This supplement increased my nightly REM sleep by over 400%

Hi there – It's Carleigh Ferrante, mindbodygreen's commerce editor.    I don't know about you, but I truly rely on quality sleep for productivity, mood, and overall physical and mental well-being.   From the moment I wake up for my morning run to the time I start my nightly skin care routine, my day is pretty much nonstop.    I used to think simply clocking eight hours was enough to reset and recover. As it turns out, sleep is more complicated than that.   About a year ago, my Oura ring tipped me off that I wasn't getting enough REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, and a few things started to make sense.   I hadn't been waking up groggy or tired, but I had experienced an increased amount of brain fogginess. Plus, any of my friends would tell you my memory is not great.    What is REM sleep?   REM sleep happens in cycles throughout the night, and researchers believe these are the times when your brain recharges and memories are formed and consolidated.   Babies spend up to 50% of their sleep in REM and adults average about 20 to 25% of the night in this stage; so, REM sleep does decrease as you age—but mine was problematic.   Ideally, my total REM sleep should be one hour and 45 minutes (at a minimum). Yet, I was only spending an average of 18 minutes in REM each night (about 4% of my total sleep).    My low REM scores validated that my cognitive performance really was subpar. After all, if I was only sleeping a few minutes in REM, how was my brain supposed to recharge?   Thankfully, there was something to be done about it.  My quest for more REM sleep   I first tried timing my meals so I wouldn't be going to bed on a full stomach. I also tried different brands of hemp CBD (which tends to improve my sleep overall), and even gave in to supplements with melatonin.   Still, no changes to my REM (but I did wake up groggy from the melatonin).    One night, I remembered I had a bottle of mindbodygreen's sleep support+. The nightly sleep aid is made with magnesium, jujube, and PharmaGABA®. Unlike other sleep supplements I've tried, it's nonhormonal and does not have melatonin (music to my ears after that aforementioned grogginess).    Mindbodygreen's sleep support+ supplement had helped me stay asleep throughout the night in the past, but I never expected it would impact the specific REM sleep stage.* My experience with sleep support+   In a last ditch effort to see if REM sleep could ever be in the cards for me, I took two capsules of sleep support+ about an hour and a half before bedtime.    When I eagerly checked my Oura scores the next morning, I found my REM sleep at one hour and 23 minutes (18% of my total sleep)—over four times more than what I was previously clocking!*   I racked my brain for anything else that could have contributed to this sudden influx of REM. I was determined to find out if it was a fluke.    Over the next two weeks of taking sleep support+, my average time spent in REM sleep went from 4% to 19% of the night.* I even started remembering my dreams, which was a rarity before.   And when the sleep support+ bottle ran out, my REM sleep went right back down to 16 minutes.    With no other notable changes in my routine, the skeptic in me conceded. The takeaway   If you can't tell, I take sleep and recovery very seriously—and diving deeper into my Oura ring data showed me the importance of each sleep stage. After a few weeks of using mindbodygreen's sleep support+ to increase my time spent in REM, I've noticed a significantly sharper mind—and I might even be less forgetful (but it depends who you're asking).*    Needless to say, I won't be letting my sleep support+ supply run out again any time soon. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.   Note: To ensure your mindbodygreen emails are delivered, please add hello@hello.mindbodygreen.com to your email contacts.   ©2024 mindbodygreen. All rights reserved. Click here to unsubscribe.