exercise and sleep

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Here's an interesting article about exercise and sleep, in women over 50 who were diagnosed with insomnia.

As a woman of the right age who does not sleep well, I thought the article was informative.

Here's the bottom line:

The process is more gradual and less immediately gratifying than the sleep-deprived might wish. But the benefits do develop. “It took four months” in the original study, Dr. Baron said, but at that point the exercising volunteers “were sleeping at least 45 minutes more a night.” “That’s huge, as good as or better” than most current treatment options for sleep disturbances, including drugs, she said.


I think it's scary (and discouraging) that 45 minutes is all you get, regardless. 

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