take all three ingredients right before you go to bed. So you can do it however you feel most comfortable.
Option 1: Mix the coconut oil, raw honey, in a dish and sprinkle some sea salt on it. Mix up the ingredients a little. Put it on a spoon and swallow, then chase with water.
Option 2: Take the coconut oil, raw honey separately and chase with water. Then, you could add the sea salt to a small cup of water and drink it.
If You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night
Just take the mixture again anytime you wake up and you should be able to fall back asleep much easier, in about 30 minutes or less.
If you’ve been trying to find a solution for how to stay asleep all night, you have to give this mixture of ingredients a try! So many have commented on this post that it has really helped them.
Have you tried any of these ingredients to help you stay sleep all night? If any other remedies have worked for you, I would love to hear them in the comments.
I am diabetic, do not think I’m allowed to eat honey. Ideas?
You can skip the honey and just do the coconut oil and sea salt. My mom doesn’t do the honey part either because of the sugar, but she says the coconut oil and sea salt has been helping sleep so much better!
I will try this for staying asleep. I use a little lavender oil under my nose before bed. It really helps me relax and fall asleep. But it isn’t always a sure thing. Especially if like me you can’t shut your brain off.
Thanks for the info! Will try.
Hope it works for you!
Enjoyed coming across this site as I go about my own journey to find more natural means to go about things. I have tried to add these to my nightly tea. Have you read anything that says the hot water/heat changes the effects of the oil/honey/salt? best wishes
Thank you for this great info! I wish I could take it. However, I cannot do the saturated fat in the coconut oil or the sugar in the honey or the sodium in the sea salt right now… But I do know that it is very effective and a healthy way for most everyone else.
Does this help falling alseep too ? or just with staying asleep?
Could you add the mixture to a nighttime tea like camomile? I know it had become a fad to put coconut oil in coffee. And I usually put honey in my tea anyway. Would these items together with herbs from tea have any negative?
Cherry banana honey amond milk has help ,but not for the hole knight,I hope this mixture helps, I will let yall know
Definitely! I just use whatever way is easiest to get the 3 ingredients down 🙂 Many drink chamomile before bed to help them sleep.
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It can depend greatly on where you buy it. I got a 1 pound bag for about 12$.
worked for me thank u
Just tried this last night for a better rest since I tend to go to bed a little too late and MY GOONESS!!! Amazing!! I slept like i took 5 sleeping pills! Thank you much!
I’m so glad it helps you! I use it every night and it is like a miracle for me!
For your babe I would make sure to take gluten out of her diet for the reflux. Also I would rub therapeutic grade essential oils on her feet. Lavender is a great one to use. I use DoTerra, if you are interested in getting them wholesale you can give me your email. I also would let my kiddos sleep right next to me so if they woke up, I would nurse or pat their back and they would go right back to sleep. My 4 kids didn’t sleep thru the night for 3 years, but sleeping next to them I was able to get the rest I needed. Good luck to you.
Kathleen
wull this work for babies too? I have a 16 month old (30lbs) never slept thru night with reflux. How much could I give her? I’m desperate.
I’m not sure..the amounts would need to be adjusted. Honey is just not recommended for children under one. I would ask your doctor before trying it.
Erin,
If your baby has reflux… it’s most likely allergic to something you are giving it. Remove milk (casein, whey) from your child’s diet and if that doesn’t work, remove soy. If you’re breastfeeding, stop eating these two items one at a time to see what’s effecting your child. My doctor said my son wasn’t allergic to milk. I finally stopped listening to my doctor and listened to myself. Happy son, happy Momma.
My friend is a PA. Went through same thing. She was going to specialists for her baby with non stop vomiting and on her own removed dairy. Perfectly fine! It was to the point the GI pediatrician didn’t believe her it worked so quick.
Hi Erin, take your baby to a chiropractitioner who works with babies/children. Sometimes it is a nerve that gets stuck usually during c-section that cause reflux.
I take 500mg magnesium tablets every night before bed and that helps me stay asleep 🙂 I would like to try this method too x
Magnesium is great! I try to use either magnesium oil or epsom salts before bed.
