Insomnia and nutrient deficiencies: questions worth exploring

Understand the connection

Sleep depends on many interacting factors, including routines, stress, medicines, breathing during sleep, and health conditions. A nutrient deficiency can be one consideration when persistent insomnia is evaluated.

Follow the pathway

Dr. Purser discusses magnesium, B vitamins, amino acid building blocks, and antioxidant and energy pathways in his sleep teaching. These connections are reasons to ask targeted questions about a documented deficiency, rather than proof that every case of insomnia has a nutritional cause.

Bring these questions to your visit

Bring your sleep pattern, medicines, supplement list, and any laboratory findings to your visit. Ask whether sleep apnea, restless legs, mood symptoms, or another cause needs assessment before adding products for sleep.