What Is the New Som Sleep Drink?
This Sleep Drink Kind of Tastes Like Red Bull — and It Helped Me Fall Asleep Faster
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The ingredients in Som are non-habit forming and are NSF-Certified for Sport, guaranteeing that what's on the label is in the bottle "and that the product does not contain unsafe levels of contaminants, prohibited substances, or masking agents," according to the NSF International website (though Som notes on its own website that the drink hasn't been evaluated by the FDA). The ingredients do three things for your sleep, Rob explained:
Som differs from other sleep products because it targets a number of steps in the sleep process that people tend to really struggle with, Rob said. "Som Sleep is not a knockout drug. It's not a baseball bat to your head," he explained, adding that over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals are often sedatives that leave you feeling groggy when you wake up. Som, he said, really "helps people progress down the natural process of sleep."
The Som team purposely left out 5-HTP, an amino acid used by the body to produce serotonin and an ingredient common in similar sleep-aiding products, because it could interact with serotonin-regulating drugs like antidepressants that people might be taking. For more information, you can check out Som Sleep's web page devoted to the science behind Som.