- Overview Sleep
- VitaminDWiki
97 SLEEP category items - VitaminDWiki - Sleep and Omega-3
- VitaminDWiki - Sleep Meta-analyses
- 287 medical studies had both Sleep and Vitamin D in their title as of March 2024
- See also Sleep related to Vitamin D on the web
- Practical Tips for Optimizing Sleep - Dr. Patrick podcast March 2024
- What the founder of VitaminDWiki does to encourage his sleep
- See also - getting to sleep quickly
- We’re too damn exhausted to do anything about lack of sleep, survey finds - nothing about Vitamin D
- Sleep is far more important to health than diet or exercise - Mercola April 2019
- Sleep factoids from The Body, by Bill Bryson, 2019
- Alcohol helps you get to sleep, but may cause fitful sleep 4 hours later - Jan 2022
- Charts of restful sleep (nothing about Vitamin D) - April 2024
- Associations with other categories: Pain - chronic 7, Omega-3 7, Infant-Child 6, Intervention 6, Depression 5, Vitamin B12 5, etc.
Overview Sleep
97 items in sleep category A few items in SLEEP category
- Sleep greatly improved by 50,000 IU of vitamin D once every two weeks – RCT Sept 2018
- Sleeps disorders nicely treated by Vitamin D (50,000 IU twice a month) – RCT May 2017
- Sleep, Dr. Gominak and Vitamin D - several studies
- Restless Legs Syndrome dramatically reduced by vitamin D, etc
- On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- Poor sleep 1.5 X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2019
- The Better Sleep Vitamin (Vitamin D) – nice 3 dollar book Feb 2015
- The worse the sleep apnea, the lower the vitamin D levels – meta-analysis 2017, 2020
- Vitamin D for better sleep video - Dec 2021
- 5X increase in sleep problems in a decade in US Veterans
- Sleep Apnea and Vitamin D - many studies
- Melatonin and Vitamin D - many studies does much more than improve sleep
VitaminDWiki
97 SLEEP category items - wiki page:
- Poor sleep was 2X more likely if low Vitamin D and poor Vitamin D receptor – April 2024
- Psoriasis increases risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea by 1.4X (vitamin D not mentioned) - Dec 2023
- Sleep, Dr. Gominak and Vitamin D - several studies
- Sleep Apnea and Vitamin D - many studies
- Sleep greatly improved by 50,000 IU of vitamin D once every two weeks – RCT Sept 2018
- Sleep duration increases with vitamin D levels in males, broad peak in females – Sept 2023
- Sleep quality 6X worse after stroke if low vitamin D – July 2022
- Melatonin and Vitamin D - many studies
- Poor sleep associated with low Vitamin D (pregnant Saudis in the case) – Jun 2022
- Sleep improved a bit by adding a bit of vitamin D – meta-anaysis March 2022
- Many sleep problems are associated with low Vitamin D (children in this case) - Jan 2022
- Vitamin D for better sleep video - Dec 2021
- Sleep not helped when half got to 35 ng of Vitamin D (may need 60 ng) – RCT Dec 2021
- Nightmares associated with low Vitamin D and low Calcium – Aug 2021
- Benefits of Omega-3 plus Vitamin D were additive – RCT Sept 2021
- Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea decreased by 50,000 IU weekly vitamin D – June 2021
- Sleep less than 6 hours: 4X more-likely in men having less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – June 2021
- A tiny amount of Calcitiol (activated Vitamin D) for only 4 weeks does not help (sleep apnea in this case) – May 2021
- Sleep problems associated with Omega problems - April 2021
- Risk of sleep apnea in obese increases 3.4X with poor vitamin D Receptor – Sept 2021
- Poorer sleep as Vitamin D levels drop with age – March 2021
- Obstructive sleep apnea, CPAP, and COVID-19 (Vitamin D can probably help) – Review Feb 2021
- Sleep improved by Vitamin D and B vitamins (2 hour interview) - Feb 2021
- Sleep improved by Vitamin D, Melatonin, amino acids, etc. -Meta-analysis Jan 2021
- Grinding teeth while sleeping (sleep bruxism) 6 X more likely if low vitamin D – Jan 2021
- 2.5 X more health compaints in children and youths if low vitamin D – Jan 2021
- Sleepiness in children 1.7X more likely if low vitamin D – Nov 2020