Lori…anyone… what type of magnesium is good to take for sleep ?
There are many types.
Also, is the oil form better ? What brand ? The more specific information, the more helpful. Thank you !
Hi Sue, I take a supplement called Tri-mag. It has three forms of magnesium in it.
I am going to try your method tonight… thank you!
Would this be ok to take while pregnant?? I know kind of a silly question I just can’t stay asleep. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t see why not 🙂
No!!! Unpasteurized honey is dangerous for pregnant women, and children.
It’s only dangerous for babies, under the age of two , due to the risk of botulism. It’s fine for pregnant women, though I’d probably transition from the raw to pasteurized, just to be on the safe side.
You might be really interested in these, called buttermints: http://empoweredsustenance.com/stop-sugar-cravings/
She has a coconut oil version and they are pretty much the same thing but in a solid, etible version. Easier to get down, always accessible, and useful for more than just sleep at night. Then you can just eat a few before bed.
I tried this method, and it worked, but I don’t like the coconut oil. I nearly gag, and so have gone back to my trusty melatonin. It works fine when I remember to take it at least an hour before bed.
Thanks for the discussion of an interesting subject!
I used to have trouble taking coconut oil too. But after awhile I got use to it and now like it.
Where do you get your melatonin.
I took this tonight and within 5 minutes of taking it, got a violent bout of vomiting. Has anyone else had this reaction? Was I supposed to melt it? Could it be because I took some turmeric and an antihistamine right after? I’m bummed.
Hi Mary, sorry to hear that. It could be because of the combination with other things you took. I take mine with a light meal right before bed.
mary, the same thing happened to me. don’t know why.
Sometimes coconut oil can cause nausea due to the Lauric acid content. Could be your body isn’t used to such a large amount of an acidic substance (due to a less acidic/more basic diet) or you have high bacteria content in your stomach, which Lauric acid kills off, causing stomach/intestinal distress from the die off. Try starting with a smaller amt of oil and work your way up. Or choose a different kind of oil all together.
I am the same!
I am gluten sensitive & look forward to your Paleo-Gluten Free 7 day meal plan. Thanks for your hard work in providing natural solutions for many of today’s health challenges.
Hope you find it helpful 🙂
DoTerra makes an essential oil blend called Serenity. My family and I love it.
I love the Serenity blend, too. I just got it (actually just purchased my first essential oils from doTerra) – how do you use it to help you sleep??
doTerra EO Cedarwood is a great EO for relaxing and sleeping. Always rub a drop in the arch of each foot and also at the base of the big toes. Then I also rub it behind my ears and across my forehead. It just takes a drop at each place. I also have used serenity, but not was much luck. I try to switch between the two. I use oils for as many things as possible to replace OTC drugs and pharmaceuticals.
Unfortunately, after having 2 great nights of sleep w/ this suggestion, I am back to waking up around 2-4 am unable to go back to sleep. I even take a 2nd dose of this and it hasn’t help.
Any other natural remedies that work for others will be greatly appreciated.
I’m glad to hear it helped for a short time. Did you change anything else that may have affected your sleep? (how much you do during the day, new supplements etc.) I’ve been keeping a notebook for the past few months writing down basically everything I do lol (when and what I eat and where I go/what I do) to try to find a connection when I have a bad nights sleep. This mixture has been helping me soo much!! I sleep good, knock on wood, most nights now and once every few weeks I’ll have a worse night where I wake up. But can’t seem to connect it to anything yet.
Perhaps it could be tied to your menstrual cycle…?
That’s definitely possible!
I have a hard time turning my brain off. I have started using Young living essential oils and they support my sleep.
Have you tried turmeric?
I found that when I was using turmeric with oil and pepper I would have the deepest best night sleep and my energy levels were insanely high.
You just take equal turmeric to oil and a few sprinkles of cracked pepper.
I was making up golden paste and taking a teaspoon about a hour before bed. Some people find they need to take 4 hours prior to sleep but it works.
