A journey into how my mind works. I found myself researching a certain study, a scientific study that came out in the last couple of weeks because a lot of friends were starting to text me about it. And of course, me being me, I like to read about something. While I do occasionally speak off the cuff, I am,

I'm very data oriented. I'm like, let me just dive into the study. And then from there, I went

from that study to more studies, to more studies to, I mean, it kind of like ended up with me

looking for aliens in like North Dakota or something. I mean, that's just kind of how crazy my mind goes sometimes.

But have you heard of the new study about linking melatonin to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks,

and just like all cause mortality?

Well, if you haven't, it's probably because of the whole internet's being crashed the last day or so, because it's a hot topic. And people are freaking out because apparently a lot of people take melatonin. Who knew? So what is this study? Well, it's actually a really big study. It's not some random thing on the internet that one person took melatonin and then had a heart attack is actually a big study

done in the United States and the UK, kind of a collaboration study. They looked at over

130,000 adults, their medical charts. So it's pretty well-powered study, a lot of people in it. And what

they looked at was

adults who were diagnosed with insomnia. And so about 130,000 adults who had been diagnosed with

insomnia. And what they looked at was how did the people do who were taking melatonin versus

people who were not taking melatonin. And I mean, to be honest,

there were some pretty startling statistics that came out of this study. And if you look at what's

being quoted, they said over a five-year period, adults who took with insomnia who took melatonin

for at least 12 months had a 90% higher chance of developing heart failure

compared to the control group. I mean, that's pretty significant. 90% higher chance? Yeah,

I think if you were told there's a 90% chance you're going to get heart failure for something,

you probably wouldn't take it. They went on from there.

The melatonin group was nearly 3.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure

and also had a nearly 100% increased risk of death from any cause during the study period.

I was like, whoa, like they're not mincing words here.

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