- Sleep Apnea patients are 5X more likely to have a COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization - Sept 28, 2020
- Children with low Vitamin D slept 1 hour less, had 1 hour later bedtimes – July 2020
- Poor sleep related to low vitamin D and little sun – March 2020
- On the job sleepiness 2.2X more likely if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- Lack of sun has caused multiple vitamin deficiencies, poor health and poor sleep - Gorminak Feb 2020
- Sleep duration in 2 year olds proportional to Vitamin D levels – Dec 2019
- Restless Legs Syndrome has increased risk with diabetes – many studies
- Restless Leg Syndrome linked to brain genes associated with Vitamin D and Iron – Nov 2019
- The story of the Human Body -excellent book by Daniel Lieberman
- Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case) – Dec 2019
- Short sleep in seniors associated with low vitamin D – NHANES Oct 2019
- Increased CPAP usage associated with increased Vitamin D - 2017, 2020
- Better sleep somewhat associated with higher vitamin D – July 2019
- Poor sleep associated with 2X increase risk of Metabolic problems (both low Vitamin D) – May 2019
- Poor sleep 1.5 X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2019
- Shift workers have low vitamin D, poorer sleep, and are more depressed – March 2019
- Sleep fragmentation 2X worse in UK senior women having dark skins – Jan 2019
- Comparing High-dose vitamin D therapies
- Sleep, Vitamin D, B Vitamins, jaw, etc. Dr. Gominak transcript - 2016
- The Optimal Dose - Restore Your Health With the Power of Vitamin D3 - 2018
- Sleep may be regulated by Vitamin D via two pathways – Nov 2018
- Sleep Apnea 1.8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Dec 2018
- Insomnia reduces work performance
- Very short sleep associated with low Vitamin D – Aug 2014
- Children short sleep 12 percent more likely for each 1 ng lower vitamin D at birth – Oct 2018
- Poor sleep 1.5 X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- Sleep disorders and Autism, TB, etc. (all have low vitamin D) – March 2018
- Omega-3 greatly reduced sleep deprivation problems in rats – June 2018
- Obese elderly with low vitamin D decreases sleeping well by 30 percent and living together by 8 percent – May 2018
- Autism associated with sleep problems
- Sleep half hour longer if OK level of Vitamin D (2-year olds) – April 2018
- Happy Nurses Project gave Omega-3 for 3 months – reduced depression, insomnia, anxiety, etc for a year – RCT July 2018
- Sleep problems cured by vitamin D, etc. – workshops and patient workbooks – Gominak 2018
- The worse the sleep apnea, the lower the vitamin D levels – meta-analysis 2017, 2020
- Insomnia treatment 12X less likely to be effective if low vitamin D – Oct 2017
- Sleep Problems in Pregnancy Tied to Premature Births (no surprise, both related to low vitamin D) – Aug 2017
- Vitamin D improves sleep and reduces pain – review of studies - July 2017
- Poor sleep associated with low vitamin D (again) – July 2017
- Sleeps disorders nicely treated by Vitamin D (50,000 IU twice a month) – RCT May 2017
- Poor sleep quality in mid-pregnancy 3.5 X more likely if low vitamin D – March 2017
- Sleep problems reduced by vitamin D - Autistics and controls – July 2016
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea reduced by Omega-3 – June 2016
- Sleep Apnea patients – 98 percent had low vitamin D – Feb 2016
- Hypothesis – Vitamin B-12 deficiency is associated with Vitamin D deficiency
- The Better Sleep Vitamin (Vitamin D) – nice 3 dollar book Feb 2015
- 1 night without sleep affects insulin resistance as much as 6 months of high fat diet (vitamin D not mentioned) – Nov 2015
- Hypothesis – reduced circadian rhythms, not vitamin D nor melatonin is the risk factor for many health problems – Sept 2015
- 4.5X more likely to catch a cold if low sleep - hypothesis - due to low vitamin D
- African-Americans with poor sleep have lower levels of vitamin D – Aug 2015
- Sleep, Vitamin D, Vitamin B-12, IBS, Fibromyalgia - Gominak March 2015
- Poor sleep strongly associated with pain in seniors (both associated with low vitamin D) – March 2015