I have tried this one. It does work. Also, I would recommend people with insomnia to try instrumental music specially made for sleeping. It changes mind hormones to make you keep calm. You can find them on YouTube.
So a combination of this mix and music can help people like me who are workoholic and get enough sleep 🙂 Thanks Lori!
Thanks for sharing about the instrumental music! I’ll definitely look into that on YouTube.
Your 3 magic ingredients really helps me sleep well. I’m taking them every night, but I substitute coconut with olive oil. Thank you.
I’m so glad it’s helping you too!!
Does it work with Olive oil, allergic to Coconut oil?
I have been taking coconut oil at night for two weeks now, I am able to sleep through the night for the first time in years. I have also been using lavender oil in a diffuser next to my bed. I wake so refreshed.
So happy to hear it’s helping you’re sleep! Thank you so much for coming back to share your results!
Hi. I’m going to try this mixture tonite for the first time. Hopefully it helps. I read that you also use a diffuser with lavender by your bed. What kind (name) of diffuser are you using? I have never used one before. Thanks!
Do you have to take the entire amount you posted each dose?? 1tbsp of coconut oil is a lot!! Or just any amount of the mixture?
I take the entire amount. You could just try a little of each at first.
Ok, well I tried it last night and… It worked!!!
I took it before I went to sleep and woke up 3.5 hours later. So I took another dose then and slept 5 hours more!! This is a miracle! I’ve had sleep issues for years and have tried every natural thing I could find! You need to try it. I usually wake up 4-5 times a night unable to go back to sleep, but this put me right to sleep & then right back to sleep when I awoke during night!! Thank you!
Yay!!! So glad it works for you! I’ve been able to get 8 to 10 hours a sleep a night with taking it now, it really is like a miracle!
Iam going to give this a try I can’t sleep. I stay so tired all the time. I also have sleep apnea, and other health issues. I so hope this works!
Hope it works for you!
I just took my first dose!! I’ll see how it works. It sure was delicious!?
Hope it works for you!
I just use the extra virgin coconut oil — 1 Tbsp. before bed. Or if I forget and wake in the middle of the night I take more. I think you’re right, that often waking at night is due to being “hungry” in some fashion and the nightly diurnal rhythms.
That’s exactly what I do too! I can’t believe how much it helps! 🙂
I tried this last night before bed, and it works great! Thank you very much for this recipe and information.
So glad it’s helping you! Thank you so much for sharing your results.
Can u substitute himalayan pink salt? I can’t wait to try! Have been having horrible problems & low energy during the day because of it.. not good with 3 kids still at home 🙁
Himalayan pink salt should work just as good, but I haven’t tried it myself yet. Hope the mixture works for you!
Interesting that the liver benefits from this mixture. I have heard that waking at 4 a.m. is a sign of liver trouble.
How about a dube?
If it works for you 😉 I’m sure it’s a lot better then taking a pharmaceutical sleeping pill.
That’s what I’m saying!! Lol
I have been taking 2 tablespoons of coconut oil every night for 1yr now. As I was a shocking sleeper would go to bed and still be awake at least 2, 3 hrs later, it took me a few weeks to realize I was going straight to sleep coconut oil is the best thing ever and now I have great nights sleep.
So glad the coconut oil is helping you too!
Just worried as 1/4 teaspoon of salt is recommended daily allowance – may be too much.
Sea salt does not effect your blood pressure.
Mine is so low I have to add regular, non bleached, non chemical salt to bring up my blood pressure.
Alternative ways to up low blood pressure
1- Raw apple cider vinegar
2- unsulfered molasses
Just know that too low blood pressure is just as bad as too high.
It’s really important that you stay hydrated with low blood pressure.
I have so much trouble with low blood pressure when i am pregnant ! It causes weird problems with my head and eyes. I think i have bad blood circulation.
That is not true. Sea salt DOES still effect blood pressure in just the same way. My husband has a disorder with uncontrolled blood pressure and we use sea salt to raise his bp when it’s too low. I confirmed with my husband’s cardiologist that sea salt and table salt both have the same effect on blood pressure.
