Melatonin beyond sleep: antioxidant and mitochondrial roles

Dubbed a sleep hormone, melatonin has been branded as a bandaid and short term fix to help you fall asleep. The health influencers told you that its dangerous because it will decrease your body's production if you supplement it. A popular quantum health neurosurgeon once made the ridiculous claim that it changes the shape of your eyeball if you take a melatonin pill, with zero clinical study to back up his claim.

It turns out that melatonin is anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-anxiety, anti-inflammatory, and protects your mitochondria from a myraid of assaults, one of which being electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure.

In this episode I address the main three myths that are spread about melatonin and explain why they are wrong. I talk about how most of your melatonin is not made in your pineal gland, how simple melatonin powder is the way to go over rectal or other delivery methods, and I reference a few dozen fascinating studies that talk about the various benefits of supplementing melatonin.

Show resources:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpi.70094

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7211589/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6017232/

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/ijmm.2024.5352

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38214233/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30192001/

https://api.doris-loh.com/catalog/April_2023_Melatonin_Dosing_Schedule.pdf

My website: www.matt-blackburn.com

Mitolife products: www.mitolife.co

Music by George Henner: https://georgehenner.bandcamp.com