- Longer time to fall to sleep in winter unless eat salmon (vitamin D and Omega-3) – May 2014
- More screen time, less sleep (probably due to less vitamin D) – Feb 2015
- Restless Legs Syndrome dramatically reduced by vitamin D, etc
- Sleep longer if have more vitamin D – many studies
- Vitamin D and Neurologic Disorders (overview of vitamin D) - handout Dr. Gominak April 2013
- Serotonin regulated by Vitamin D – part 1 autism – Feb 2014
- Sleep disorders cured by 60-80 ng of vitamin D and some B vitamins – March 2013
- Sleep disorder and nonspecific pain implies low vitamin D, especially if dark skin – March 2013
- Handout on Vitamin D (Hormone D) and sleep - Gominak 2012
- Sleep
- Severe Sleep Loss Reduced Immune System – wonder about vitamin D reduction – July 2012
- 7 improvements in lives of veterans with chronic pain with 50,000 IU vitamin D weekly – June 2012
- Severe sleep apnea increased chance by 4.8 X of cancer death: low vitamin D – May 2012
- Many sleep disorders cured with vitamin D levels of 60 to 80 nanograms – May 2012
- Analysis by a person found that vitamin D at night somewhat disrupts sleep - Feb 2012
- Poor sleep and lack of vitamin D - Nov 2011
- Narcolepsy with Cataplexy was 5X higher if low Vitamin D – May 2011
- Sleep Apnea and vitamin D - Jan 2011
VitaminDWiki - Sleep and Omega-3
- Benefits of Omega-3 plus Vitamin D were additive – RCT Sept 2021
- Sleep problems associated with Omega problems - April 2021
- Omega-3 greatly reduced sleep deprivation problems in rats – June 2018
- Happy Nurses Project gave Omega-3 for 3 months – reduced depression, insomnia, anxiety, etc for a year – RCT July 2018
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea reduced by Omega-3 – June 2016
- Longer time to fall to sleep in winter unless eat salmon (vitamin D and Omega-3) – May 2014
- Serotonin regulated by Vitamin D – part 1 autism – Feb 2014
VitaminDWiki - Sleep Meta-analyses
- Sleep improved a bit by adding a bit of vitamin D – meta-anaysis March 2022
- Sleep improved by Vitamin D, Melatonin, amino acids, etc. -Meta-analysis Jan 2021
- Poor sleep 1.5 X more likely if less than 20 ng of Vitamin D – meta-analysis Oct 2018
- The worse the sleep apnea, the lower the vitamin D levels – meta-analysis 2017, 2020
287 medical studies had both Sleep and Vitamin D in their title as of March 2024
- The association between vitamin D status and sleep duration in school-aged children; the CASPIAN-V study - Nov 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-022-01146-5 PDF behind Paywall 1.3 X higer risk of short sleep duration if low vitamin D
See also Sleep related to Vitamin D on the web
5X increase in sleep problems in a decade in the US Veterans
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.5972
- ( The interfaces between vitamin D,sleep and pain - 2017 PDF
- Association of Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations With Sleep Phenotypes in a German Community Sample July 2019 free PDF
- Exploring sleep problems in children with developmental disabilities BMC March 2018, free PDF
"...autism spectrum disorder ... had higher scores on the night waking, parasomnias (abnormal behavior during sleep), and daytime sleepiness subscales of the questionnaire."
Children with autism spectrum disorder predominantly experience difficulties with night waking and falling asleep - Fatty Liver and Sleep Apnea are Related NYT Feb 2015
- Sleep-disordered breathing advances cognitive decline in the elderly Neurology J., April 2015
COPD treatment delays cognitive decline in people with COPD by 10 years
Wonder if COPD machines/treatment increase vitamin D levels - Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams Mercola Feb 2018
Includes a video interview
20 large-scale studies agree - the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life
...sleeplessness contributes to dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
"Sleep-Deprived Drivers More Dangerous Than Those Under the Influence"
In the spring when we lose one hour of sleep ==> 24 % increase in heart attacks.
