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Article: Melatonin: Your Body's Natural Wonder Drug.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1995
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Vegetus Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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It seems as though humanity is always searching for the "magic bullet," that elusive amazing medical discovery that will wipe out a wide variety of the ills that afflict us. Sometimes we find one, as when the discovery of penicillin ushered in the era of antibiotics that has turned so many infectious diseases from potential catastrophes to mere annoyances. Recently, a natural hormone has laid claim to being the latest magic bullet: melatonin, a substance produced by the pineal gland and sold in synthesized form in many health food stores.
The past year has brought an outpouring of books extolling the benefits of melatonin. The most recent of these is Melatonin: Your ...