Tag: Multiple Ingredients

The Best Sleep Supplements to Deal with All Nighters

If you’ve ever had to pull an all-nighter, you know that sometimes the hardest part is the day after. Whether you drink coffee, or take other stimulants to stay up through the night, the consequences of a sleepless night are…

Driven Performance Labs and Max Sleep Coupons

Max Sleep is a sleep supplement from Driven Performance Labs, formerly known as Dynamic Nutrition. They’re a nutrition consulting company that also produces a range of supplements made for athletes — usually CrossFitters, weightlifters, and bodybuilders — but I’ve found…

The Secret to Lucid Dreaming? Reviewing Dream Leaf

Lucid dreaming enthusiasts tend to agree on one thing: The fact that lucid dreaming can be both learned and induced. While there are “natural-born lucid dreamers,” most of the folks currently partaking in the practice have worked hard to get…

Theanine vs Tyrosine: What’s the Difference?

Theanine is an increasingly common ingredient (at least from what I’ve tested) in sleep supplements. It has a calming yet non-sedative effect, which is why it’s in sleep supplement blends and added to some existing blends like ZMA. In fact,…

New Mood and Alpha BRAIN Together: A User’s Take

Though I’m most interested in sleep and recovery supplements — and testing them! — I’ve also experimented with some fairly mainstream, natural nootropics (aka brain supplements). One of those is Alpha BRAIN, a popular nootropic formula made by Onnit. Onnit

Theanine vs Kava: Which Is Better For Sleep?

While I’ve tried sleep supplements containing both theanine and Kava, there are a lot of differences between the two substances. Both can have a positive impact on sleep, but it’s important to keep a few things in mind before trying,…

ZMA vs Multivitamin: How Should You Get Your Nutrients?

ZMA is one of my all-time favorite sleep supplements (well, at least top 5), but it’s a pretty simple mix: Vitamin B6, magnesium, and zinc (both in aspartate form). (Some blends contain theanine, which I’m a fan of; read about…