Today on the Root Cause Medicine podcast. So a lot of things, but I feel that it really is, it's too bad.

It's a disadvantage not to have melatonin supplements available in other countries because of all of its many uses.

I call it the ultimate multitasker. And I think if more people just knew of these different functions,

then they would see its use, again, beyond sleep.

But I think that the fact that children and its whole connection to gummies and chewables,

this has given it a little bit of a negative reputation.

Yeah.

And this is one area where I don't think that melatonin supplements should be used unless there's a good reason. Does that child have

ADHD, autism? Are there certain indications for which that melatonin supplement would be

indicated? But otherwise, the highest levels of melatonin that you're ever going to see in your life

are when you're a child. So I just don't see a reason to give children these gummies,

these chewables. And perhaps that's where a lot of the issue has come in.

Hello, hello. I'm your host for today, Dr. Carrie Jones, and I am so excited to talk with my

friend, colleague, and phytonutrient expert, Dr. Deanna Minnick, all about melatonin.

Her brilliance as a nutrition scientist, international lecturer, teacher, and author,

has over 20 years of experience in academia and in the food and dietary supplement industries.

She's the chief science officer at Symphony Natural Health and recently

published a paper entitled, Is Melatonin the next vitamin D? We dove right in to answer all your

questions, including where is melatonin made? How much do we make? What does it do? And most importantly,

if we take it, will that suppress our own production?

Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often on this podcast, and that, of course, are supplements like melatonin.

There are a lot of confused people out there talking about supplements, and of course, you

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