316. The Neuroscience of the Sleepy Girl Mocktail: Tart Cherry Juice and Sleep
Do You F*cking Mind?
Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach
4.9 • 915 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The 'Sleepy Girl Mocktail' was a trend going around TikTok that claimed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and even improve the quality of your Sleep. And it’s all about Tart Cherry Juice – specifically Montmorency cherries or sour cherries.
So what exactly are the ingredients in this drink and how much validity is there to the claims that it helps you not only fall asleep but also stay asleep?
In this episode we’re going to dive deep into the science behind the ingredients, find out what the science says about them and separate the difference between falling asleep and staying asleep. And for those of you that struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep and struggle with maybe Insomnia and staying asleep, this could help you out!
RECCOMENDATIONS:
- Listen to Episode 68 on Serotonin and Tryptophan at https://rebrand.ly/dyfm-ep68 .
- Read ‘Effects of Tart Cherry Juice Beverage on the Sleep of Older Adults with Insomnia: A Pilot Study’ Pigeon, Carr, Gorman and Perlis from JMed Food 2010 https://rebrand.ly/c78aptz .
- Read ‘Pilot Study of the Tart Cherry Juice for the Treatment of Insomnia and Investigation of Mechanisms’ Am J Ther. 2018 Mar/Apr;25(2):e194-e201. doi: at https://rebrand.ly/e1f0bc .
- Listen to episode 191 with the Science/Brain Fact about Magnesium, the best types of magnesium for sleep and how the type of magnesium you take could have a laxative effect at https://pod.fo/e/169d72 .
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| 0:00.0 | A Listener Production |
| 0:03.9 | Please leave your message after the tone |
| 0:07.3 | Why am I jealous of my ex? |
| 0:09.7 | I am so stressed all the time |
| 0:11.7 | How do I get into a routine? |
| 0:13.3 | Is TikTok making me anxious? |
| 0:15.2 | I think I'm being manipulated. |
| 0:17.0 | Someone told me you could live with half a brain. |
| 0:19.4 | This is Do You Fucking Mind, Mind mind mindset hacks for a badass life. |
| 0:23.3 | Hosted by me, Alexis Fernandez. |
| 0:25.7 | Hello, my beautiful beans and welcome to the episode of today. |
| 0:29.8 | So in today's episode, I'm going to be talking about, surprise, surprise, we're talking about sleep again. |
| 0:36.0 | But we're going to be talking about a trend that's |
| 0:37.6 | been going around TikTok. More so a few months ago, but I thought it'd still be relevant and, |
| 0:44.7 | you know, worth it talking about it. And this is a trend called the Sleepy Girl Mocktail. If you |
| 0:51.1 | guys have not yet seen this, then even if you're not on TikTok, just Google |
| 0:55.4 | Mocktail. |
| 0:56.7 | It looks delicious and awesome. |
| 0:59.2 | And I thought, why not kind of delve into what the science says behind these ingredients |
| 1:04.0 | and does it actually aid in sleep? |
| 1:06.6 | Because if you just look at the actual, it's a moktail, it's not a cocktail, it's a moktail, |
| 1:10.6 | but if you look at the ingredients of this Sleep girl mocktail, they're all great. I'm going to |
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