Kemin Industries announced the benefits of its natural sleep nootropic, DailyZz, in a study1 of its post-sleep benefits. This proprietary botanical blend of spearmint and green tea extracts works while users sleep, providing them with post-sleep benefits for sharper cognitive daytime performance, including improved mental speed, focus, working memory, and decision‑making1.

Quality sleep is essential for everyone’s health. It affects mental, physical, and cardiovascular health, in addition to beauty and quality of life. However, more than one-third of adults globally are not satisfied with their quality of sleep. In the United States, 84 million adults (nearly one in three) do not consistently obtain the recommended amount of undisturbed rest they need for overall health maintenance.2 Poor sleep can lead to daytime tiredness, which makes it difficult to stay alert and focus and slows reaction time.5 The cognitive impact of poor sleep can be detrimental to daytime performance.

Poor sleep has a major impact on productivity, demonstrated by:

• Consumers saying daytime functioning is one of the most important factors for describing their sleep experience.2-4
• 65% of Americans reporting that sleep contributes to their next-day effectiveness.5
• An estimated USD$44.6 billion lost in productivity each year due to increased absenteeism by workers who get poor-quality sleep.6

The connection between mind and body is paramount to achieve peak performance and evidenced in the ability to process information quickly, make split‑second decisions, and adapt quickly. Just as physical training builds strength and agility, mental speed—the ability to respond quickly and accurately—is built with support from proper sleep and nutrition.

The direct effect of improved sleep quality on mental speed and overall performance is backed by scientific data supporting DailyZz. The science-backed ingredient has been clinically shown to demonstrate post-sleep benefits, as participants taking DailyZz showed significant improvements in mental speed, accuracy, concentration, and judgment during the day.1

One study showed that participants taking DailyZz reported twice the improvement in sleep quality, compared to the placebo group. One of the standout findings of the study was the significant enhancement in daytime cognitive performance, including a five-fold improvement in focus, a 20-millisecond improvement in reaction time, and a 60% improvement in working memory.1

These results underscore the clinical significance of DailyZz and provide a competitive edge in various aspects of life, including mental speed, a key post-sleep benefit for peak performance.

Find more information about DailyZz, or visit www.kemin.com to learn more about the Kemin line of  functional ingredients to support immune health, sleep, vision, cognition, and more.

About Kemin Industries
Kemin Industries (www.kemin.com) is a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services. The company supplies over 500 specialty ingredients for human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textile, biofuel, and animal vaccine industries.

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1Tubbs, A.S., et al. 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), p.3044.
2Gallup and Casper. (2022). The state of sleep in America.
3U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). What are sleep deprivation and deficiency? National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. 
4Paturel, A. (2014). The benefits of sleep for brain health: Could getting more high-quality sleep protect the brain? Brain and Life Magazine. American Academy of Neurology. https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/could-getting-more-high-quality-sleep- protect-the-brain
5Watson, N. F., Badr, M. S., Belenky, G., Bliwise, D. L., Buxton, O. M., Buysse, D., Dinges, D. F., Gangwisch, J., Grandner, M. A., Kushida, C., Malhotra, R. K., Martin, J. L., Patel, S. R., Quan, S. F., & Tasali, E. (2015, June 1). Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: A joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society. Sleep. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434546/
6Gallup and Casper. (2022). The state of sleep in America.