Food for Sleep Review

I posted about being some what of an insomniac on my blog before, but really realized I needed an intervention when most of my Facebook activity is when the majority of people are in bed and sleeping.  Simply put, I needed a way to get myself to sleep at a reasonable hour and stay asleep too.  Staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning and then sleeping until 9 becomes a vicious cycle that is really hard to break out of, and sometimes if I have to get up earlier for an appointment or other reason I crash and burn, nap and then it starts all over again.

Food for Sleep, is just foods combined via a science based recipe into something that naturally promotes healthy sleep, with no hang-over and no worries about the side effects that sometimes accompany other sleep aids.

I received samples of Food for Sleep for review.

Food for Sleep is available online at $24 for a six pack.  That is more expensive than most over the counter sleep aids but because it’s just food (tart cherry juice & Whey Protein Peptide with L-Tryptophan) and not drug based, that would make me willing to pay more for it.

Food for Sleep should be taken about 1/2 hour before you plan on going to sleep.  You drink the whole 2.5 oz bottle.  Be prepared, it is fast-acting 🙂  About 15 minutes after I took it I started feeling really sleepy and had very heavy eyes.

And there I was after drinking the first bottle, waking up the next morning having crawled into bed 7 1/2 hours earlier, rested.  I mean really rested.  I can’t remember sleeping that well in years.  I generally wake up a few times a night, turn around, or kick my husband because he’s snoring, or moving my pillow – but that night…nothing, just constant sleep.  The best part; there was none of that foggy grogginess that often hits me the next morning when I take an otc sleep aid.

There is one downside to Food for Sleep in my opinion.. it doesn’t taste very good.   I took a swig from the bottle and my first reaction was that it tasted like potent Flinstone vitamins in liquid form and that the texture was kind of ‘pulpy’ (for lack of a better word).  So I put the lid back on and shook it up and decided that maybe it would be more palatable if I diluted it with water.

I poured it into a glass and noticed quite a bit of sludge left on the bottom (I’m assuming from the whey powder?).

So I put some water in the bottle (a few times) to rinse it all out and then tried drinking it mixed with about 6 oz of water added to it.  It was still a no go.  I had a lot of trouble getting it down.  I have to tell you that makes me sad, because the product works.

With my box of Food for Sleep samples there was also included a booklet with Tips & Tricks for a Good Night’s Sleep guide.

This is a really handy because it helps you realize bad habits that are preventing you from getting a better night’s sleep, and learn how to alter your routine so that you can get a good night’s sleep naturally.

It also has a Sleep Diary in it, so you can follow your nightly routine and sleeping to see if there is a pattern that is keeping you up at night.

You can learn more about Food for Sleep on their website.