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correlational
positive effect
Taking 3 grams of glycine before bed might help people sleep better in a different way than common sleep medications like Valium.
Scientific Claim
In individuals with chronic poor sleep quality, ingestion of 3 grams of glycine before bedtime was associated with subjective and objective improvements in sleep quality that differ from traditional hypnotic drugs like benzodiazepines.
Source Excerpt
“Thus, a bolus ingestion of glycine before bedtime seems to produce subjective and objective improvement of the sleep quality in a different way than traditional hypnotic drugs such as benzodiazepines.”