Then we have the medications for Sleeping problems...certainly on the upswing, about the same rate of Obesity.

First of all with overweight issues there is the probability of Sleep Apnea in which the breathing stops and starts during sleep and people take medication for this also.Certainly the anxiety of this ailment has to affect the possibility of a restful sleep.

WE all have anxiety which is a main cause of lack of sleep.

Anxiety many times leads to eating "binges" before bedtime .

If this is the cast then eat any of the foods from the prehistoric diet..it's healthy , fills that void and will give you less sleeping (and certainly Obesity) problems.

Overweight people are eating the wrong foods most of the day so at night, while Trying to sleep the Body is trying to digest and figure out a way to get rid of all the foreign elements, the bad fats , acids , chemicals etc. that have been digested.

So while trying to sleep, there are stomach adverse feelings which causes the mind to activate..usually on negative thoughts  etc thus the insomnia.

If a person does not have an overweight problem the mind and the body are more at ease. ( an overweight person has the anxiety of their weight issues and all their problems )

If a person is trim..the way Nature intended..and not following the guidelines of the Mega Pharmaceutical Companies or the Mega Processed Food Industry, then there is terrific energy for physical and mental activities

Then the body will naturally tell you when it is time to rest...thus no LUNESTA and the like....LUNESTA  possible side effects    Dizziness, headaches,sleepiness during the day,depression,memory problmes,abnormal thoughts and behavior, swelling of the tongue,trrouble breathing,nausea and vomiting and more.... 

FYI        LUNESTA      $400 for a bottle of 90 pills

THE PREHISTORIC DIET   $12.59 plus shipping and handleing