Eight Sleep is at the forefront of the smart mattress market, and Eight Sleep Pod is an innovative product that offers a cool sleep experience. But now the innovative brand is looking inward to improve your rest, literally, with the launch of a new natural sleep supplement, Eight Sleep Sleep Elixir.

Made from four natural ingredients and developed with the help of sleep specialists (and a vast library of sleep data), Sleep Elixir is formulated to help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed.

Interest. No release date has been set yet, but when Sleep Elixir is announced, add your name to the Eight Sleep waiting list to be among the first to get your hands on it. Until then, let me explain what Eight Sleep's Sleep Elixir is.

Eight Sleep is the brand behind Pod 4, one of the best smart beds and mattresses on the market, and Sleep Elixir is their latest attempt to shake up the sleep realm. The supplement was developed with the help of Eight Sleep's extensive sleep database and is made with 100% natural ingredients.

Developed with sleep scientist and longevity expert Dr. Peter Attia, Sleep Elixir initially had 12 potential ingredients, but was eventually narrowed down to four. The proprietary blend of natural ingredients was fine-tuned to provide the best possible performance (see below for details).

But it did not end there. Eight Sleep intends to continually “adapt and improve” the Sleep Elixir based on both field research and data collected from the Eight Sleep Autopilot app. In other words, the Sleep Elixir is not a static supplement, but needs to be continually adjusted to provide better and better sleep.

Eight Sleep recommends taking one to three supplements every night, 60 minutes before sleep. Prices start at $59 per month, although data on costs are currently limited.

Eight Sleep began the development process of Sleep Elixir with 12 natural ingredients that are believed to help with one of three components: calmness before bed, ease of falling asleep, or vitality upon waking. These 12 ingredients were gradually whittled down to four to make up Sleep Elixir. These ingredients are:

You may have noticed that this list does not include melatonin, a common sleep supplement. Although Tart Cherry contains a small amount of natural melatonin, Eight Sleep emphasizes that this supplement is a melatonin-free supplement.

As a natural sleep supplement, Eight Sleep Sleep Sleep Elixir is designed to be mostly safe for use. However, if you are taking other medications, it is recommended that you consult your physician before using Sleep Elixir. Other users who should avoid Eight Sleep Elixir include:

1. Pregnant and lactating womenThere is limited research (both positive and negative) on the effects of ashwagandha on pregnancy. Therefore, the NCCIH (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine) recommends that pregnant and lactating women avoid supplements containing ashwagandha.

2. People with autoimmune diseases Studies suggest that ashwagandha increases immune system activity. People with autoimmune diseases should avoid supplements containing ashwagandha until further research is completed.

3. People who do not have Eight Sleep Pods People who do not have Eight Sleep Pods may not need to avoid Sleep Elixir, but from the looks of it, they will not get the most out of this supplement. This supplement performs best when data is tracked with Eight Sleep's Autopilot app, and the Autopilot app is best used with Eight Sleep Pod's Smart Mattress Cover. [Sleep is not that simple. However, Eight Sleep is made with ingredients commonly used as natural sleep aids, such as sleep tart cherry juice and tryptophan.

Eight Sleep also has an advantage that many sleep supplements do not. It is a vast database of sleep statistics that guides the ongoing development of Sleep Elixir. Eight Sleep claims to have used “over 600 million hours of sleep data” in the development of Sleep Elixir. The number of hours of sleep monitored is enormous.

And the initial response seems promising, with users falling asleep 34% faster and reporting 64% better mood during the day. However, we will have to wait until Sleep Elixir hits the public market to find out how it really works.

If you have put your name on the Sleep Elixir waiting list but want to improve your rest more quickly, you can take the following steps: