TikTok users claim that drinking the "sleepy girl mocktail," a mixture of magnesium powder, tart cherry juice and other ingredients, can help you sleep. But does it really work? NPR's health correspondent Maria Godoy brings us the science behind the trend – and magnesium's effect on sleep. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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A little while back, there was this cocktail recipe that went viral on TikTok.
There's a little mocktail that I make when I want to have the best sleep of my life, little sleepy girl mocktail, if you will.
It was a mocktail recipe, actually.
It consists of a scoop of magnesium powder, some tart cherry juice.
I want tart cherry juice like the pure tart cherry juice, not the fake.
Stuff and sparkling water or prebiotic soda to top it off.
Prebiotics are a type of fiber that can help your gut.
The gals on TikTok, they swear this concoction will help you sleep.
That's why, as you heard, they call it the sleepy girl mocktail.
NPR health correspondent Maria Godoy decided to look into this and see if it actually can help.
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