Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

The Temperature Trick That Unlocks Deep Sleep #glycine #sleepquality

3 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Glycine lowers your core body temperature, which triggers deeper sleep without making you drowsy. The mechanism is well understood: cooler core temp creates the conditions your body needs for restorative sleep.

There's a lot of buzz about glycine because of its effect on sleep. Many of my own customers will take it in the evening. It doesn't make you sleepy, but it can, if you, if it's time to go to sleep, it'll help let you go to sleep. And what it does is it can actually lower your core temperature and provide the, uh, you know, the basis for like a deep sleep. So it does help with that, and the mechanisms have been worked out pretty much.