Beware Melatonin Supplements: Boost Your Natural Melatonin Instead
Insomniacs taking melatonin supplements are 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure, and nearly twice as likely to die from all causes.
Melatonin is not “the sleep hormone” as is so often claimed. It does rise naturally during the hours of darkness, but at normal physiological levels it does not cause people to become sleepy1. However, at the much higher non-natural pharmaceutical levels that are obtained by taking melatonin supplements, it can induce sleep.
Unlike most pharmaceutical med…
