Many children experience non-optimum sleep patterns:

-     Difficulty falling asleep

-     Difficulty staying asleep

-     Waking up earlier than desired

-     Waking up multiple times during the night and having difficulty falling back to sleep

-     Sleeping for shorter hours than normal

-     Restlessness or poor-quality sleep

-     Experiencing sleepwalking and sleep terrors.

Good quality sleep is essential for the ongoing health and wellbeing of your child.

An increasing number of studies on sleep have explored the connection between sleep and the mitochondria. The mitochondria are the "batteries" within the cells that produce energy from food. Mitochondria help the body repair itself during sleep, and much more.

Your child's body grows and repairs itself while they sleep. If their sleep cycle is not good, it can have major effects on their body and behavior.

A child's body goes through different processes while they sleep, and their mitochondria are linked to those processes. For the body to grow and repair itself, the mitochondria need to produce energy from food in an optimum way, that is without creating toxic byproducts.

Thus, healthy mitochondrial function supports the health of your child.

Mitochondria are Involved in the Sleep/Wake Cycle

In addition to helping a child's body repair itself during sleep, the mitochondria also influence the body’s sleep/wake cycle. Studies have proposed that mitochondria are the primary site of melatonin synthesis.

Melatonin synthesis is the production of melatonin within the body. This hormone is secreted by the pineal gland which is in the brain. It helps control the body’s sleep pattern and sleep-wake cycle. The production increases with darkness to help promote healthy sleeping. While melatonin does not make you sleep, the increased levels help to promote sleep.

Studies have explored the connection between mitochondria and the circadian rhythm (the body’s internal body clock) and highlight the mitochondria’s involvement in the body’s sleep/wake cycle.

Sleep Deprivation Contributes to Cell Stress

When a person is sleep-deprived, the body doesn’t function at its best. One study, published in the journal "Scientific Reports" points out that this extends to mitochondria’s ability to fight cell stress.

Cell stress, also known as oxidative stress, happens when too many free radicals escape from the mitochondria and attack the cells. According to the study, free radicals are produced while a person is awake and are eliminated when a person sleeps. This suggests that a lack of sleep inhibits the body’s ability to fight cell stress. As cells are the building blocks of the body, cell stress has the potential to significantly impact the general wellbeing and energy needs of your child.

Supporting Mitochondrial Health

By supporting mitochondrial health, you can support a child's sleep quality and in turn help their physical and emotional growth.

Nutrition to Support Mitochondrial Function

There is a range of nutrients required to maintain mitochondrial health. Due to the quality of food today, many children are deficient in the vitamins and minerals needed by the body for optimum mitochondrial health.

Camel milk contains high proportions of anti-bacterial and anti-viral substances, antioxidants and immune system boosters.  It provides a range of vitamins and minerals, including B vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, magnesium, calcium, zinc, selenium, iron, potassium and phosphorus, and can offer excellent nutrition for children.

TEKNON Protocol Can Support Mitochondrial Health in Children

The TEKNON Protocol was formulated to provide optimum nutrition for children, thereby supporting mitochondrial health.

TEKNON Protocol offers all the benefits of camel milk as well as the added benefit of natural ERDS™ (Enhanced Rapid Delivery System). ERDS is a powerful extract of Vitamin E, and Vitamin C and Vitamin D3 to enhance the bioavailability of the nutrients of the camel milk. In addition, the TEKNON Protocol contains natural ingredients to optimize mitochondrial and metabolic health.

Children taking the TEKNON Protocol have shown improvements in sleep patterns, cognition, social communication, digestion and behavior.

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