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DNA Elite Sleep (Black Cherry)
DNA Elite Sleep
Elite Sleep is our all-in-one sleep cycle optimizer and recovery aid designed and hand-picked from all-natural and naturally occurring ingredients that:
1. Help improve your Quality and Quantity of sleep
2. Promote and prime the body and mind for REM Sleep and Deep Sleep
3. Encourage the body to naturally produce the hormones needed for sleep and during sleep
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Read below to find out how these ingredients work!
Whole Tart Cherry Extract Benefits
Consumption of tart cherries (powdered, capsules, or concentrate) were found to decrease markers for oxidative stress in 8/10 studies, inflammation in 11/16, exercise-induced muscle soreness in 8/9, blood pressure in 5/7, arthritis in 5/5, and improved sleep in 4/4 studies using meta analysis review.
Tart cherries contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory phytochemicals that may influence sleep by different cytokine release mechanisms associated with the sleep-wake cycle. You can find more on this in our blog: The All Natural Sleep Aids You Are Sleeping On.
L-Glycine Benefits
It is suggested in scientific literature that supplementation of 3000mg or more of the amino acid L-Glycine may help to lower core body temperature - an essential step for priming the body for deep sleep, promoting recovery, and much more. What's best is it is also suggested that L-Glycine may also promote these steps even without altering sleep architecture (the transitions to and from REM and Deep sleep)
Magnesium Glycinate Benefits
Magnesium is an overlooked essential mineral needed by the body, and is often a missing mineral in modern diets. Major benefits of optimal magnesium levels in the body include but are not limited to: reduced inflammation, increased deep sleep duration, muscle health, facilitates bone mineral density, and allows the brain to fire optimally.
Magnesium Glycinate in particular is a form of magnesium associated most with being most beneficial for bodily functions such as muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels, and promoting melatonin production in the body.
Valerian Root Benefits
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has used Valerian Root for centuries. Valerian Root is widely recognized for its potential to help sleeping problems such as insomnia. A meta analysis showed subjective improvements for insomnia using this herb. In the body, Valerian Root binds to GABA Type-A receptors - which inhibits (decreases) the excitatory pathways associated with being awake and alert.
L-Theanine Benefits
Amino acid L-Theanine is found primarily in tea leaves and is helpful for promoting things like relaxation. To avoid caffeine in tea, one would turn to supplementation. L-Theanine has been shown to help offset the disturbances during sleep caused by caffeine consumption, and support alpha brain waves (associated most with relaxed, calm, and mindful mental states) - making this a perfect natural aid for preparing the body for sleep.
GABA Benefits
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid that is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in mammals. GABA was first discovered in 1950 and it was soon to be known that GABA is produced and is preferentially stored in the brain. Because of its widespread activity in the body and vast research done on this compound, GABA has been shown to provide subjective and objective aid in these areas: Potential to improve heart rate variability (HRV), potential to moderate blood pressure, and much more!
L-Tryptophan Benefits
L-Tryptophan is commonly known to be found in foods like turkey, cherries, nuts, milk, eggs, and more. And why is common to hear that turkey makes you sleepy after a thanksgiving meal? Well, L-Tryptophan is an amino acid that is a precursor to the synthesis of melatonin. It gets converted to an intermediate product, commonly known as 5-HT, which then acts as a precursor to serotonin and melatonin synthesis. Melatonin then signals the brain to transition and prepare the body for sleep.
DNA Elite Sleep (Black Cherry)