Melatonin is used as a natural sleep aid and treatment for insomnia. Melatonin has other uses such as an antioxidant, cancer-protective agent, skin protective agent, contraceptive, and treatment for seasonal affective depression.
As an Antioxidant
Recent research on melatonin is supporting the belief that it is a powerful anticarcinogenic hormone. Dr. Russel Reite, author of “Your Body’s Natural Wonder Drug—Melatonin,” describes it as one of the most powerful antioxidants
Traveling
Travelers now have the option of taking melatonin to help counteract the effects that flying has on getting a good night’s sleep. Taking melatonin to reduce jet lag is probably the safest and best-tested use of the hormone to date. In using melatonin during travel, the goal to be in bed and asleep during the normally scheduled hours of where it is you’re going is finally achieved.
DIRECTIONS OF USE
