DEEPENS SLEEP A delicious dessert

Stress triples the risk of restless sleep. No wonder surveys suggest two in three of us these days are feeling weary when we wake. Thankfully, savoring your favorite sweet dessert as a bedtime snack can help you drift off 20 minutes sooner, plus prevent two middle-of-the-night awakenings. That’s the word from UCLA researchers, who say an evening dose of simple carbs signals your brain to shut down production of an alertness-triggering neurotransmitter called orexin.