Malatonin in Insomnia

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There's no malitonin problem in insomnia either. Some people really feel that malitonin supplements help them, and that's likely aplacibo effect. These supplements can also be contaminated. In one study, researchers tested what was actually in them and found the neuro chemical seratonan in more than a quarter of the samples. That can be dangerous. So when you take malatonan, you don't even know what you're putting in your body. How about malatona frojet lag? Well, here's a joke for you. A group of sleep research flies from north america to rome for a conference. What do they pack? We all have the same

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