What is Melatonin?
Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone scientists believe “sets the
clock” in everyone’s cycle of sleeping and waking. It increases in the
evening as sunlight diminishes and decreases in the morning as sunlight
returns. Melatonin is produced by an
organ at the base of the brain called the pineal gland. The production of
melatonin declines with age, and supplemental melatonin is most helpful in
mature persons with decreased melatonin levels.