I have low blood pressure, and when I had tried ACV (apple cider vinegar) for my sinus infection, I really felt that it lowered my blood pressure because of how I felt. When my blood pressure is goes really low my energy level is so low i can barely function. My energy level dropped to zero after about a little more than a week of taking the ACV for my sinuses. I then did some research and found that ACV is good for people with high blood pressure because it helps to lower it, which explained to me why I felt so bad. It wiped out my sinus infection though! I drank it, sniffed it, and inhaled it several times a day for two days, and it got rid of it. Maybe I will try unbleached white, non chemical salt for my low blood pressure though.
I have read an article about Cayenne pepper it will normalize your blood pressure look for it on the net. benefits of cayenne pepper
It says an 8th of a teaspoon not a quarter for the salt.
Read what Dr. Mercola says about salt!
Hi there, would this work with MCT oil instead of coconut oil? I have a hard time gulping down coconut oil. I oil pull with it and use ezpeller pressed coconut oil.
I would love to try it and be able to sleep through the night. I usually have a hard time trying to fall asleep. Now my husband wakes me up with his snoring. I don’t feel rested anymore.
My husband snores too, and I cannot sleep unless I use ear plugs. I use Mack’s silicon soft gel.. They are great!
I snore and just had a sleep test to see if I have Sleep Apnea. I wake my husband, too. I go in to see the test results in July. Maybe that’s part of your husbands problem. I’m hoping they can do something for me. It disrupts my sleep, too, and I’m exhausted during the day.
What did the sleep study result reveal? I did sleep studies last year and found out that I stop breathing 36 times each hour. I am now using a Bi-Pap machine and have not stopped breathing since. I didn’t take long to get used to the “nose pillows” and my sweet husband no longer has to use ear plugs at night. I do however have trouble staying asleep due to a lot of complicated medical conditions. I take medications that individually would keep one asleep, and in combination they should knock a horse out. But, I don’t sleep more than 3 hours! I am going to try this recipe and report back after I do a trial test.
I am also take medications that should knock a horse out cold and still have major sleeping issues. Some nights at most I sleep is 3 hours straight but most of the time I am up every 45 minutes. I am definitely going to give this a try..
Thank you for sharing
Tammy, we sound a lot alike. I sleep with a c-pap. What should knock most people out doesn’t much faze me either. Think I will try this because I can’t stay asleep at night. I can sleep up a storm during the day but don’t get anything done!!
It your spouses snore, get them checked for sleep apnea which reduces lef longevity and can cause premature death. Snoring is not healthy.
Hello. MCT oil from BulletProof is great.
Just a thought. Make sure your Honey Hon Husband does not have Sleep Apnea. Life Threatening. My husband has it. His is called Central Sleep Apnea.
Hi there, I use Bullet Proof Brain Octane, so I thought I can use that for this recipe. When I tried to coconut oil, the Manuka Honey didn’t mix well with that. Maybe the MCT oil will do better. So far I have tried it twice and I still wake up.
I WOULD USE THE HIMALAYAN SALT IT IS BEST PURE FORM BETTER THAN SEA SALT AND TABLE SALT
USE ONE TO 5 WITH THE RAW HONEY
That was my first response also was using himalayan salt instead. Also, I do kinesiology so will test myself to see how much with each ingredient before I take it at night. Can’t wait to try the recipe. I know oil pulling twice a day helps my sleep tremendously. Have tried oil pulling once a day and I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. I was researching what was in coconut oil that helps me sleep and came across this website. Thank you for putting this out there.
I think that would work, but I haven’t tried it myself. Let us know your results if you give it a try 🙂
I wrote down all the information on the coconut oil mixture. once I buy and receive the coconut oil it will be nice trying the mixture and it will god willing help my sleep.. thanks
Hope it works for you!
Is the coconut oil a liquid? Where do you find the honey? I’m new to this natural ways. I am awake every 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Then it takes around 2 hours to fall back to sleep only to be awake in an hour to hour and a half. I feel awful and exhausted all the time!
