Melatonin is also a big immune system booster.

[Vince]

"The safety data on melatonin is astounding. So far no one has been able to find a toxic dose! Many of the leading researchers on melatonin in the world take more than 100 mg every day just to prevent cancer. I routinely start all my cancer patients on a minimum of 60 mg per day and use up to 200 mg per day. In addition, it can be taken throughout the day. So if you have cancer, talk to your doctor about adding melatonin to your treatment. It could save your life."

https://www.secondopinionnewsletter...an-melatonin-help-treat-bloodbased-tumors.htm

 

[JPB]

disagree with some of that advice

 

[Vince]

disagree with some of that advice

My fear of taking that high of dose would be falling asleep. I have read about the health benefits of melatonin that's the first time I heard about it in fighting cancer.

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

For men, I believe melatonin in high doses is one of many things that blocks the enzyme that creates DHT, so that is something to watch for symptoms of. Shift work is a known risk for cancer via the melatonin disruption, however I am less familiar with how well it works for advanced cancers.

 

[FeelingLost]

If I take more than 3 mg at bed time I have a hangover for most of the next day. I could not imagine taking 60mg.

 

[Vince]

If I take more than 3 mg at bed time I have a hangover for most of the next day. I could not imagine taking 60mg.

I just recently started taking 3 mg of Now brand of Melatonin, I dissolve it in my mouth when I go to bed. It has improved my sleep and no morning hangover. FeelingLost I'm sorry to hear that it doesn't help your sleep.

 

[FeelingLost]

I just recently started taking 3 mg of Now brand of Melatonin, I dissolve it in my mouth when I go to bed. It has improved my sleep and no morning hangover. FeelingLost I'm sorry to hear that it doesn't help your sleep.

Oh sorry Vince I must have miss wrote that. 1-3mg works very well for me. Fogs my mind so I stop thinking and makes my legs numb so it is very easy to fall asleep.
BUT if I take more than 3 mg these effects last for half of the next day.

Although not as strong I prefer PURE's brand 5-HTP tryptophan 50mg. Some nights I will take two with no hangover then next day.

 

[Gene Devine]

I've been taking Melatonin for years. It's a very powerful antioxidant.

There are recent studies that report that when 5 mg of Melatonin are taking prior to resistance training it increases natural production of HGH and why bodybuilders have been taking it for years.

Read: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8370132

Read: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174513/

 

[ratbag]

I was taking small doses of Melatonin like .25mg to .5mg nightly for approx 3 weeks and started suffering from very bad depression. Something I had never ever had before. I initially thought my E2 had crept up but I got that sorted and kept on with Melatonin and it hit me again the depression. So I googled it and in some case it's reported to be a problem. All this to say is I cut out melatonin 4 days ago and am felling much better. It's the only thing I added to my protocol in a number of years. So be aware that this can happen. It was stated that it messes with all your hormones... clearly some sort of imbalance occurred with me.

 

[HealthMan]

I went from 3mg to 0.5mg and it feels much better. There was a study (i think done by harvard) that showed that the ideal dosage for melatonin is around 0.3mg

 

[at15]

300 MCG nightly forever absolutely amazing.

 

[Vince]

It sounds like for sleep most do better with very low doses of melatonin. I didn't know they sold melatonin in microgram doses.

 

[GreenMachineX]

Jarrow's Sleep Support has 300mcg melatonin with some low-medium dosages of other goodies and it works great for me.

 

[Vince]

Jarrow's Sleep Support has 300mcg melatonin with some low-medium dosages of other goodies and it works great for me.

Green Machine thanks I just Googled Amazon and I did see a lot of low-dose melanoma. I guess I should try some.

 

[GreenMachineX]

Green Machine thanks I just Googled Amazon and I did see a lot of low-dose melanoma. I guess I should try some.

Yessir, no problem.

 

[HanOng]

Hi Gene Devine

Thanks for highlighting this benefit!

Do you utilise it pre-workout as well? Do you follow the 5mg dose and any noticeable experience / results etc?

 

[Vince]

I've been supplementing with over 100 mg of melatonin for over a year now.

 

[Fernando Almaguer]

I've been supplementing with over 100 mg of melatonin for over a year now

I wonder that you have been using it at high doses for years if your natural melatonin levels are blunted.

 

[GreenMachineX]

I've been supplementing with over 100 mg of melatonin for over a year now.

I've settled on 1.5mg before bed and another 1.5mg when I wake up at 2am.

 

[Vince]

I've settled on 1.5mg before bed and another 1.5mg when I wake up at 2am.

Taking melatonin for sleep is different then taking it for health benefits. Even though sleep definitely is good for health.