Archive for the 'Melatonin' Category

Melatonin side effects

Melatonin is a good natural sleeping supplement that many with sleeping problems find useful, but being a hormone, you always need to use it with caution. Ever since it was categorized as a dietary supplement in the early 90s and allowed to be sold over the counter, melatonin has never been reported to produce any [...]

Another possible use for melatonin – Stopping baldness?

Melatonin is well known as the hormone of sleep, but there seems to be another possible use for it which doesn’t seem well known – Melatonin may help stem hair loss and regrow hair. Who would have thought! But apparently, melatonin does appear to have potential in the fight against hair loss. When we age, [...]

Melatonin dosage – How to know what’s right?

I’m taking melatonin now again, but even after 2 weeks, I’m still in the dark as to how much is enough. I’m on 6 mg per night (2 tablets at 3 mg each), but I’m a little concerned if that is too high in the long term. After all, I’ve also read of people taking [...]

Melatonin Basics

Sleep is not a haphazard chance event occurring in the body. Of course, it might seem like that, since the point when we fall asleep is not something we are aware of. However, sleep is actually the result of the action of one hormone in particular, and that hormone is melatonin. Melatonin is one of [...]