Vici Glossary
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5-HTP: Because of its role in creating serotonin, 5-HTP is indirectly involved in producing melatonin, a hormone that is critical for sleep. Melatonin helps the body’s bio clock stay in sync and regulates daily sleep-wake cycles.
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Ashwagandha: Ashwagandha is classed as a tonic, mild sedative and adaptogen in herbal medicine.
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B-Complex and Biotin: Work together to help your body so that your cells can use them as a source of energy.
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CBD Oil: Derived from the flowers, leaves, and stalk of the industrial hemp plant.
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Chamomile Flower: This flower has been used for centuries in teas as a mild, relaxing sleep-aid and as a digestive aid.
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Choline: Choline is a B vitamin and an essential nutrient. Choline plays an important role in a number of biological processes, including fat and cholesterol transport, energy metabolism, and cell and nerve signaling.
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Folate: It is also known as vitamin B9, folate, or folic acid. All B vitamins help the body to convert the food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which is used to produce energy. These B vitamins, often referred to as B complex vitamins, help the body use fats and protein.
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Ginseng Extract: are believed to boost energy.
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Green Tea Extract: This natural energy booster is made from dried green tea leaves. This green tea extract containing natural caffeine as well as plant compounds called catechins, including epigallocatechins-3-gallate.
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Hops: Like Valerian, Hops have a long history of being used to help improve sleep.
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Inositol (B8): Inositol, also called vitamin B8, is a vitamin-like substance found in plants and animals.
Jujube: – a nutrient-rich sleep booster. Remember the candy we used to eat at the movies? It was one of my favorites! The jujube fruit is a nutritional powerhouse. It’s packed with vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, and has been used for centuries to help regular sleep patterns.
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L–theanine:
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Lavender Buds: These buds have calcium, iron, vitamin A, and other nutrients that help relax the body, promote healthy digestion, and balance mood.
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Lemon Balm Leaf: This herb is used to calm digestion and bloating and has calming effects. It is a popular choice for nervousness, sleep maintenance, and restlessness.
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Magnesium: How magnesium helps sleep: Magnesium helps to regulate the body’s bio clock and melatonin. Low levels of magnesium are linked to low levels of melatonin. Magnesium can also help maintain good sleep patterns.
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Magnolia bark: – The bark of the magnolia tree has long been used in traditional medicine to treat sleep issues, protect memory, reduce stress, and help with digestive problems and weight loss. Despite its long history, this natural sleep remedy sometimes gets overlooked.
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Melatonin: The hormone melatonin plays a role in your natural sleep-wake cycle and providing some relief from poor sleep and jet lag.
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Passion Flower: The combination of passion flower, Valerian, hops, and lemon balm is a common formula used by naturopathic physicians for inducing sleep.
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Potassium: Natural minerals such as potassium and calcium have been shown to have beneficial effects on the quality of sleep. A diet rich in potassium also helps to offset some of sodium’s harmful effects on blood pressure.
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Rhodiola Rosea Extract: Rhodiola is most commonly used for increasing energy, endurance, strength, and mental capacity. It is also used as a so-called “adaptogen” to help the body adapt to and resist physical, chemical, and environmental stress.
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Valerian Root: This root contains flavonoids, tannins, manganese, calcium, choline, and B vitamins. It’s a popular herb used to maintain good sleep patterns.
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Vitamin B12: Along with the other B vitamins, vitamin B12 helps transform the food you eat into energy that your cells can use. It also keeps your body’s nerves and blood cells healthy and helps prevent a type of anemia that can make you weak and tired.
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Vitamin B2 (riboflavin): Helps break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. It plays a vital role in maintaining the body’s energy supply. Riboflavin helps convert carbohydrates into adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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Vitamin B3 (niacinamide): Niacin or Vitamin B3 for energy and cardiovascular protection. Vitamin B3 is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B complex. It contributes to over 200 biochemical reactions in the body, making it a key element of human metabolism.
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Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): Vitamin B5, also called pantothenic acid, is one of the most important vitamins for human life. It’s necessary for making blood cells, and it helps you convert the food you eat into energy.
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Vitamin B6 (pyridodoxal 5-phosphate and pyridoxine HCI): Vitamin B6, along with the other B vitamins, helps the body turn food into energy. On its own, vitamin B6 has many other uses that are important to maintaining a healthy body and developing a healthy brain. Vitamin B6 is so important it may have triggered the growth of the first living creatures on Earth.
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Vitamin B6 (pyridodoxal hcl): Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, is a water-soluble vitamin that your body needs for several functions. It’s significant to protein, fat and carbohydrate metabolism and the creation of red blood cells and neurotransmitters (1). Your body cannot produce vitamin B6, so you must obtain it from foods or supplements.
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Zinc: Zinc supports your immune system and muscles. Magnesium plays a role in metabolism and muscle health and helps maintain good sleep patterns.
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