◦ Throughout our youth sleep is pretty straightforward since we run on a predictable daily routine. Drivers of stress & adrenaline allow for sleepiness to not show up as a problem. But underneath once leaving the system after hs your baseline structure crashes and the problems start to show up. Depletion of Glycogen Storage in the liver is a major factor leading to sleepless nights & tiredness. In order to fix this you need salt for sugar absorption into the blood stream, meaning enough glucose from a source of sugar.

◦ Caffeine also has a great benefit if taken in morning: due to it awakening the bodies system. Through absorption of caffeine you can stop the effects and buffer your wakefulness. Since caffeine requires large amounts of energy metabolism, taken with food helps & should be a must regardless to prevent energy depletion. Due to the bodies naturally producing adenosines: it causes tiredness throughout the day especially mid-day. By taking 40mg helps slow the production of course with the benefit of chlorogenic acid. This acid helps supports glucose metabolism & stabilizes cellular energy; which is directly important for wakefulness being a healthy metabolism.

◦ Before bed, having adequate salt intake and a bowl of ice cream or some kind of calcium helps quickly turn galactose into a quick glucose replacement. Like calcium, progesterone comes in great amounts to lower the stress hormones at night due to heightened cortisol release around dawn. Remember your adrenaline spikes at night so meeting your glycogen storage needs to up your blood sugar lowers stress. Progesterone specifically is a calming hormone which gelatin itself has glycine & proline, countering the stress hormones. You see cholesterol enters the body & depending on your state whether stressed or not, produces either progesterone or it produces the opposing estrogen. So lower your stress baseline through proper amino acids, salt which tells the body to lower the cortisol and plenty of sugar to balance your blood sugar.