Our general recommendation is to take Qualia Night with food because some of the ingredients are fat-soluble. This means they would be expected to be more bioavailable if consumed with or near a meal or snack that contains some fat. But, it is fine to take it without food if you forget to take it with dinner or if that is not convenient for your schedule.
We recommend that Qualia Night be taken several hours before bedtime, and that is not an ideal time to take melatonin for most people.
Before bedtime sleep supplements typically use herbs, melatonin, or both to induce a feeling of drowsiness. Qualia Night is not designed as this type of sleep supplement.
Women who are pregnant or nursing.
Children and teens.
Check with your doctor before taking Qualia Night if…
The short answer is that this helps prevent the tendency to adapt or habituate. Living organisms are experts at adapting to things.
Our general recommendation is to take Qualia Night several hours before bedtime, but this is not a hard rule.
Qualia Night does not contain any ingredients reported to interact negatively with alcohol. But, in general, alcohol interferes with getting high quality sleep, so we don’t recommend having more than 1 or 2 drinks in order to get the most benefits from taking Qualia Night.
Yes! When we designed Qualia Night, we did so assuming people would take it with our other Qualia products.
No. It’s fine to take a lower dose. A small subset of users prefer taking only 1 to 2 capsules. While 4 capsules is the recommended dose, and is the most common way users take Qualia Night, it is fine to adjust the dose lower as needed to find what works best for you and your chemistry.