Let’s Talk About Sleep

25 Feb

Nutrition, Recovery & Tracking for Better Rest

Sleep isn’t just rest — it’s how your body recharges, repairs and balances every system inside you.

If you’re sleeping yet still waking up tired, foggy, or “not rested”, you’re not alone and you’re not failing. Modern life, stress, habits, hormones, metabolism and even when (and what) you eat can disrupt your sleep far more than most people realise.

Research continues to show that sleep health isn’t just about “going to bed earlier” it’s about supporting the rhythms, metabolism and physiology that make sleep restorative.

Below, we’ll explore:

How nutrition & metabolism link to sleep
How IV drips can support better rest
Recovery tools at Revive that help reset body rhythms
How modern sleep tracking can support (and also overwhelm) you
Practical free tips you can use tonight

How Nutrition & Metabolism Affect Sleep

Your body’s relationship with food isn’t just about energy during the day — it’s deeply tied to circadian rhythm and the body clock that governs sleep.

Sleep scientists are increasingly focusing not just on what we eat, but when we eat it. Research in 2025 highlights that metabolic timing influences circadian rhythms — and that altering the timing of meals can affect glucose regulation, hormone signalling and sleep stability.

Why timing matters

Your internal clock tells your body when it’s time to be awake and when it’s time to rest. This clock is linked to metabolism — including how your body processes glucose, cortisol levels, insulin sensitivity and hunger signals.

Eating late, eating heavy at night, or eating irregularly can:

Delay your internal clock
Increase overnight blood glucose levels
Raise cortisol at bedtime
Disrupt the natural rise of melatonin

All of these make it harder to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Angela’s Insight

“Understanding nutrition isn’t just about what you eat — it’s about when your body is ready to use it. Your digestive system and your sleep clock are connected. The same supplements you take for recovery or stress support won’t work as well if they’re taken at the wrong time of day. Work with your rhythm — not against it.”

— Angela, Nutritional Specialist at Revive

Supplements & Sleep Support

Knowing when to take a supplement can make a meaningful difference:

Magnesium (evening): can support muscle relaxation and calm the nervous system.
Melatonin (short-term evening use): helps regulate sleep onset.
B vitamins earlier in the day: support energy and metabolism without interfering with sleep.
Avoid stimulants (e.g., caffeine) after mid-afternoon.

Can IV Drips Help Your Sleep?

IV therapies can provide targeted nutritional support quickly and safely — and some formulations are particularly helpful for sleep-related physiology.

Vitamin C Drips

Vitamin C isn’t just an immune booster, it’s a potent antioxidant that helps reduce stress hormones and inflammation in the body. Chronic inflammation and elevated stress hormones like cortisol can delay sleep onset and fragment rest.

Clients report that Vitamin C drips:

Support lower overall stress burden
Help reduce the inflammation that sometimes keeps the nervous system “alert” at night

(This doesn’t replace good sleep practices, but it can give your body the raw materials it needs to settle more effectively.)

NAD+ Drips (e.g., NAD+ Jet Lag)

NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) is a coenzyme found in every cell — and its levels naturally decline with age. It’s essential for:

Cellular energy production
DNA repair
Metabolic health
Circadian regulation

Specialised NAD+ drips (like the NAD+ Jet Lag formulation) are designed to:

Support metabolic rhythm
Reduce fatigue
Improve sleep quality

By helping regulate cellular clocks and mitochondrial efficiency, NAD+ therapies can assist where your body clock has shifted out of alignment, for example after travel or prolonged stress.

✨ Note: NAD+ isn’t a “sleep drug”, but by nudging circadian and metabolic pathways toward balance, many people notice smoother sleep quality in the days that follow.

Recovery Tools That Help Your Body Sleep Better

Improving sleep isn’t just about bedtime, it’s about the physiological state you bring into bedtime. Here’s how some of the recovery services at Revive can support that.

Red Light Therapy

Light plays a huge role in your internal clock. The evening is when bright light, especially blue wavelength, delays sleep hormones.

Red Light:

Doesn’t suppress melatonin
Supports circadian signalling
May help advance your sleep phase

Using red light later in the day can provide a gentle cue that night is approaching, helping your brain and body shift toward rest.

Human Regenerator

Oxidative stress and inflammation can elevate cortisol and keep your nervous system in a high-alert state, which delays restful sleep.

The Human Regenerator offers:

Cellular support
Reduced oxidative stress
Regulation that helps the nervous system calm down rather than stay in sympathetic (“fight-or-flight”) mode

We often recommend a 30-minute taster session for clients who have mixed results with traditional sleep advice, many notice steadier evenings afterward.

Rebalance for Busy Minds

Overthinking, looping thoughts and mental restlessness are real biological responses, not just “in your head”.

Rebalance works by:

Regulating breath
Soothing nervous system tension
Helping shift from sympathetic to parasympathetic dominance

This kind of nervous system reprieve in the evening is a powerful sleep primer.

Cryotherapy for Nervous System Reset

Cold exposure triggers:

Norepinephrine release
Reduced inflammation
Nervous system reset

This isn’t about discomfort, it’s about recalibrating stress signalling, which can lower bedtime arousal levels and helps shift physiology toward rest.

Sleep Tracking: A Useful Tool — With a Caution

Wearables like Oura, Whoop, Ultra Human ring and similar trackers can help you understand patterns in your sleep, such as duration, heart rate variability (HRV), restlessness, duration consistency and recovery.

The Good

Consistent tracking over weeks can:

Highlight sleep regularity shifts
Help correlate lifestyle changes with sleep quality
Show HRV trends that reflect recovery state
Encourage beneficial habits

A large longitudinal study of a wrist-worn wearable found that consistently wearing the device was associated with:

Longer and more consistent sleep
Lower resting heart rate
Higher HRV
indicating better recovery and physiological balance over time.

Beware

Data can become overwhelming or anxiety-provoking if you:

Fixate on “perfect numbers”
Compare yourself to others
Let scores dictate mood or plans

Experts highlight that chasing perfect data can actually disrupt sleep by creating performance pressure around rest.

Smart Tracking Tips

If you choose a wearable:

Use it to spot trends, not chase scores
Correlate numbers with how you feel
Focus on consistency, rather than perfection
Don’t let one bad night data affect the next night emotionally

As Paul from the Revive team says:

“Tracking helped me learn what actually affects my sleep — and how interventions at Revive, like the Massage Chair or Human Regenerator, shift my recovery. It’s not a rigid plan, but it helps me recognise what I need and when.”