More than one in four adults struggle to fall or stay asleep and while prescription sleep aids can help, they often come with side effects like grogginess, confusion, and memory impairment. That’s why researchers are increasingly searching for safer, evidence-based alternatives.

In this episode of the Orange Pill Podcast, we dive into a fascinating new triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial published in Food Science & Nutrition that explored a standardized Corn Leaf Extract (CLE) as a natural sleep aid.

The results were striking.

We also explore one of the most intriguing findings of all: while objective brain data showed clear improvements over placebo, both groups felt their sleep had improved – highlighting the powerful difference between perception and measurable physiology.

This episode unpacks what this means for the future of natural sleep solutions and why objective clinical tools matter more than ever.