Magnesium: A key to quality sleep
Magnesium: A key to quality sleep
Hit the pillow and drift off to dreamland. Sounds simple, right?
To be your best self, you need to shut down overnight to recharge your brain and body. Unfortunately, for 1 in 3 adults, getting 7 to 8 hours of quality sleep is an elusive dream.
The upcoming move to daylight savings time in March can also disrupt your body’s circadian rhythms, which control when you naturally fall asleep and wake up.
To get the sleep you need, start with a cool, dark, quiet bedroom, a screen-free bedtime routine, and other good sleep hygiene practices. Then add a delicious drink of TruLabs Sleep, hot or cold, to help you relax and feel sleepy.
Our newest Sleep formula, in a sweet and delicate Strawberry Hibiscus flavor, has less Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and more magnesium taurine, for a better balanced nighttime blend.
Let’s take a look at what magnesium is and how it works.
Essential for life
Magnesium, a nutrient that occurs naturally in our bodies, is a mineral that affects many physical functions.
It’s an important part of the systems that manage how your heart, nerves, and muscles work. It aids in forming proteins, and in building bones and DNA. Magnesium also helps regulate calcium and blood sugar levels.
You can get magnesium from foods you already eat, such as green leafy vegetables, like kale and spinach, as well as bananas, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, soy milk, and dark chocolate.
Magnesium and sleep
Magnesium plays a role in how the brain transmits nerve signals. In doing so, it helps muscles relax, which may promote tranquility. It decreases cortisol, a stress hormone that controls how you react to situations, often called a fight-or-flight response. Lower cortisol levels may encourage feelings of calm and sleepiness.
Taurine may enhance the production of GABA, a neurotransmitter that promotes relaxation and reduces anxiety, so it works together with magnesium to support better sleep.
People who don’t have enough magnesium in their systems also lack melatonin, a hormone that helps maintain sleep cycles.
Researchers are continuing to study all these factors, to better understand how magnesium might affect the circulatory system and influence how we sleep.
Relax and unwind
Magnesium, along with GABA, Valerian, and Melatonin, are part of our new Sleep formula.
Both our traditional Honey Lemon flavor and our new Strawberry Hibiscus also contain Passionflower Extract, Valerian Root Extract, Ashwagandha Root Extract, and Lemon Balm Extract, herbs that people have used for centuries to feel relaxed.
Drinking Sleep can support your ability to fall asleep more easily, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed without feeling groggy.
Low in calories and sugar-free
TruLabs Sleep comes in an easy-to-mix powder, sweetened with monk fruit extract and Reb M..
Monk fruit extract comes from the Luo Hab Guo plant and Reb M (Rebaudioside M) is produced through a fermentation process that starts with sugarcane or rice. Unlike some other sweeteners, Reb M has a smooth, sugar-like sweetness with no bitter aftertaste.
Sleep is sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, non-GMO, and soy-free, with only 5 calories per serving. We made it so almost everyone — even those on special diets – can enjoy it.
Try Sleep at least seven nights in a row to get accustomed to the benefits. Drink it 15 minutes before going to bed to receive 7 to 8 hours of quality sleep. While our traditional Sleep drink mix uses 8 ounces of water, our new Sleep formula can be mixed with just 4 to 5 ounces of water. This may help people for whom middle-of-the-night bathroom breaks are an issue.
So, rest easy. All the soothing ingredients in Sleep are here to help.
You can find great deals on Sleep at trulabs.com, through Amazon, or in the vitamin aisle at Walmart and other stores.
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SOURCES
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/magnesium-for-sleep#vs-melatonin