In the fall, when we gain one hour of sleep, we see a 21 % decrease in heart attacks
after a single short sleep night (4 hour) natural cancer killer cells — drop by 75 % - Sleep — Why You Need It and 50 Ways to Improve It Mercola March 2018
No mention of Vitamin D nor Vitamin Bs - Lack of sleep increases risk of catching a cold by 4X Mercola Sept 2015
Circadian Rhythms, Melatonin, Vitamin D, or what? - The influence of vitamin D supplementation on melatonin status in patients with multiple sclerosis Aug 2014
Modest (6%) decrease in Melatonin if take an average of 4,400 IU of vitamin D
PDF is behind a paywall. Suspect that they took the vitamin D at or after the evening meal
Far easier to sleep if take the Vitamin D in the morning and Magnesium in the evening - Vitamin D and Actigraphic Sleep Outcomes in Older Community-Dwelling Men: The MrOS Sleep Study Feb 2015 free text online
- Vitamin D Associations and Sleep Physiology—Promising Rays of Information Feb 2015, free text online
- Vitamin D as an Underlying Factor in Sleep-Related Issues Dec 2012
- A Quiet Drug Problem Among the Elderly NY Times March 2018, nothing about Vitamin D
Insomnia and anti-anxiety drugs such as benzodiazepines = “benzos,” t: Valium (diazepam), Klonopin (clonazepam), Xanax (alprazolam) and Ativan (lorazepam). can be addicting (need increasing dose sizes)
"By 2015, benzo deaths in that age group (>65) had jumped to 431, with more than two-thirds involving an opioid. (Benzo-related deaths in all age groups totaled 8,791.)"
" “z-drugs” — Ambien, Sonata and Lunesta — present similar risks." Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki - Ten tips for better sleep Examine.com Sept 2018
Discusses Magnesium, but not Vitamin D nor Omega-3
Practical Tips for Optimizing Sleep - Dr. Patrick podcast March 2024
behind a paywall
00:00:00 - Why all animals evolved to sleep
00:02:04 - How exercise timing affects deep sleep
00:07:53 - Do saunas and hot baths increase sleep-enhancing hormones?
00:12:23 - Can learning and meditation boost deep sleep?
00:14:00 - Do scented oils, like lavender, impact sleep?
00:14:37 - Carbs before bed and the insulin-tryptophan-melatonin connection
00:18:58 - Why carb-heavy meals make us sleepy
00:20:38 - Can calming music, akin to lullabies, curb pre-sleep ruminations?
00:23:04 - Do cooking fumes and stale air impair sleep?
00:24:12 - Does low-level noise fragment sleep?
00:24:40 - Can time in nature transform your sleep quality?
00:25:19 - How melatonin supplementation alters deep sleep
00:26:17 - How my sauna and hot tub routine preps me for sleep
00:27:50 - Is there evidence white noise helps sleep?
00:29:24 - Morning vs. evening light – impact on deep sleep
00:32:07 - Can adjusting our body's thermal cues unlock deeper sleep?
00:36:00 - Science-backed heat therapy protocols
00:39:13 - The four pillars of sleep
00:42:01 - How much sleep is enough? (from newborns to older adults)
00:46:00 - Can sleep, exercise, and omega-3s synergize to maintain glymphatic clearance in aging brains?
00:49:22 - Are modern lifestyles and "social jetlag" turning us into shift workers?
00:52:49 - Building resilience against circadian disruptions
00:56:48 - Five immediate steps to enhance sleep quality tonight
01:00:27 - How long caffeine stays in the system?
01:02:31 - Do sedatives like alcohol or marijuana impair REM sleep?
