Melatonin Plus 3 mg 180 Tablets [SHF 2745]

Melatonin Plus 3 mg - 180 tablets.

• Melatonin is a potent anti-oxidant
• Melatonin for stress relief and a sounder sleep.
• Melatonin supports healthy immune system function
• Melatonin improve your general mood
• Has strong protective effect against free radicals
•Melatonin sets the body’s biological clock and initiates sleep.
•Melatonin Plus has added Theanine, L-Theanine, a natural compound found in green tea, for its calming and stress relief properties.
• Vitamin B6 plays an important role in brain chemistry and nervous system function.
• Not addictive

Melatonin is the hormone responsible for regulating the biological clock of the body. It is produced by the pineal gland located in the brain. Melatonin helps regulate sleep. During the day, the pineal gland of the brain produce the neurotransmitter serotonin, but at night, the same gland stops producing them and, instead, produce melatonin. This release melatonin helps sleep.

Rightly deemed that with advancing age decreases the production of melatonin. The lack of melatonin can lead to states of insomnia. Melatonin production is different depending on the amount of light which has been exposed, during the night is produced an excess of melatonin compared to that produced during the day, and the body produces an excess of melatonin if you are in a completely dark room rather than in a shadowy room.  As you can see, Melatonin is a multi-functional hormone that is produced naturally by the human body. There are other uses for melatonin which are still being studied today.We have listed the more common use of melatonin below.

HEALTH BENEFITS:

• A Melatonin sleep aid and for vivid dreams - Melatonin is a natural sleeping aid. During daytime, the blood level of melatonin is low and increases at night. Melatonin supplements that are given during the day makes anyone feel sleepy. Natural melatonin production in the brain is highest between 2am and 4am and declines as a person ages. Users of melatonin reported an increase in the vividness and frequency of their dreams.

• Cancer protection - Women with breast cancer have lower levels of melatonin compared to cancer free individuals. Melatonin also inhibits the growth of certain types of breast cancer cells. Preliminary experiments suggest that melatonin may enhance the effectiveness of some chemotherapy drugs. Men with prostate cancer also have lower levels of melatonin compared to normal individuals. One study reported that the addition of melatonin to conventional anti-cancer drugs enhanced the survivable rates of men with metastatic prostate cancer.

• Skin protection from ultraviolet light - Topical melatonin when combined with vitamins C and E exhibits photo protective property. Melatonin can be used as a natural sunscreen.

• Insomnia - Several studies suggest that melatonin taken by mouth before going to sleep helps a person fall asleep faster. It is best to take it 1 or 1 and a half hours before going to sleep.

• Depression and Seasonal affective disorder - Some studies show that people which suffers from major depression or panic disorder have low blood levels of melatonin. There are experimental studies showing that melatonin increases serotonin levels which helps reduce the symptoms of depressive illness.

• Jet Lag and Work Shifts - Melatonin reduces the time it takes to establish normal sleep pattern and reduces the time it takes to fall asleep and reduces daytime tiredness. Working at night shifts or staying up all night upsets the biological clock of the body. This causes fatigue, dizziness and disability to have clear thinking. Using melatonin before bedtime helps restore the biological clock function and relieves those symptoms.

• Decrease of intraocular pressure: taken in small doses, melatonin has proved effective to reduce intraocular pressure. Because the studies were conducted only on healthy eyes, not sure if melatonin could have a positive effect in the treatment of glaucoma.

• Parkinson’s disease: low levels of melatonin can affect neurotransmitters and lead to Parkinson’s disease. Integration is able to slow the onset of this form.

• Melatonin may help to prevent heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol in people with high cholesterol. (Interestingly, melatonin seems to have no such effect on those with normal cholesterol.)

• In a study involving peri- and postmenopausal women, giving 1 mg of melatonin each night for 1 month was found to significantly increase serum levels of HDL cholesterol. In addition, having a naturally higher level of nighttime serum melatonin was found to be associated with healthier levels of total and LDL cholesterol. The authors conclude, "…melatonin administration may become a new medical application for improvement of lipid metabolism and prevention of cardiovascular disease in peri- and post-menopausal women.

It improves fatigue, stimulates the immune system and protects the central nervous system. In vitro studies have demonstrated that melatonin has antimutagenic effect on seven different types of cancer cells, including breast and prostate. Melatonin is also influenced in a positive, cell regeneration, the cardio-vascular and neurological. Melatonin is a very strong antioxidant that protects each and flexible part of a cell and each cell of the body, including neurons. Over 100 degenerative diseases (such as cataract, retinal degeneration muscular, Parkinson’s, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, etc. ..) are associated with a reduction in antioxidant defenses of the organism. The oxidation itself is the main factor of aging! Indeed, melatonin, together with DHEA, probably the safest, most effective and cheapest products to health care, there is!

In a study conducted by the Medical University of Lodz (Poland) in April 2002, women between ages sixty-four and eighty years took melatonin at bedtime for six months, and were found to have a slight but significant increase in IGF-1 and an increased level of DHEA.


Melatonin is made from an amino acid called tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid-we can get it only from the foods that we ingest. The tryptophan we consume during the day is converted into serotonin, a brain chemical involved with mood. Serotonin, in turn, is converted into melatonin.