Coconut oil is liquid at warm temps, but hardens in colder temps. So depends on the temp of your home. I linked to the honey I use above. Hope it works for you!
I just bought a liquid form of coconut oil at the Health Food Store yesterday. And is taste good. No melting needed and makes mixing easier. It’s new.
Awesome! Coconut oil is the best.
My husband use to wake me up with his snoring too. Now he uses the Pure Sleep mouth pieces you see advertised on TV and it works great! Maybe your husband would be willing to try one and see if it helps. Good luck, I know how frustrating that can be.
It your spouses snore, get them checked for sleep apnea which reduces life longevity and can cause premature death. Snoring is not healthy.
Try mixing the coconut oil in with almond milk!!! Almonds are great for energy and ironically also help you go to sleep!!! I use the organic coconut MCT oil two teaspoons in about two cups of organic almond milk, ironically I used my concoction for weight loss and just happen to run up on this article!! I also drink organic sleep tea with passionflower in it and I add a teaspoon or two of raw organic local honey. The local honey is great for building up your immune system to the local pollen since that’s what the bees collect it from, it has dual purpose. Just thought I’d share my nighty night ritual since it’s similar.
Just remember that raw honey loses its important qualities when added to something hot. It will sweeten but not give the benefits.
Did you try MCT instead of coconut oil? How did it work?
DO NOT take coconut oil it raises your cholesterol levels extremely high.
Hi, I never have much trouble falling asleep. It’s the staying asleep I have trouble with and have had for years! I take a 1mg. melatonin &/or rub double strength magnesium oil on my feet and legs, (restless legs at night) a lot of times. Also have dissolved magnesium in water with great lakes gelatin and drink before bed. yes, I sometimes have more night trips to the bathroom,( use a pink bulb in your nightlight) but I can fall right back to sleep and sleep better! I hope this helps.
Thanks for sharing! Glad to hear you found something that is helping.
Thanks for this post! I am a horrible sleeper. Sad face. I just wrote a new post on my blog TheBeetMama.com and I’m going to add a link to this info for my readers!! I’ll have to try this tonight too 🙂
Hope it works for you!
My success story from Insomnia, I had insomnia past few years and I struggled every night without proper sleep, recently one of the specialist forums I found a natural solution insomnia guide. I had used the method and techniques only for few days my insomnia disappeared without any medicine, Now I am recommending this product to other people, those who struggling from insomnia.
Hi ! Can u pls share about the natural stuff u used tyo get rid of insomnia , as I have severe insomnia . Would really appreciate your help .
What guide is it that you used?
I just wanted to thank you: I tried this last night and feel like I had finally rested; I still can’t believe that I slept thru the night; thank
That’s so great! Happy to hear it helped!
Hi, there are many types of sea salt. Could you please specified what type of sea salt are you using for thie remedy? Thanks so much. A big help if you answer. Thanks again.
Hi there, I use Celtic sea salt.
Thank you so much for you’re reply. A big help. Thank you again. God Bless.
This would be my first time trying it I have insomnia and I take generic brand of Ambien CR.. most of the time I wake up at 4 in the morning and can’t go back to sleep..
Coconut oil is a solid at room temperature. Do you heat it or take it as a solid?
I bought a new liquid form of organic coconut oil from my health food store. Clear liquid and taste great.
Liquid form is called Fractionated Coconut Oil, hop this helps
I melt it over hot water
It will melt in your mouth. I keep jar by the bedside
Hi Lori – I am a terrible sleeper, if I wake up for ANYTHING, then am up until 6 am. Yes, have tried your recommendation and yes it works very well. There is one time I had to get up to change my cat’s kitty litter in the middle of the night and was still able to go right back to sleep. Thank you so much for posting – it does help. I had quit since am trying to lose weight, but after several weeks of not sleeping well, tried again before going to sleep. Slept through the night for the first time in weeks. Thanks!!
So glad it’s helping you Liz!!
Hi Lori, wow the honey,sea salt,coconut oil works!! I have been on sleeping pills,but I wake up after 3 hours ugh.!! Thank you so much oh and fyi the girl in that pic is amazing ))) bobby d.
