Glycine & Sleep, Food Sources of Glycine

Oct. 11, 2022

[00:00:29] Can glycine negatively affect sleep?

[00:03:39] Foods containing glycine.

Resources:

• Glycine ingestion improves subjective sleep quality in human volunteers, correlating with polysomnographic changes
• The Effects of Glycine on Subjective Daytime Performance in Partially Sleep-Restricted Healthy Volunteers
• The Sleep-Promoting and Hypothermic Effects of Glycine are Mediated by NMDA Receptors in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
• Glycine Causes Increased Excitability and Neurotoxicity by Activation of NMDA Receptors in the Hippocampus