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Body System

Sleep

Sleep onset, depth, recovery

Sleep isn't passive — it's an active, staged process the brain has to switch into, and the switch is chemical. Magnesium and glycine both calm the nervous system and nudge core body temperature down, the physiological cue for sleep onset; glycine specifically improves slow-wave (deep) sleep quality. Vitamin B6 is the cofactor that converts these precursors into the inhibitory neurotransmitters (GABA, and serotonin → melatonin) that hold sleep through the night. Low magnesium is one of the most common reversible causes of restless, fragmented sleep.

See your coverage for the Sleep system

How your supplements + diet cover this system right now — the nutrients feeding it, where the gaps are, and your own lab readouts.

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Primary nutrients

The load-bearing nutrients — if these are deficient, this system shows symptoms first. Click any to see daily targets, top food sources, and supplements that supply it.

Additional supporting nutrients
Biomarkers on this system

Lab markers that report on this system’s health.

🩸 Magnesium

Save a lab session under My Journey → Biomarkers to see your own values for these.

Pathways that power this system

Where the biochemistry happens for this system.

Related systems

Systems that share a load-bearing nutrient with this one.