Benefits of Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the most important things you can do to improve your physical and mental performance. In addition, sleep helps you recover from injuries faster and improves your overall health and resistance to illness. The benefits of getting a good night’s sleep include:
Improved Mental Health
- Getting enough sleep supports the body’s ability to manage stress and anxiety. Lack of sleep is directly associated with depression.
Improved physical Health & Immune Function
- Cell and muscle growth and repair occur during sleep. Therefore, your body will not recover fully from the previous day’s workout without sleep.
- Poor quality sleep is associated with weight gain and obesity in adolescents and young adults.
Improved Cognitive Performance
- Lack of sleep reduces your ability to focus and maintain attention and impairs decision-making and memory.
Lack Of Sleep?
Studies show that sleep directly affects immune function and that lack of sleep is associated with increased injuries in adolescent athletes. A study on the effects of sleep deprivation on adolescent athletes found that athletes who got less than 8 hours of sleep a night were 1.7 times more likely to be injured than athletes who slept eight or more hours a night.
Sleep Supplements for Better Health
CANPREV Magnesium Stress Release + Ashwagandha, B5, B6 & C is formulated with ashwagandha, an adaptogen that’s long been used to heal stress, as well as key vitamins B5, B6, and C for quelling stress hormone production. Prolonged periods of stress have been associated with low magnesium levels due to increased elimination of magnesium from the body. This leads to a deficiency, resulting in an elevated release of stress hormones. It’s a vicious cycle – your body expels excess magnesium due to stress, and stress hormones are released more readily when there are low magnesium stores in the body.
Who should take this product?
Individuals with daytime stress, fatigue, irritability, and inability to concentrate and experience nighttime
Sleeplessness. Magnesium Stress Release also helps reduce the biomarkers of physical stress - cortisol and C-reactive protein, making it ideal for energy metabolism and cardiovascular health.
CANPREV Magnesium + Gaba & Melatonin for sleep is an extra gentle magnesium form with melatonin and GABA; this formulation is designed to help people relax, reset their circadian biological clocks, and get better sleep while reducing the time needed to fall asleep for people with delayed sleep phase disorder.
Who should take this product?
Individuals that need help falling asleep or have delayed sleep phase disorders.
CanPrev’s Sleep-Reset Melatonin can help reduce the time it takes to fall asleep, increase total sleep time, and prevent the effects of jet lag. Formulated with melatonin to help reset the body’s circadian rhythm, along with GABA, l-theanine, passionflower, lemon balm, skullcap and valerian extracts to soothe mental stress that can contribute to sleeplessness. Don’t let a new time zone, jet lag or chronic stress interrupt your body and mind’s most valuable rejuvenation time. Take it at bedtime to fall asleep and stay asleep.
Who should take this product?
Individuals suffering from sleep restriction or altered sleep schedule (e.g. shift work). People who need help reducing the amount of time needed to fall asleep or for people who fall asleep slowly or have delayed sleep phase disorder.
CANPREV Melatonin Liposomal helps to reset the body’s sleep-wake cycle, an aspect of the circadian rhythm. Melatonin can help improve sleep quality by increasing total sleep time in people suffering from altered sleep schedules, preventing the effects of jet lag, and reducing the time it takes to fall asleep for people who fall asleep slowly.
Melatonin Liposomal presents a unique form of melatonin. Liposomes envelop active nutrients in a bubble of phospholipids, shielding against digestive hazards, enzymes, and absorption-blocking substances. Phospholipid layers such as those found in Liposomal formulations are built from the same material as cells, vastly enhancing permeability, absorption rate by epithelial cells and rapid uptake into our blood or lymphatic system.
Who should take this product?
Individuals who have problems falling (or staying!) asleep, working night shifts, or travelling to a new time zone may benefit from supplemental melatonin.
Get Better Sleep
As you can see, there are many benefits to getting a good night’s sleep. Although, knowing this and doing it are two different things! First, it’s important to understand how much sleep to aim for. Teenagers should get 8-9 hours of sleep a night. Adults should shoot for 6-8 hours of sleep a night.
Second, it is good to have some strategies to make falling asleep as easy as possible. Try some of the following tips to find what works best for you.
- Use blackout curtains and reduce excess light to make your bedroom as dark as possible.
- Avoid spending time on your phone, computer, or watching TV at least 30 minutes before going to bed.
- Create a bedtime routine to start winding down at least 30 minutes before bed. For example, your routine might include reading, listening to relaxing music, journaling, or taking a bath.
- Get the recommended amount of exercise throughout the day. However, avoid intense exercise close to bedtime as it can make relaxing and falling asleep difficult.
- Avoid caffeinated beverages late in the day.
- Establish a consistent bedtime. Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day. By sticking to a routine your body can count on, you are more likely to get the recommended amount of sleep.
Cautions
As with any natural health product, you should consult a healthcare practitioner before use of this product, especially if you are taking anticoagulant, anticonvulsant, steroids, or blood pressure/immunosuppressive/sedative/hypnotic/psychotropic medications, or if you have asthma, depression, diabetes/hypoglycemia, migraine, hormonal/seizure disorders, or cardiovascular/chronic kidney/immune system/liver disease. Consumption of alcohol or medications/natural health products with sedative properties is not recommended. Do not use it if the seal is broken. Do not use it if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Keep out of reach of children