Hi there,

We're big fans of Dr. Peter Attia here at Sonnet, and on his latest ask-me-anything podcast he covered how he has used Ashwagandha for sleep for the last two years and offered his perspective on the latest science of the supplement. We are sharing because we consider ourselves to be on Team Ashwagandha as well and include Sensoril® Ashwagandha across all our formulations.

While we have no affiliation, we're happy to link his episode here (subscription required). The section covering Ashwagandha is after the paywall, but we summarized it below:

Key Takeaways:

Ashwagandha is a natural evergreen shrub with a long history of use in traditional Indian medicine for sleep and stress reduction.
There is modern evidence in support of that usage. It increases GABAergic activity, which is our body's calming neurotransmitter, and may extend sleep duration by promoting non-REM deep sleep.
As it is a plant extract, there are wide ranges of extract quality to go with varying concentrations of the likely bioactive compounds, withanolides. Quality matters, and the sweet spot dosage seems to be between 10-30mg of withanolides.
- Note: We at Sonnet pay the big $ to use Sensoril® Ashwagandha across our formulations, ensuring quality and consistency so that each does of Sonnet has the estimated 12.5mg of withanolides.
Ashwagandha may also reduce levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, which likely contributes to its stress reduction function.

One of the core functions of our formulations is to increase GABAergic activity, tilting you towards your natural relaxed parasympathetic state that is much more conducive to high quality sleep. Sensoril® Ashwgandha plays a critical role in our formulations in service of that.

Here's to restful sleep, calm minds, and better health in 2025,

- The Sonnet Team

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