Welcome to the Dr. Berg, Healthy Keytone, Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

Now, your host, the man taking your health to a whole new level.

Dr. Eric Berg.

So, today we're going to talk about melatonin and all the benefits that potentially can occur

that go beyond just the sleep benefits.

Now, I'm not recommending taking melatonin as a supplement unless you are treating a very specific thing.

For example, there's some great data that shows that high levels of melatonin can improve dementia or Alzheimer's.

And I'll put a link down below for that video if you haven't seen it already.

But for the general public, I don't recommend taking melatonin.

Why? Because your body can make its own.

Now, it is true that as you age, it makes less and less and less.

But there are things that you can do right now to improve it.

But for this video, let's just talk about the benefits that go beyond the sleep cycles.

Number one, melatonin is a very potent antioxidant.

In fact, it's twice as strong as vitamin E.

And it has the potential to increase other antioxidants like glutathione, especially in your mitochondria.

So this just backs up the benefits of getting enough sleep.

Because if you're not getting enough sleep, you're definitely not getting enough melatonin.

Well, I probably could have entitled this video benefits of getting enough sleep.

Okay, number two, immune system support.

Melatonin highly influences your immune system.

So the less melatonin, the less resistance you have against pathogens and the more problems you have.

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