I’m so glad it’s working for you!!
Are you sure that it is a Tablespoon of the coconut oil? That seems like an awfully lot. Thanks
Yes! It seemed like a lot at first for me too, but once I got used to it, it’s really not bad at all. I just chase it with water 🙂
I find that mixing the items in a shot glass and microwaving it for 5 seconds then stirring the mixture makes it go down a little easier.
Thanks for sharing!
Do not mocrowave any food you put in your body!!! Changes the molecular structure
Actually it doesn’t. Little research.
Actually it does. But so does cooking. Little research.
Wrong. My rocket scientist husband has had this debate with many people. Don’t be afraid to microwave things. I would not cook a whole meal but heating things up is just fine. I could give you the scientific data to back it but would have to get the hubby involved. Don’t believe all that you read.
Great idea, Thx for Sharing🤗🙂
as soon as you heat organic honey it loses its nutrients and effectiveness. i encourage u to google it.
Well raw most things is better, so it’s not the microwave.
Through browsing i got this sleep remedy.I tried only yesterday. Looks working well for me.Let me try for few more days nd see the results..thanks.
Coconut Oil (extra virgin-organic) has been proven healthy for humans, BUT its high in Triglycerides so if this is an issue with your health, beware.
I’ve also read numerous articles about the benefits of Pink Salt over Sea Salt. I’ve bought it and it appears to taste stronger. Again-Beware if you have High Blood Pressure and are on Salt restriction.
The triglycerides in coconut oil help lower the triglycerides in your blood.
Pink salt is pink because of high fluoride. I stay away from that. High fluoride can mess with your thyroid and adrenal. Look up Cathy’s Horses. These horses had serious health problems, formerly champions, when they moved to an area where their was was fluoridated. And there are a lot if sources of fluoride besides water now. Green tea, as Asia has a lot of fluoride in its soil, unless you can get a plant and grow up yourself or buy American green tea. Also teflon cookware, a lot of things that have been manufactured with fluoridated water like reconstituted juices, soda, many meds, some insecticides. There’s quite a surprising list.
Any input on the coconut oil use in a person taking meds with high cholesterol?
I’m not sure. Wish I could be more helpful.
coconut oil had the good cholesterol..no worries..
Hi, I’m sure coconut oil is considered a ‘good fat’ and less problematic for cholesterol than olive oil or other ‘healthy fats’ I would check it out tho rather than take my word for it 😳
Angela- Coconut Oil will raise your Triglyceride levels, but Cholesterol LDL / HDL should improve.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ARB73jV4mro cholesterol is a necessary molecule. Your myelin nerve coverings are cholesterol. Many of your hormones are made from cholesterol. The cell membrane has cholesterol rafts to stabilize the membrane. Your brain is 75% cholesterol. Statins are very baaaaaadhttps://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/02/10/5-reasons-why-you-should-not-take-statins.aspx
Thank you!!!!! I tried this and the two nights I have taken it I have slept!! Going to make.it a bedtime.routine!
So glad it’s helping!!
I tried it and it worked! I found that I cannot take the oil on a empty stomach at night. Strange I can take the oil in the morning. Thanks for the info.
I’ve been taking the mixture with food at night too.
Thanks for your article and recipe. I am giving your recipe a try with a little twist.
I am trying warmed up milk instead of water which makes the coconut oil mixture much more drinkable / tolerable and I can’t foresee any direct issues since milk has been prescribed as a sleep remedy for a long time. Yes, I am aware it’s not because it (i.e. milk) contains the enzyme tryptophan, which urban legend has it will lull you to sleep.
I have become aware some time back that salt mixed with sugar helps you to sleep and might aid with headaches / migraines. I need to take in extra salt to replenish my reserves which are drained from running practices of 10km+ for a marathon. Since electrolyte exists out of at least 5 elements, the salt replaces at least two of them while also aiding with sleep and potential muscle cramps. The rest I take presently in supplement pill form such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. Calcium I have also produced from chicken egg shells. Perhaps milk provides calcium, perhaps not. There is much debate if cows milk is good or bad for human consumption. I have no problem with it and therefore have no issue using this as a water replacement. I love my daily glass of milk which I buy fresh in 10 liters from my fruit and veg store.
