It's time for Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionist Darlene Cavist.

Each week, Darlene explains a connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned to hear practical, real-life solutions for healthier living through good nutrition.

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Slow down, you move too fast.

You got to make the morning last last just kicking down the cobblestones

looking for fun and feeling groovy good morning welcome to dishing up nutrition I'm

Kara Carper a licensed nutritionist and very happy to be here on this beautiful spring morning

we finally have spring.

Yay. And today's topic is going to be falling and staying asleep and how to do that, how to fall

sleep better and more easily and how to stay asleep longer. So we're going to be talking about the

importance of sleep and problems, consequences that happen from not having enough sleep, and then

give tips on how to fall asleep and sleep through the night. So I'm sure we have a lot of listeners

who can relate to these problems with sleeping because two-thirds of Americans complain of occasional

sleeplessness and a third have insomnia.

Ten million Americans fill prescriptions for sleep aids, and that's not even counting, you

know, the over-the-counter sleep aids.

But first I'd like to introduce my co-host, Kate Crosby.

She's also a nutrition counselor and meets with clients at

Lakeville and North Oaks offices. Good morning, Kate. I love doing the show with you, and it's nice to see you

again. Good to see you, Kara. Thank you. It's a great topic today. You know, I think everybody can

learn something from this show. So let's just kind of define insomnia.

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