Lynn Angel Transformational Health Therapist

Lynn Angel Transformational Health Therapist Don't let age change you, let me guide you to change the way you age!

Your genes open the door to precision and personalised health care during your lifetime.
08/03/2026

Your genes open the door to precision and personalised health care during your lifetime.

Your skin is your largest organ. How do you take care of it?
08/03/2026

Your skin is your largest organ. How do you take care of it?

At The DNA Company we take a long view of health. We don’t offer bandaids or quick fixes.
28/02/2026

At The DNA Company we take a long view of health. We don’t offer bandaids or quick fixes.

I highly recommend doing the upgrade. The additional gene information is another layer of depth to your understanding of...
26/02/2026

I highly recommend doing the upgrade. The additional gene information is another layer of depth to your understanding of your genetic blueprint.

24/02/2026

Important info!

Vit D plays a role in most of your body’s systems, so think of it as a non-negotiable requirement for good health. Vit D...
22/02/2026

Vit D plays a role in most of your body’s systems, so think of it as a non-negotiable requirement for good health. Vit D 3 supplement type and dosage must be based on yourvserum levels and personal genetic pathway for Vit D activation, transport and binding.

21/02/2026

Preventing a chronic disease is absolutely within your power to do.

Excellent advice allround, not just ahead of surgery.
21/02/2026

Excellent advice allround, not just ahead of surgery.

Fascinating!
21/02/2026

Fascinating!

18/02/2026
18/02/2026
Let me know if taking glycine before bed enhances your sleep for you.
17/02/2026

Let me know if taking glycine before bed enhances your sleep for you.

Glycine works for sleep but doesn't work like a typical "sleep supplement." It works like a thermostat.

When you take 3g of glycine before bed, it crosses the blood-brain barrier and binds to NMDA receptors in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain's master circadian clock. This activates the medial preoptic area, which triggers peripheral vasodilation: blood flow increases to your hands and feet, heat radiates out through the skin, and your core body temperature drops. That temperature drop is the same signal your body produces naturally before sleep onset. Glycine just makes it happen more reliably.

This was mapped at Stanford by Kawai and colleagues. When they ablated the SCN in animal models, glycine's sleep-promoting and hypothermic effects disappeared entirely, confirming this is the target, not a downstream side effect. In human trials, 3g before bed reduced sleep-onset latency and next-day fatigue in volunteers with sleep complaints.

Polysomnographic data showed improved subjective sleep quality correlated with the temperature shift. The practical detail nobody mentions: glycine is one of the cheapest amino acids on the market. A 3g dose costs roughly nine cents. It has no sedative hangover because it isn't a sedative. It works through the same thermoregulatory cascade that a hot bath before bed exploits, peripheral vasodilation leading to core cooling, except it initiates it centrally rather than peripherally.

*None of this means glycine replaces sleep hygiene or addresses underlying sleep disorders. .

Kawai et al., Neuropsychopharmacology, 2015
Bannai et al., Frontiers in Neurology, 2012
Yamadera et al., Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 2007

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15 Walter Crescent, Britannia Bay
Saint Helena Bay
7282

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Monday 09:30 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:30 - 18:00
Thursday 09:30 - 18:00
Friday 09:30 - 18:00
Saturday 09:30 - 14:00

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http://www.thednacompany.co.za/, http://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnangel

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