What the founder of VitaminDWiki does to encourage his sleep
Zero nightlights - not even an illuminated clock
Wear a sleeping mask while my wife reads her Kindle in bed
We both use Kindles with a very dim white-on-black mode
Magnesium-based sleeping pill 1/2 hour before sleep time (Nighrest, have used for decades)
If I feel fully awake in the middle of the night I leave bedroom and work on laptop for 1/2 hour to 3 hours
Several times a month use Ashwagandha or CBD to relax just before going to bed
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Note: Already have high level of Vitamin D, Zinc, Magnesium, Omega-3, etc.
See also - getting to sleep quickly
What happened when I tried the U.S. Army’s tactic to fall asleep in two minutes Oct 2018
Simple visualization and relaxation techniques -Takes 2-6 weeks of practice- "Sit on the edge of your bed. Make sure only your bedside light is on, your phone is silenced, and your alarm is set for the morning.
- "Now relax your facial muscles. First tighten them up in a wincing motion, and then slowly let your muscles naturally loosen. And let your tongue fall any which way in your mouth."
- "Once your face feels like deflated putty, let gravity pull your shoulders naturally toward the ground. Let your arms dangle too, one side at a time.
- "While doing this, breathe in and out, listening to the sound of your breath. With each breath, let your chest relax further and then let gravity relax your thighs and lower legs."
- "Once your body feels like nothing more than a loosely formed lump of clay, try to clear your mind for 10 seconds. If thoughts come naturally, let them pass–just keep your body loose and limp. After a few more seconds you mind should feel clearer."
- "Now picture one of the following two scenarios: you lying in a canoe in a calm lake with clear blue skies above you; or you in a velvet hammock, gently swaying in a pitch-black room. If you happen to be a person who isn’t great at visualization, you can instead chant the mantra, “Don’t think, don’t think, don’t think” for 10 seconds instead."
Eversleep sleeptracker $200, 2019
Might be a nice way to determin if a treatment is reducing sleep problems
We’re too damn exhausted to do anything about lack of sleep, survey finds - nothing about Vitamin D
Fastcompany March 2019
- "...44% of global adults say their sleep worsened in the last five years, with 8 in 10 claiming they want to improve the situation. However, 60% never sought any medical or professional help for it,"
- "...76% of adults experience at least one listed condition that impacts their sleep, with insomnia (37%) and snoring (29%) topping the list."
- "...U.S. sleep aid market is expected to grow to over $100 billion by 2023"
- "The survey comprised interviews with more than 11,006 respondents in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States."
Sleep is far more important to health than diet or exercise - Mercola April 2019
- Mercola
"In the video above, Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist, interviews professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science and author of "Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams."
Sleep factoids from The Body, by Bill Bryson, 2019
- Bears don’t hibernate, because their body temperature stays near normal and they are easily roused. = torpor.
- Elephants and horses get by on just two or three hours of sleep a night.
- That may seem far-fetched, but it is a curious fact, when you think about it, that no matter how profoundly unconscious we get, or how restless, we almost never fall out of bed, even unfamiliar beds in hotels and the like. We may be dead to the world, but some sentry within us keeps track of where the bed’s edge is and won’t let us roll over it
- fifty-six of the one hundred bestselling drugs in use today target parts of the body that are time sensitive.
- average amount of sleep people get on a night before work has fallen from eight and a half hours fifty years ago to under seven now.
Alcohol helps you get to sleep, but may cause fitful sleep 4 hours later - Jan 2022
Why Does Alcohol Mess With My Sleep? New York Times
- "“It’s probably OK to have a glass of wine with dinner four hours before bed,” Dr. Abbott said. Or maybe limit your drinking to happy hour or the appetizer course."
Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Charts of restful sleep (nothing about Vitamin D) - April 2024
Associations with other categories: Pain - chronic 7, Omega-3 7, Infant-Child 6, Intervention 6, Depression 5, Vitamin B12 5, etc.
Intervention - non daily 4, Breathing 4, Skin - Dark 4, Autism 4, Books, videos, 4 Vitamin D Receptor, 4 Meta-analysis ,4 Optimum 3, Obesity 3, Pregnancy 3, Diabetes 2, Headache 2, Middle East 2, Immunity 2, Women 2,, Virus 2, Iron 2, Autoimmune 2 April 2024
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