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This month at GMB, we’re all about sleep! We’ve covered foods that can help you fall asleep and what you can do to create a healthy nighttime routine. Here, we take you through some of our favourite sleep elixirs. They are blends of ayurvedic herbs and sleep botanicals to encourage a sense of calm and enhance your pre-bedtime routine. They all work to help you to unwind and get a better night’s rest naturally and they are a great option for winter when you can curl up with a warm mug before bed! Below are some of our top picks:
1. Four Sigmatic Mushroom Elixir with Reishi
When consumed in continuous, small doses, reishi has been shown to support the body’s sleep cycles as well as support stress. It has amazing calming effects which makes it the perfect ingredient to reach for before bed and it happens to be the star of the Four Sigmatic Mushroom Elixir Mix! Find it over on the GoodnessMe Shop.
2. Nutra Organics Lunar Latte
This literally looks like magic in a cup! The Nutra Organics Lunar Latte features a beautiful purple colour thanks to a blend of purple carrot, traditional Chinese adaptogens and organic floral botanicals to help you relax of an evening. Mix with milk of choice or hot water and enjoy the subtle hints of vanilla and caramel. Find it over on the GoodnessMe Shop!
3. Melrose Essential Nutrients + Beauty & Sleep
The Melrose Essential Nutrients powder contains organic wheatgrass and barley grass as well as vegetable powders, including spinach, broccoli, kale, kelp and shitake mushroom powder. You'll also find passionflower in there which is a great bedtime herb thanks to its calming properties. Shop it here.
4. The Beauty Chef Inner Beauty Sleep
A bio-fermented, skin-loving powder with lemon balm and passionflower (both great options for before bed) traditionally used in Western herbal medicine for a restful night’s sleep and to relieve symptoms of mild anxiety.
5. Locako Tonika Adaptogenic Coffee Creamer - Cacao and Maca
The perfect addition to a hot chocolate or other beverage! With a base of coconut milk, it's entirely dairy-free and contains added MCT's and stress-reducing adaptogens including reishi.
6. Superfeast Reishi
This mushroom powder by Superfeast is 100% natural with no added fillers, preservatives or additives. In addition to sleep promotion benefits, reishi is understood to support immunity, relieve stress and calm the mind.
7. Rochway Beauty Sleep
With a name like beauty sleep, Rochway definitely have our attention. Sleep is vital for our health, as well as our beauty! This drink takes it to another level, by containing a number of ingredients that promote sleep, including sour cherry, hops and valerian. There’s also marine collagen in here, which adds to the beautifying properties. Along with maqui berry, which is packed with antioxidants. This tasty drink is also perfect when you feel like something a bit sweet before bed. It certainly fits the criteria for a calming elixir that helps us get the most out of our time spent sleeping.
8. Tiny Tea Kids Blend
A fairy floss flavoured tea that the little ones will love. This tea is the perfect option when the kids (or you) want something sweet after dinner, but you don’t want to give them something sugary and hype them up. The ingredients inside (like olive leaf and hibiscus) are full of antioxidants, helping fight free radical damage and decrease inflammation. The maple flakes add a lovely sweetness and contains small amounts of vitamins and minerals, unlike more refined sugars. This tea is great to enjoy as a warm beverage before laying down for a restful night’s sleep. It’s also caffeine free, so it won’t interfere with getting to or staying asleep.