| However there are now natural products | | | | sleeping pills. Melatonin may have many other |
| containing melatonin that give good therapeutic | | | | uses and has been reported to make people feel |
| results without causing interactions with other | | | | better, strengthen the immune system, and |
| medications, nor side-effects if taken at the | | | | reduce free radicals in the body. |
| recommended dose. | | | | Does Melatonin have that morning-after hangover |
| What is Melatonin? | | | | effect of sleeping pills? |
| Melatonin is the all-natural nightcap. It is naturally | | | | No. You should normally wake up well refreshed |
| secreted in the brain and regulates the body’s | | | | and full of energy. If you wake up feeling a little |
| circadian rhythm, the biological clock that acts to | | | | tired you should reduce your dosage until you |
| make people drowsy at night and wakeful in the | | | | wake up feeling well refreshed. You will not have |
| morning. The amount of it produced by our | | | | the hangover effect you may experience with |
| body seems to lessen as we get older. Scientists | | | | over the counter or prescription sleeping pills. |
| believe this may be why young people have less | | | | For maximum efficacy Melatonin should be |
| problem sleeping than older people. | | | | combined with Vitamin B6 and L-Tryptophan. |
| Why take it?By supplementing the body’s | | | | This combination is vitally important as Vitamin B6 |
| natural supply of Melatonin, it is possible to set this | | | | regulates healthy sleeping patterns and |
| internal clock ahead or behind-thus relieving | | | | L-Tryptophan is an amino acid which converts to |
| conditions such as jet lag, helping people adjust to | | | | Serotonin in the body, helping to induce relaxation |
| changes in working shifts, and defeating insomnia; | | | | and naturally enhancing sleep. |
| without the hazards or side effects of prescription | | | | |