A couple of months ago we set out to find the best sleep aid that we could. We obviously wanted to find something that was natural, herbal, and organic as possible. This ruled out most of the things sold in drugstores: prescription drugs, over-the-counter sleep aids, and medicines like Nyquil were quickly ruled out because of all the un-natural chemicals involved.
We quickly found that our best option on the market was melatonin. The side effects of melatonin are minimal, it comes in many different forms and strengths, and it is a naturally occurring substance in your body already. You may be asking yourself right now what is melatonin? Well, melatonin is the chemical that your body produces that tells your brain that you need to fall asleep.
Melatonin helps regulate your sleep cycle by controlling your circadian rhythm. As night time approaches and it starts to get darker outside, your body slowly increases the amount of melatonin in your bloodstream, which signals to your body that you’re ready to fall asleep. By taking melatonin in pill form, you are supplementing the melatonin that is already occurring in your body. This supplement increases the likelihood that you’ll fall asleep within a reasonable amount of time.
In our experiments, melatonin was extremely effective in helping our subjects get to sleep. As a bonus, it was not like some other drugs where you would wake up and feel groggy and not rested. Our subjects woke up feeling well rested. We recommend looking at melatonin if you have sleep issues as it may be able to resolve them in a natural way. Be sure to consult a physician, however, before taking this supplement.
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