The Promise of rest by William C. D...

The Promise of rest by William C. Dement, MD PhD and Christopher Vaughan. novel York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press/Random House, Inc., 1999 Hardcover. 524 pp $2495 ISBN 0-385-32008-6 Ask your retailer to call 1-800-223-6834

In this sleep-deprived world -- an of it self-inflicted, some of it a rise of specific medical conditions -- there is certainly an audience for a comprehensive main division about sleep. And the book's author, William C Dement MD PhD certainly takes be motionless seriously, saying, in the the book's first chapter," when we fail to acknowledge sleep's sovereignty throughout our lives or fail to preserve sleep healthy, it has the power to kill."

through the whole extent of the book's four sections, Dement disguises the basics, like, "Daily nap Need," as well as "Alternative Therapies," and "Sleeping Pills." This part might seem an unusual choice for Better Nutrition as Dement is somewhat of a proponent of prescribed sleeping pills, when used judiciously, and he is not a firm believer in alternative rest remedies, such as herbs. Nevertheless, this volume does provide an important service in that it places sleep -- arguably, our greatest basic ne -- and its importance in a highly serious light.

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