{"id":10,"date":"2023-05-14T19:11:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T19:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T19:11:28","slug":"melatonin-may-not-be-the-supplement-you-need-for-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/melatonin-may-not-be-the-supplement-you-need-for-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Melatonin may not be the supplement you need for sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melatonin is always the supplement recommended for sleep.\u00a0 Because it is the hormone that the brain produces to invoke sleep, scientists and doctors have recommended it as the \u2018goto supplement\u2019 for insomnia.\u00a0 Recent research however has shown that melatonin has unwanted side effects &#8211; the two notable ones being:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 it can cause the body to produce less of it and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 it causes drowsiness because the human body produces a very small amount of melatonin, much lower than the usual recommended dosing of 5mg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what are alternatives to melatonin?\u00a0 According to Dr. Andrew Huberman, a better choice is to take a cocktail of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magnesium (in the form of l-theonate or bi-glycinate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L-theanine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apiginine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myoinositol&nbsp; (this especially helps with staying asleep)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please watch Dr. Huberman\u2019s podcast outlining the details of the above cocktail over here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Remedy For Insomniacs: Andrew Huberman [Inositol, Myo-inositol]\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqdH_MNjCf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melatonin is always the supplement recommended for sleep.\u00a0 Because it is the hormone that the brain produces to invoke sleep, scientists and doctors have recommended it as the \u2018goto supplement\u2019 for insomnia.\u00a0 Recent research however has shown that melatonin has unwanted side effects &#8211; the two notable ones being: &#8211;\u00a0 it can cause the body [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starthealthyaging.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}