Nightsteady
For women whose sleep changed

You fall asleep fine.
Then it's 3am.

You're not imagining it, and it isn't something you're doing wrong. For a lot of women, sleep is the first thing that changes.

1 in 2 women aged 45 to 64 say menopause is disrupting their sleep. American Academy of Sleep Medicine national survey, 2,006 US adults, 2024.

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What's happening

Falling asleep and staying asleep are two different systems.

1

Getting to sleep runs on pressure.

You've been awake long enough, so you go down. Most people past forty still do this part fine.

2

Staying asleep runs on calm.

In the second half of the night sleep is lightest. If the body is still switched on, you surface, and then you're awake.

3

That's why melatonin often misses.

Melatonin tells the body it's night. But it was already night, and you were already asleep.

What we're making

One ingredient. Not eleven.

Most sleep supplements are a stack of six to twelve things, and the amounts are usually hidden inside a "proprietary blend." If a maker knew which one worked, they'd only put that one in.

✦One standardised saffron extractThe amount printed on the front of the bottle, not buried in a blend.
✦No melatonin, no hormonesNothing else in the capsule.
✦Lab-tested on the finished capsulesNot the supplier's certificate for the raw powder. Those are different tests.
✦One capsule, about an hour before bed
The research

What the studies show, and what they don't.

On sleep

In a randomised, placebo-controlled trial, adults with poor sleep took a standardised saffron extract for four weeks. Sleep quality improved against placebo. Everyone improved in week one, including the placebo group. The two only really separated at week three.

In women around this age

A separate randomised trial in women aged 40 to 60 found saffron extract improved anxiety and low mood over twelve weeks. It did not change hot flushes or other physical symptoms.

Being straight with you: those are two different studies in two different groups. There is no trial yet showing saffron improves sleep specifically in perimenopausal women, and we're not going to pretend there is. The research is on the ingredient, not on our finished product, which doesn't exist yet.
Before you ask

The four questions everyone has.

Is this hormones?

No. There are no hormones in it. One plant extract, nothing else.

Will it make me groggy?

It isn't a sedative and it isn't melatonin. Worth knowing: when researchers tested melatonin supplements, some contained up to 478% more than the label claimed (JAMA, 2022). We publish what's actually in ours.

Will I become dependent on it?

It's non-habit-forming. It's also not a drug. It's a plant extract at the amount used in research.

How do I know it's real saffron?

Fair question. In one analysis of 104 retail saffron samples across 16 countries, 43% were adulterated. That's exactly why we test the finished capsules and publish the result.

G
Gary
Founder, Ontario

I read a sleep trial in March and it annoyed me enough to start a company. I'm not a doctor and I'm not a wellness person. I went and looked at what was actually on the shelf. Eleven ingredients, twelve, amounts not printed. So I decided to make the boring version instead.

It isn't manufactured yet. I'd rather tell you that plainly than imply otherwise.

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