Melatonin Supplements for Sleep and Anti-Aging?
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Researchomg, ways to fall asleep. thank you
See the work of Dr Russel Reiter and Doris Loh.
@ Thanks for the following.
BUT MELATONIN IS PART OF “BRYAN JOHNSONS” daily longevity routine, please just put him to the test
@@Addy_Hawaii I also wonder about his data. But with n=1 it is hard to get any meaning insight I guess. Will he be able to sleep without the intake?
Edit: i refer to the “Bryan Johnson” comment
So is avoiding fluoride toothpaste and monitoring his son’s erections. He’s a bit of a clown
@@YRAartist Taking exogeniious melantonin does not effect the bodies ability to produce endogenous melantonin, it may actually increase it. So the answer to your question is: Your question is wrong.
@@SkyRiver1evidence plz of your opinion/comment
@@DrBinayKumarMD There is more research on melantonin on pubmed than any other molecule: literrally hundreds of thousands of research papers. Also See the work of Dr Russel Reiter and Doris Loh
I took 2 doses of melatonin for sleep and it caused me to have horrific insomnia for 6 months. Never again.
The melatonin they sell OTC is ridiculously strong at 5, 10, 20mg. If people are going to take melatonin it should be 2.5 mg at the very most. I don’t like it, it gives me headaches. Then again I don’t really have issues sleeping
That seems highly unlikely since exogenous melantoin is totally cleared from the body in two hours. I would look elsewhere for the cause of your symptoms, like interactions with blood pressure meds, or hysteria.
@@mariahspapaya If you are using it to fall asleep, you are correct. The smaller the dosage the more effective it is. If you are using it for the myriad of other benefits it provides: 20mg is too low, far too low.
I slept but had so many incredibly vivid dreams I woke up exhausted.
Great content, as always!
Russell Reiter wrote the book on melatonin. He is in his eighties and still giving lectures and taking melatonin. So do I. 2.5 MG before bed. He is on YouTube.
If he is on YouTube then he is definitely correct and legitimate.
@@FellowHuman18 Despite your snarky response, Dr. Reiter is the world’s foremost expert on the molecule, having studied it from the early days at NASA to the present. And FYI he does not have a youtube channel but has been interviewed by some persons that do who are interested in the remarkable effects of melantonin.
Dr Reiter takes far more than 2.5mg.
Why use his age and lecture ability as an argument to take melatonin? Just use science. There are people who smoke into their 90s, doesn’t make it healthy.
Huge thanks! So much content that everyone should know! As we know there are so many other ways to improve sleep and maintain consistent sleep quality. Some seniors I know had already symptoms of dementia but when we were able to improve both sleep quality an duration, the symptoms disappeared.
Thank you!
An anti cancer hormone…. People have taken 100 mg or more for years with beneficial effects, including top researchers of the drug.
I wish you could go into more detail about magnesium to help with sleep. You touched on it here briefly. Thanks for all the helpful information you provide!
you lost me at shrinking gonads!!!
Conclusions (summaries) at the end of the videos would be helpful.
My wife and I take melatonin when we need good sleep, and it helps quite obviously. Its not an everyday thing, but a falesafe to make sure we have consistently decent sleeps.
I cured insomnia by drinking tart cherry juice (which causes my own body to make melatonin) before I go to bed
When I take melatonin nightly, my sleep is semi-ok. When I forget to take it, my sleep is lousy. So it’s a must for me.