The important thing for me is that all the ingredients I use are natural. I mined the sea salt myself in a lagoon at Walvisbay harbour, Namibia (About 10 kg). Comes in crystal form which dissolves well in fluid. They honey is natural coming from Capetown, South Africa. The coconut oil I got from my Fruit and Veg store and comes from Mozambique. I bought it not exactly knowing what I was going to use it for but you have me a good idea.
I started dooing my cooking with natural animal fat which I produced myself. One thing Namibia, the country I am staying in is very well know for is our hormone free beef and its this beef fat which I started using 6 months ago after some extensive research on the topic. Based on my personal findings, I will never look into using plant based oils for frying meat unless I have no other choice. I used olive oil most of the time for that but tend to believe that such oils simply can’t tolerate temperatures very well which leads to breakdown of their structures leading to risk of cancer and whatever.
I am very much into analyzing all kinds of studies concerning health foods and home remedies and take what I consider to be truthful and helpful in my own life. This has been very beneficial to my health and lifestyle as I have gone back in time to follow old proven diets etc.
Taking up running is just another of my experiments and it is also paying off.
I don’t believe in taking chemical prescriptions which is the reason I landed on your page. Doctors see me perhaps once in a decade, usually because I have had an accident or as a precautionary measure when I suspect home remedies might be unsuccessful.
Thanks for sharing! I hope you see an improvement 🙂
Thanks, Volker! It sounds like you have a nice life living out in nature in Namibia, making your own sea salt, eating hormone-free beef, running marathons, watching your health. I would love to visit Namibia and meditate on the stars in the middle of the desert. I hear the sea is cold but that you have miles and miles of empty beaches – except the occasional lion. How cool is that? Lucky you! Cheers!
What would you use to lower bp I can’t take any medications due to side effects
Cayenne peppe lowers blood pressure. Google it 👌
So does garlic.
My bp is lower since I started using coconut oil on a regular basis! Haven’t tried it for sleeping, but will tonight!
That’s great!
Can you use almond butter instead of coconut oil? Just curious will try your remedy tonight and hopefully it works for me 🙏🏻
Yes, you can use it with almond butter instead. Hope it works for you!
Lori, do you think I could use olive oil instead of coconut oil?
Believe it or not my cholesterol went up over 80 points from ingesting a tablespoon of coconut oil daily and my doctor was concerned even though both the good and bad went up. it seems I’m very sensitive to saturated fat.
Yes, I would give it a try.
Hi. Can you tell me what works best. Should it be taken with food or just before sleeping..
I take it with a little food about 15 minutes or 30 minutes before bed.
Can I just mix all 3 ingredients in a small glass of warm water and drink all together?
Yes.
Yes!
Don’t forget, they say putting a bar of Ivory soap in your bed at night helps restless leg syndrome.
How is that ?!! Ivory soap ?? I have terrible RLS
I don’t know why it works but the soap stopped my mother’s RLS!
There’s magnesium in the soap. Works for me too.
Try it! Works for my hubby. Just needs to be under the sheet or sheets at the foot of the bed.
Magnesium for RLS!
I am proof it really works. Strange as it sounds
Tried ivory and Irish spring— didn’t do it for me
A good Magnesium /Calcium suppliment before bed helps the restless leg or cramps from happening. A good soak in Epson Salt helps too!
If I wake up I take 1 cap l-theanine and can usually sleep through the night.
As far as WHY the coconut oil might work…it’s probably due to the ketones it provides the brain possibly due to low blood sugar issues…the brain CAN use ketones instead of glucose.
MCT oil also works…but it peaks early and drops off…whereas coconut oil lasts longer. Ketone levels.
If you wake up in the morning with a “foggy head”…try a tsp of MCT oil in a cup of coffee.
Check out Dr. Mary Newport.