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Article: Melatonin: sleep aid, jet-lag antidote, plus the promise of more.
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
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You toss. You turn. The crickets sound like bullfrogs. Suddenly, you sit straight up with the realization--you're not going to sleep. You pad to the bathroom and take an all-natural, nonnarcotic sleep aid, Soon, you nod off to dreamland and awake refreshed.
Is this fantasy? Not necessarily. Millions of users of the all-natural, nonnarcotic compound melatonin swear by its effectiveness as a sleep aid. And researchers by and large don't deny that it can indeed induce sleep and even fight jet lag. So, what's the catch?
The catch, if there is one, is that melatonin isn't just being sold as an easy way to more restful sleep or quick adjustment to new time zones. ...