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The Matt Walker Podcast

#138 - The Sleepy Girl Mocktail

Jun 1, 2026 · 31m

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Deconstructing the "Sleepy Girl Mocktail", Matt separates digital hype from rigorous sleep science. He delineates that tart cherry juice works not through trace melatonin, but as an anti-inflammatory "bodyguard" for tryptophan by inhibiting the enzyme IDO. Matt also exposes the fragile "84-minute" claim, which originated from a pilot study of just eight people. Conceding that magnesium and prebiotics offer modest nudges, our host stresses that the true efficacy is behavioral, replacin...

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