6 Natural Supplements to Boost Energy and Sleep
From adaptogenic mushrooms that power you through the day to sleep aids that taste almost as good as candy, here are 6 natural supplements to bolster your health.
The usual vitamins are usually good, but we're living through unusual times. Sometimes your energy, stress management functions, and—most especially—sleep need a little help. Enter, natural supplements. Specifically, adaptogens, a type of mushrooms that are known to reduce the effects of stress and fatigue by decreasing your sensitivity to stressors, thus protecting you from more stress; and melatonin, which is already a known sleep aid. We need these more than ever now, and there's one for everybody.
If you're just beginning to add more supplements to your daily set of vitamins, start with an all-around product like this one from Herbs of the Earth. It contains Ashwagandha, Rhodiola Rosea, Astragalus Root, Panax Ginseng, Siberian Ginseng, and Holy Basil, a blend of adaptogens that improve brain function, endurance, and your energy levels.
The much-raved about vitamin supplement, SuperYou covers all bases for a, well, super you. The blend of four adaptogenic herbs in this supplement "works to reduce stress by helping normalize cortisol levels," which then enhances your energy, mood, focus, and even your glow. It's also non-GMO, vegan, and free of gluten, soy, dairy, and sugar.
Not the pill-popping kind? No worries, adaptogens also come in powder form so you can mix it into your coffee, tea, or blend it in with your morning smoothie. This supplement includes lucuma, ginger, reishi, turkey tail, maitake, astragalus, all which support your immune system so you can better fight off stressors and do more in your daily life, which we all need.
If you find your energy levels dropping mid-day, snack on one of these lozenges for a pick-me-up. They're naturally flavored with mango, orange, and white tea, and made with ingredients that increase mental alertness and cognition such as schisandra and lemon balm extract.
Focus Adaptogems are naturally flavored with energizing mango, orange, and white tea and is made with schisandra, a type of berry tea that promotes mental alertness and lemon balm extract that helps boost cognition.
If you love making your baked goods and smoothies even more nutritious, throw in this gelatinized maca powder into your recipes. In gelatinized powder form, the starches in maca root are already broken down so your body can better absorb and use it. This can help manage stress better, and help your body become more resilient to stressors.
Dozens of sleep and vitamin gummies have come and go but this one comes with rave reviews. This melatonin supplement is also blended with Vitamin B so that you reduce stress and anxiety by nighttime, and help improve your sleep cycles, thus improving energy in the day as well.
