Sleep Well

Sleep is the key restorative part of our daily life cycle. Everyone should sleep from seven to nine hours per night regardless of age, according to Edward L. Schneider, MD, dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

What are the effects of poor sleep?

As anyone who has suffered even mild insomnia can tell you, it is hard to exaggerate the effects of poor sleep.  Sleeping less than seven hours weakens immunity and increases the risk of depression, falls and accidents, may cause mood swings, and increases fatigue.  Further, recent studies indicate that lack of sleep can also lead to raised blood pressure, headaches, increased appetite, an increase in inflammatory markers in the blood stream, and weight gain due to increased production of cortisol.  According to a study published in the Lancet Medical Journal chronic sleep deprivation may speed the onset or increase the severity of age-related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and memory loss. (1)

What factors contribute to good or poor sleep?

Both quality and quantity of sleep is crucial for physical and mental health, and both can become more difficult to achieve in the Zoomer years.  Many factors affect sleep, such as stress, environment (noise, temperature, light), along with physiological processes that signal the body to fall asleep.  When it comes to our natural sleep rhythms, the key natural substance promoting sleep in humans is a substance called melatonin (known as the "hormone of darkness") which is secreted into the blood during darkness, by the pineal gland in the brain.  Melatonin tells the body that it is time to sleep or - when levels drop off – time to wake up.  Then amount of melatonin naturally produced by the pineal gland declines with age and this is reported to be one of the reasons older people often have difficulty sleeping.

When combined with supplemental melatonin, a number of natural botanicals have been found to work synergistically to support healthful sleep.  These botanicals include valerian root, skullcap, and passionflower.  By choosing the most effective sleep remedies for Zoomers and combining them in the most effective formula, Zwell set out to create the best all-natural sleep aid product available.

Sleep Well – designed by Zwell to improve sleep… naturally

Key Benefits At A Glance:

(1) The Lancet October 23, 1999, 354:1435-1439.

Recommended Purpose or Use:

Suggested Dose and Use:

Recommended Dose: Adults - take 2.5ml (1/2 teaspoon) once before bedtime.

Supplement Facts:

Each Sleep Well dose of 2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) contains the following ingredients:

Valerian root, liquid extract [1:5]……………......…0.96 ml  (Equivalent to 768mg of dried herb)

Scullcap aerial parts, liquid extract [1:5]…….......0.56 ml  (Equivalent to 112 mg of dried herb)

Passion Flower aerial parts, liquid extract [1:1]....0.077 ml  (Equivalent to 308mg of dried herb)

Melatonin………………………………………………....3 mg

Non-Medicinal Ingredients:

Citric acid, stevia, postassium sorbate, artificial blueberry flavor, natural blueberry flavor, alcohol, purified water.

Safety Considerations & Contraindication

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