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Just North of Maple West Bloomfield 58 Friday, January 2, 1987 626-1350 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Nearly everyone, at some point; experiences sleepless- ness. And, say the experts, there are a number of steps you should — and should not — take to ensure a good night's sleep. Among them: Don't go to bed hungry. Should you wake in the mid- dle of the night, craving food, you'll find it hard to go back to sleep. Resist the impulse to raid the pantry. "The cookies you gobble will soon become your nightly reward for wak- ing up," says Dr. Samuel Dunkell, director of the New York Hospital-Cordell Medi- cal Center's Insoninia Clinic. Do grab a snack before bed- time, preferably protein-rich, as the body converts an amino acid called L- tryptophan into serotonin, a sleep-inducing brain chemical. (If you're a weight- watcher, skip the snack and swallow a couple of L- tryptophan capsules available at most health food stores.) Don't go in for late night smokes and nightcaps, not even a "harmless" Coke or cup of cocoa. Alcohol in- terfers with the stages of quality sleep, while nicotine and caffeine stimulate the nervous system. Nicotine in- creases the system's produc- tion of a sleep-disturbing chemical called catechol- amine. Caffeine reaches peak blood concentration within an hour but takes at least three hours to lose half of its effects. Do your exercises, but not before you go to bed. Fifty-six percent of people who don't exercise report sleep dif- ficulties at least once a week. Thirty minutes three times a week between 4 and 8 p.m. is all you need; if you can't spare the time, plan to take a brisk 15-minute hike after dinner. Don't try and force sleep. It doesn't work but only leads to frustration and anger. If you think you're too hyped up to fall asleep, take a shower or hot bath with epsom salts: it will relax your muscles, make you drowsy. If that doesn't work, try counting sheep or, if you're right-handed, im- agine drawing a large circle counter-clockwise. If you're a leftie, clockwise. You'll soon bore yourself to sleep. Here are some other things the sleep experts recommend: Skip the catnap or siesta unless you're a nightperson and go to sleep late. If you must nap, try to keep it under 15 minutes, and in mid-after- noon. But beware: a nap may "restore your batteries," but it could also confuse your own biological clock enough to upset established sleep/wake patterns. Avoid decongestants with caffeine if you have sinus problems. If they're serious, and your bedmate doesn't ob- ject, do what the painter Vin- cent van Gogh did to conquer his insomnia — plant some camphor in your pillowcase. Equally desperate measures may be called for in dealing with snores. If nudging your partner into changing posi- tions doesn't work, sew a pocket in back of the night- gown, pajamas or shorts and put a marble in it. Be wary of prescription or over-the-counter tranquil- izers— without first undergo- ing a complete physical. Although it's harder now to get hold of barbiturates such as Seconal and Nembutol, there seems to be no slow- down in the sale of Dalmane and Valium. They are both ad- dictive and lethal, if taken with alcohol. If you must take pills, ask for something in the benzodiazepine family of hyp- notics that move out of the blood stream much faster. Lower the bedroom temper- ature to between 55 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If you're too hot or too cold sleep will pass you by. Also, install a