A TYPICAL American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail.
Here are five foods that can actually help you drift off: 1. Cherries. Fresh and dried cherries are one of the only natural food sources of melatonin, the chemical that controls the body's internal clock to regulate sleep.
A mug of caffeinated tea can keep you up at night, but many herbal varieties have sleep-inducing ingredients. Drinking a tea made from lemon balm (an herb in the mint family) four times a day may help you sleep better, and chamomile tea is a classic sleep aid.