About Sleepmaxx
The internet has more sleep advice than ever. Some of it is excellent, a lot of it is guesswork dressed up as science, and very little of it tells you which is which.
Sleepmaxx started from a simple frustration. "Sleepmaxxing" became a trend: morning sunlight protocols, magnesium mocktails, mouth tape, cold bedrooms, sleep trackers, stacks of supplements. Some of these ideas are well supported. Others rest on one small study, a mouse experiment or nothing at all. The people trying them deserve to know the difference.
So that is what we do. We take a question people are genuinely asking, read the human research, and publish a verdict with our reasoning attached. Every claim gets a rating from strong to insufficient on a published scale, and every source links back to the original paper.
What we cover
The whole range of things that affect sleep: the biology of sleep and the body clock, light, temperature, noise and air in the bedroom, caffeine and alcohol, supplements, sleep technology, and the links between sleep and performance, hormones and long-term health. We take biohacking ideas seriously enough to test them, and we are just as willing to say when a conventional rule of thumb turns out to have no study behind it.
Who writes it
Articles are published under the Sleepmaxx Guide byline, which represents our editorial process rather than a single expert voice. We don't claim clinical credentials we don't have. Instead, our credibility rests on method: primary sources, checked references, explicit uncertainty, and a named human review of every article before publication. Our editorial and research standards explain the full process.
What we won't do
- Publish affiliate links, sponsored content or paid placements.
- Present animal or cell studies as if they showed effects in people.
- Invent precision. When the research gives a range, we report a range.
- Give personal medical advice. If something sounds like a sleep disorder, we will tell you to see a doctor.