Why You're Wide Awake at 3 A.M.
Your liver runs low on stored sugar while you sleep. Your blood sugar dips, and your body treats the dip like an emergency: it fires cortisol and adrenaline to push the sugar back up. That rescue is what snaps you awake with your heart going. It's the same rescue behind the 3 p.m. crash and the shakes when lunch runs late. You can eat clean and walk after every meal and still wake up at 3.
- Wide awake between 2 and 3 a.m., heart going
- Fading at your desk by 3 p.m., even with coffee
- Shaky and short-tempered when a meal runs late
- Your highest number comes before breakfast
The other side of blood sugar
Calm the alarm behind the crash
Berberine, cinnamon and chromium all work on the spike after you eat. Saffron+ Advanced works the other side: the stress alarm your body sounds when your blood sugar dips. 88.5 mg of saffron extract and 200 mg of magnesium glycinate, with L-theanine and lemon balm, in two capsules a day.†
- Helps You StayAsleep Past 3 A.M.†
- Supports SteadyAfternoon Energy†
- Supports a HealthyStress Response†
- Supports a Calm,Even Mood†
How Blood Sugar Swings Creep Up on You
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Stage 1
The 3 P.M. Wall
It starts in the afternoon. Lunch buys you an hour, then the floor drops out. You reread the same email, and the third coffee makes you jittery, not awake.
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Stage 2
The 3 A.M. Wake-Up
Then it follows you to bed. You fall asleep fine, and like clockwork you're wide awake between 2 and 3, scrolling in the dark until the alarm goes off.
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Stage 3
The Number Creeps
Then the morning reading. Your fasting number is the highest of your day before you've eaten a thing, and your doctor says watch what you eat and come back in three months.
Why Saffron+?
Saffron+ Advanced vs the usual blood sugar supplement
Saffron+ Advanced: yes
Saffron+ Advanced: yes
Saffron+ Advanced: yes
Saffron+ Advanced: yes
Saffron+ Advanced: yes
Works the stress side of blood sugar
Made for the 3 a.m. wake-up
88.5 mg saffron extract
200 mg magnesium glycinate
L-theanine + lemon balm added
Typical berberine or cinnamon formula: no
Typical berberine or cinnamon formula: no
Typical berberine or cinnamon formula: no
Typical berberine or cinnamon formula: no
Typical berberine or cinnamon formula: no
The label
What's in every two-capsule serving
The Supplement Facts panel, word for word from the bottle.
| Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin C (as ascorbyl palmitate) | 45 mg | 50% |
| Magnesium (as magnesium glycinate) | 200 mg | 48% |
| Saffron Extract (Crocus sativus) (flower)(Standardized to 0.3% Safranal) | 88.5 mg | † |
| 5-HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan)(from Griffonia simplicifolia Extract) (seed) | 50 mg | † |
| Proprietary Blend | 50 mg | † |
| Lemon Balm Extract (Melissa officinalis) (leaf), L-Theanine | ||
| Turmeric Extract (Curcuma longa) (root)(Standardized to 95% Curcuminoids) | 50 mg | † |
| KSM-66® Ashwagandha Extract (Withania somnifera) (root)(Standardized to 5% Withanolides) | 50 mg | † |
| Rhodiola Rosea Extract (Rhodiola rosea) (root) | 30 mg | † |
| Black Pepper Extract (Piper nigrum) (fruit) | 5 mg | † |
† Daily Value not established.
Other Ingredients: Vegetable cellulose (capsule).
Free of: Gluten, soy, dairy & tree nuts.
CALIFORNIA WARNING: Risk of cancer and reproductive harm from exposure to lead. See www.P65Warning.ca.gov/food. Required by California law; this warning does not mean the product is unsafe.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions people ask before they start
Two capsules once a day with your favorite drink. No loading phase and nothing to measure.
Take it alongside your metformin, never instead of it. Keep taking your metformin exactly as prescribed and tell your doctor what you're adding.
It has been studied for it. A 2022 analysis that pooled 32 saffron trials and 1,674 people found fasting blood sugar about 7.6 mg/dL lower on average. Saffron+ Advanced is built for the side of blood sugar you feel every day: the 3 a.m. wake-up, the 3 p.m. crash and the stress spikes in between.†
Because the swings you feel are a stress response. When your blood sugar dips, your body fires cortisol and adrenaline to push it back up, and that rescue is what wakes you at 3 a.m. and drains you at 3 p.m. Saffron is best studied for mood and sleep. Magnesium glycinate is the calming mineral people already take for sleep. L-theanine and lemon balm add calm without knocking you out.†
Two vegetarian capsules hold 88.5 mg of saffron extract (standardized to 0.3% safranal), 200 mg of magnesium as magnesium glycinate, 50 mg of 5-HTP, a 50 mg blend of lemon balm and L-theanine, 50 mg of turmeric extract, 50 mg of KSM-66® ashwagandha, 30 mg of rhodiola, 5 mg of black pepper extract and 45 mg of vitamin C. Free of gluten, soy, dairy and tree nuts. See the full label.
Saffron+ Advanced is a supplement, not a medicine, and it doesn't replace one. It contains saffron and 5-HTP. If you take a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin), rivaroxaban (Xarelto) or clopidogrel (Plavix), or an antidepressant such as sertraline (Zoloft), check with your doctor before you start.
Every order has our 90-day money-back guarantee. It's an empty-bottle promise: if Saffron+ Advanced isn't for you, you get your money back, even if the bottle is empty. Nothing to ship back.