Sleep Botanical Blend - 90 Vegetable Capsule(s) NOW Foods

NOW Foods - Sleep Botanical Blend - 90 Vegetable Capsules

NOW Sleep is a combination of ingredients formulated to help you ease your mind and relax your body so you can drift naturally off into a restful sleep. NOW Sleep uses Valerian and Hops, two herbs that have been traditionally used to promote a calm relaxed state and support rejuvenating sleep. GABA is a neurotransmitter normally produced in the brain, where its function is to ease nervous tension. NOW Sleep thus relaxes the nervous system to help you enjoy a tranquil night and wake up refreshed and energized in the morning.

• Valerian Root Extract
• Plus Hops, Passionflower and GABA
• Supports Restful, Rejuvenating Sleep

Quality of Sleep Study Utilizing NOW Sleep Veg Caps
Fourteen healthy adult volunteers [7 males and 7 females, 25 to 59 years old (average age 46.9)] successfully completed a series of online surveys related to the quality of sleep. The study was conducted in two phases.

During the first phase, the surveys were completed for five consecutive days without supplementation. In the second phase, the identical surveys were completed while taking Sleep, a dietary supplement from NOW (Sleep #4768) containing 600 mg Valerian Root Extract (min. 0.8% Valerenic Acid), 300 mg Hops (4:1 concentrate, Strobiles), 200 mg Passionflower Extract (Aerial parts, standardized for flavonoids Vitexin and Isovitexin), 200 mg GABA (Gamma Amino Butyric Acid), 8 mg Vitamin C (Ascorbyl Palmitate), in two capsules administered one hour prior to bedtime, for five consecutive nights. The surveys were completed on the days following supplementation.

The study was not blinded. Rather, the study was designed to collect self-reported data from the volunteers fully aware of the nature of the supplement they were taking. Upon completion, the results were collected and analyzed for the following:

• Time to fall asleep; in minutes
• Number of times the person remembered waking up during sleep
• Self-reported level of feeling rested upon waking up
• Self-reported level of energy during the day following the supplementation
• Duration of sleep (using self-reported sleeping and waking times, a decrease of sleep duration was observed (on average 12 minutes).

Results
The results of the study indicate that volunteers had a positive experience with the dietary supplement Sleep (#4768, two capsules) containing valerian root, hops, passionflower and GABA. Volunteers fell asleep faster and woke up less often during the night while taking two capsules of Sleep one hour before bedtime.

The highlights of the study were a feeling of being better rested upon waking up and an increased energy level during the day following the supplementation with Sleep. A majority of volunteers described an improved sleep quality (felt a difference while taking Sleep). Finally, on average, volunteers slept a shorter period of time while feeling more rested when taking Sleep, which reinforces the notion of improved sleep quality.