High-quality sleep is critical to performing at your best in your training, competition and activities of daily living. Sleep is the time when your body and brain recuperate from the physical and mental stressors of the day. Disordered sleep with difficulty falling asleep, frequent wakening and restless sleep activity can be a sign of excessive stress and possibly even overtraining syndrome (OTS).
OTS results from chronic stressful training without proper recovery, and results in diminishing returns from your training. Sometimes, a lack of restorative sleep in itself can lead to overtraining syndrome. Deep sleep is the time when your brain releases growth hormone and anabolically repairs your body for the next training day. You can fuel your recovery from training by enhancing your sleep with natural sleep aids and other supplements like Beyond Raw® Chemistry Labs Egg Albumen Protein and Beyond Raw® Anabolic Sleep™.
Beyond Raw® Anabolic Sleep™ contains ingredients that support restful sleep for optimal recovery from your training. The first of the ingredients is the tried and true hormone melatonin. Melatonin is released from the pineal gland in your brain at the onset of darkness. Its job is to trigger the onset of sleep. Beyond Raw® Anabolic Sleep™ has a unique extended-release melatonin for sustained support of restful sleep.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid, or “GABA,” is a neurotransmitter that is generally inhibitory in your body. In other words, it helps shut down the excitability of your nervous system.
L-Theanine is an amino acid found in teas like green, black and oolong. L-theanine may be nature’s way to take the edge off of the caffeine in these teas. However this is not an amino acid that is incorporated into proteins like the essential or even non-essential amino acids in your diet. It is a non-dietary amino acid similar to L-citrulline or beta-alanine. You can live without it, but it has benefits when supplemented.
L-Theanine has structural similarity to the amino acid glutamine. Glutamine can convert to the neurotransmitters GABA and glutamate that activate receptors in the brain. L-Theanine is known to enter the brain and act in the brain following oral supplementation. It acts as a relaxing agent without sedation, thus making a viable option to calm your mind without potentially affecting your ability to wake or affecting the sleep cycle. Without sedative effects, it is also much less likely to become habit forming. L-Theanine is also able to reduce your perception of stress and although it does not appear to induce sleep, it helps with sleep.
KSM-66® Ashwagandha extract is an adaptogen that helps you fight the stress of the day. Supplementation with KSM-66 supports healthy cortisol and testosterone levels while supporting a sense of calm and well-being. Clinically, supplementation with KSM-66 for 60 days demonstrated statistically significant reduction in cortisol levels versus placebo.
The exclusive ingredient Levagen®, Palmitic Acid Monoethanolamide (PAM), is a naturally occurring amide lipid synthesized from palmitic acid found in soybeans, peanuts and egg yolk. PAM has multiple targets for its ability to support comfort and a healthy anti-inflammatory response. PAM can activate the “master switch” PPAR-α in your cells to decrease the output of inflammatory mediators. PAM supplementation appears to modulate your comfort via acting on nerve cells and other inflammatory cells in your body. PAM is an extensively studied compound that fits in perfectly with the Beyond Raw® Anabolic Sleep™ formula.
To become your best, you need to go beyond average sleep. You need Anabolic Sleep™. Pay attention to the quality of your sleep as much as you would your diet and training.
