Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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And so it just has a really great way to cross the blood-brain barrier.
So I tend to take this in the day to get my mag levels up and up to my brain for sleep.
So finally, we have our pause sleep.
So sleep disruption is one of the most debilitating symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
And it really compounds everything.
Poor sleep worsens insulin resistance.
It worsens body composition, increases inflammation, and impairs your cognitive function, like
We have to prioritize sleep.
And so many women are being medicated with sedatives to kind of force them to sleep, but they're not getting the good high quality sleep.
They're not getting the deep sleep when you're chronically on these medications.
So I partnered with a sleep medicine specialist, Dr. Andrea Matsumura, to come up with a product that was evidence-based that would help women specifically their needs in the sleep phase.
So if you're having hot flashes and that's waking you up from sleep, we need to fix the hot flashes.
And that is not what sleep is doing.
This is for the woman whose vasomotor symptoms are controlled or she doesn't have them, who is struggling to go to sleep or struggling to stay asleep.
So she and I decided to put three key elements in this product.
So it is a combination of alpha wave L-theanine.
L-theanine is a natural relaxant.
It's a natural anti-anxiety medication.
So we are relaxing the mind with this.
It also has a magnesium product, this glycinate that crosses the blood-brain barrier well that gets into the system and relaxes the body and muscles.