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 Info on "Melatonin" I thought I would pass along.
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Rock_Man Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 353) |
posted March 22, 2000 09:22 AM
   First, a recent study found that it didn�t help men fall asleep any faster, and now a Harvard study has determined that melatonin isn�t the antiaging miracle it�s cracked up to be. Researchers measured the blood levels of the hormone in 34 older subjects and 98 younger subjects and found no significant differences. "Our results show that the pineal gland doesn�t produce less melatonin as we age. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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the truth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 222) |
posted March 22, 2000 06:07 PM
It's not meant to be used as a sleeping pill, and it probably has no real anti-aging properties. It's used to adjust your circadian rhythm, so if you sleep at odd hours (eg shift workers, people who fly a lot), your body will think it's daytime when you wake up. I've been using it for this purpose since 93 and it's helped w/ my schedule. The jury's still out as to how much melatonin production decreases as we age, but it should be noted that you can only produce it when there is no light hitting your (presumably closed) eyelids, so if you have to sleep in a lighted space, supplemental melatonin can help. IP: Logged |
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big_bad_buff Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 305) |
posted March 22, 2000 08:10 PM
i must say that this study is wrong, because it puts me out like a light, whenever i can't sleep, i take one, and i'm sleeping like a baby 15 min later, but i guess i'm weird because i can't sleep on fullmoons unless i take some melatonin....for real....it really freaky..... IP: Logged |
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BigCatratcho Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 235) |
posted March 22, 2000 08:17 PM
MY MELATONIN RESULTS: 1. one tab knocks me out pretty fast, and sleep is deep and it's hard to get up in the morning. 2. I took 6 tabs once just to see if you truly could get a crazy dreams. Nothing. felt the same as taking one, I was a little disappointed. 3. one time with a half tab, I had a hallucination. Scared the shit out of me, but I rode with it. I saw the Trio from Casper the Friendly Ghost. The weird part is , I never saw the movie (comic books, yes) three dee giant puppet ghosts in my bedroom. 4. I'm not kidding But back to the topic, I don't care what any study says, Melatonin knocks me out and keeps me there. Placebo effect? Schlacebo effect. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Formula Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 76) |
posted March 23, 2000 11:32 AM
2 tab does it for me but man it tuff waking up the next morning. My wife just take one to drown out my snoring and it works. My snore's measure at 2.1 on the Richter scale! IP: Logged |
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efigy Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 30) |
posted March 23, 2000 11:38 AM
3mg. usually knocks me out! It seems that I always wake up at some point in the morning WIDE awake and if I get up at that point I am fully energized all day. On the other hand if I lay back down and go back to sleep I am impossible to wake up and feel like shit all day. btw. killer vivid dreams! ------------------ "conan, what is best in life?" IP: Logged |
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