Sleep Science // Episode 1

This series breaks down sleep properly - by looking at the biological pathways that control it.

Each ingredient in Night Blend was chosen for a specific reason:
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To support a different pathway involved in falling asleep, staying asleep, and recovering overnight.

Across this weekly series, we’ll explain:
1️⃣ What each pathway does
2️⃣ When it’s active
3️⃣ Exactly how each ingredient supports it

Because better sleep isn’t about one ingredient - it’s about how they work together. 🤝 ...

⬇️ If you fix one thing this year, fix your sleep.
Sleep isn’t just a habit. It’s the system everything else runs on.

1. Sleep impacts willpower & decision-making
👉🏻 Poor sleep reduces activity in the prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain responsible for self-control. Less sleep = weaker discipline, more impulsive choices.

2. Every habit is learned during sleep
👉🏻 Deep and REM sleep consolidate memory and behaviour patterns.
You don’t lock in habits while doing them, you lock them in while sleeping.

3. Sleep regulates hunger, cravings & metabolism
👉🏻 Sleep loss increases ghrelin (hunger hormone) and lowers leptin (satiety hormone). That’s why ‘bad discipline’ is often just bad sleep.

4. Recovery only happens when you’re asleep
👉🏻 Muscle repair, tissue regeneration, immune recovery and growth hormone release all peak during deep sleep. No sleep = no real recovery.

5. Sleep controls your stress response
👉🏻 Chronic sleep deprivation keeps cortisol elevated. That means higher anxiety and poorer emotional regulation.

6. Your energy is built the night before
👉🏻 Caffeine doesn’t create energy, it masks fatigue. Mitochondrial repair and ATP efficiency improve during quality sleep.

7. Focus, creativity & problem-solving depend on REM sleep
👉🏻 REM sleep strengthens neural connections and insight-based thinking. If you want sharper thinking, you need more REM.

8. Sleep stabilises your circadian rhythm
👉🏻 Consistent sleep timing anchors hormones, digestion, temperature, mood and alertness. One stable rhythm makes every other routine easier to stick to. ...