Trouble Sleeping? How Antioxidants Like Glutathione Support Better Rest

If you’ve been tossing and turning night after night, you’re not alone. Millions of adults struggle with insomnia and other sleep disorders — and while stress, hormones, and aging often take the blame, there’s another potential culprit that’s far less known but just as common: oxidative stress. 

While not as well known as emotional stress, oxidative stress can be just as harmful to your health, but more challenging to correct with lifestyle measures alone. At Advanced Medical Care, our team helps patients ward off the damage caused by free radicals and improve sleep habits with powerful antioxidant therapy. Here’s how it works.

Oxidative stress and sleep habits

Oxidative stress involves two types of molecules: free radicals and antioxidants. Free radicals are unstable molecules associated with a wide array of chronic diseases and other adverse health effects.

Typically, these unstable molecules are kept in check by the second type of molecule — antioxidants. These molecules help neutralize the effects of free radicals by donating an electron, making free radicals stable and eliminating issues.

While your body produces a limited number of antioxidants, most come from the foods we eat — specifically colorful vegetables and fruits, as well as nuts, seeds, whole grains, and some spices, like turmeric and ginger. Unfortunately, many of us don’t include enough of these foods in our diets regularly to maintain stable, elevated levels of antioxidants, which means we give dangerous free radicals the upper hand.

Sleep and other health effects

Free radicals are associated with several health problems, including elevated risks of chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer. They’re also part of the many downsides of aging.

These unstable molecules can also disrupt your body’s internal clock, altering levels of sleep-related hormones, such as melatonin, and making it much harder to get consistent, high-quality sleep. In turn, inadequate sleep increases your risks of health problems, including diabetes, obesity, depression, heart disease, and high blood pressure. 

Paradoxically, healthy sleep habits play a key role in neutralizing free radicals and managing oxidative stress. Poor sleep habits can increase oxidative stress, which in turn interferes with sleep — a cycle that can be difficult to break without medical intervention.

Antioxidant therapy for better rest

Glutathione is one of the most powerful antioxidants produced by your body — in fact, it’s often referred to as the “master” antioxidant. Glutathione also supports internal processes that promote healthy sleep habits in addition to supporting liver function, strengthening immune function, and repairing cells damaged by oxidative stress. 

When levels of glutathione are lower than typical, it can impact your sleep and energy levels during waking hours. On the flip side, boosting glutathione levels helps support better sleep.

Fortunately, IV therapy with glutathione and other antioxidants associated with sleep is one of the simplest, most straightforward, and reliable ways to ensure your body receives the compounds it needs for good sleep and optimal health. IV therapy delivers these molecules directly to your bloodstream without dilution from your digestive system, which means you derive greater benefits and more rapid and dramatic benefits, too.

Best of all, there’s no downtime afterward, and our team can design a therapy plan to address your sleep concerns, your body’s needs, and even your busy schedule, so you can finally get the high-quality rest you need for better physical health and emotional wellness.

Give your body the rest it needs

If you’ve been struggling with sleep issues, our team can help you explore whether glutathione or other IV therapies are right for you to enjoy better sleep, health, and a quality of life. 

To learn more, request an appointment online or over the phone with the Advanced Medical Care team in Forest Hills, Queens, and Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York.