Reviews - Supplement Your Sleep

A Smoother Feeling Sleep? Reviewing Timed Release Melatonin By Life Extension

Melatonin is one of the world’s most famous sleep-boosting compounds, and for good reason: In my experience at least, it helps me fall asleep faster and stay that way. Many of my favorite sleep supplements are stacks that contain melatonin…

How Often Should You Take New Mood?

If you remember from my review, New Mood is a multi-faceted supplement that can be used for much more that just helping you fall asleep and stay asleep. I have used New Mood to help me nap, fight jet…

How Does Dream Water Taste?

Dream Water comes in an easy-to-drink shot, and one upside of liquid sleep supplements is that they generally seem to absorb (and thus act) quickly. I’ve tried some truly bad tasting liquid sleep supplements — Food for Sleep is bitter…

How Often Should You Take ZMA?

ZMA is one of my favorite magnesium-based sleep supplements; generally, I’ve had the most success with True Athlete’s ZMA with Theanine formulation, which combines the standard ZMA stack in precise dosages with theanine, a calming amino acid. Overall, ZMA gives…

Is New Mood Better Than Regular Valerian?

Valerian has been used as a sleep aid for centuries, and there is a good amount of evidence that it’s effective in treating insomnia (and generally promoting more restful sleep). Valerian has sedative properties that act on the brain and…

Dream Water Versus GABAwave: Which Is Better?

Dream Water and GABAwave are two sleep supplements I keep coming back to (even after testing dozens of other ones, these are both in my top 6 or 7). Both contain GABA (Gamma-aminobutryic Acid), but despite sharing an active ingredient,…

Fall Asleep Quicker? Reviewing 5-HTP Plus St. John’s Wort By Solaray

I usually opt for what most people call “natural” or simple supplements to help my sleep. Some of my favorite sleep stacks, like New Mood, have 5-HTP in their formula, so I decided to give 5-HTP Plus St. John’s …

When Is The Best Time To Take New Mood?

If you are under a lot of mental stress or experiencing mood swings, New Mood may help you get more than just a restorative night’s sleep. As you may remember from my New Mood review, I’m a fan of…

The Deepest Sleep I’ve Ever Had? Reviewing Max Sleep By Driven Performance Labs

Like a lot of niches in nutrition, the sleep supplement market is (almost) dominated by a few big manufacturers and a few formulations that have been popular for a long time. That’s not to say these are bad products; many…

What Does GABAwave Taste Like?

Note: Currently, GABAwave is unavailable from the manufacturer. I really liked this supplement but have been unable to find it (and many phenibut-containing supplements have recently been taken off the market, it seems). I’ve started using New Mood more frequently…