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Importance of deep sleep

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This article explains the importance of deep sleep in clearing toxins from the brain in Alzheimer's, but it should certainly apply to Parkinson's as well.

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I track sleep cycles w Oura ring and find that when I take 3 grams of the amino acid glycine my deep sleep increases noticeably. It is safe and inexpensive

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How did you come upon the idea to use glycine to help with sleep? I have only heard of using the amino acid tryptophan to aid sleep.

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pdfs.semanticscholar.org/14...

Plus it is safe, inexpensive and tastes ok.

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