Sleep Well Gummies
Optimal sleep is fundamental to your bodies functions. Crafted with three natural and essential vitamins and ingredients. Take two gummies once a day as a dietary supplement.
Key Ingredients:
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Vitamin B6:
Purpose:
- Significant in the influence on protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism. As well as the creation of red blood cells in the body.
- More importantly it aids in the production of neurotransmitters in the body, such as dopamine and serotonin, with are important regulators for both mood and sleep quality.
- It creates this by acting as a crucial coenzyme and facilitating the conversion of amino acids into those neurotransmitters.
- Serotonin is converted into melatonin, the natural way your body maintains its sleep - wake cycle.
Where its Found:
- Not naturally produced by the body and must be taken via foods or supplements.
- Can be also gained through different foods such as fish, poultry, legumes, and other starchy vegetables.
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Passiflora Extract:
Purpose:
- Commonly has been linked to rapid eye movement and ends up up increasing slow wave deep sleep patterns.
- It has also been linked heavily to containing anti anxiety properties.
Where its Found:
- More commonly known as passionflower extract, derived from the organic passionflower plant
- Mainly located in the Southeastern United States, as a easily growing species.
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Melatonin:
Purpose:
- Naturally produced hormone in your body meant to cause your body to relax and begin to fall asleep.
- Furthermore as melatonin production slows with age, it is common to be taken as a supplement.
Where its Found:
- It is typically produced in a lab more than anywhere else.
- Melatonin is naturally a produced hormone by your body in response to darkness as a natural relaxer.
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Other Ingredients:
- Glucose Syrup: Common sweetener and thickening agent.
- Sugar: Classic natural sweetener.
- Pectin: A natural plant derived fiber found in the cell walls of fruits such as apples and citrus fruits.
- Citric Acid: Natural acidic compound from citrus fruits.
- Sodium Citrate: Used to stabilize ph levels or often used as a means to emulsify as well.
- Natural Passion Fruit Flavor: Derived from the tropical fruit, known for a sweet and aromatic taste.
- Vegetable Oil: Oil derived from plant sources typically seeds, fruits, and nuts.
- Carnauba Wax: A natural hard wax derived from the leaves of the Brazilian fan palm tree.
- Purple Carrot Juice Concentrate: Derived by evaporating the water from purple carrot juice to intensify the flavor, color, and nutrients.
Sources
Vitamin B6:
“9 Health Benefits of Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine).” Healthline, 1 Oct. 2018, www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b6-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_4.
Lemoine, Patrick, et al. “A Combination of Melatonin, Vitamin B6 and Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Mild-To-Moderate Insomnia: A Prospective Pilot Study.” Complementary Therapies in Medicine, vol. 45, Aug. 2019, pp. 104–108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2019.05.024.
Mayo Clinic. “Vitamin B-6.” Mayo Clinic, 3 Feb. 2021, www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-b6/art-20363468.
National Institutes of Health. “Office of Dietary Supplements - Vitamin B6.” Nih.gov, 2023, ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitaminB6-healthprofessional/.
“Office of Dietary Supplements - Vitamin B6.” Ods.od.nih.gov, ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional.
Passiflora Extract:
NCCIH. “Passionflower.” NCCIH, Aug. 2020, www.nccih.nih.gov/health/passionflower.
“Passionflower for Anxiety and Sleep: Benefits and Side Effects.” Www.medicalnewstoday.com, 23 Nov. 2018, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323795#anxiety.
“PASSIONFLOWER: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews.” Webmd.com, 2021, www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-871/passionflower#uses.
Melatonin:
John Hopkins Medicine. “Melatonin for Sleep: Does It Work?” Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2012, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/melatonin-for-sleep-does-it-work.
Mayo Clinic. “Melatonin.” Mayo Clinic, 3 Mar. 2021, www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-melatonin/art-20363071.
NCCIH. “Melatonin: What You Need to Know.” National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, May 2024, www.nccih.nih.gov/health/melatonin-what-you-need-to-know.