Melatonin: Biosynthesis, Physiological Effects, and Clinical Applications Russel J. Reiter; Hing-Sing Yu

[Joseph]

Link to online copy of this book to review/read.

This is professional Medical book.

Melatonin : biosynthesis, physiological effects, and clinical applications :...

[John_Hemming]

Russel Reiter has also done quite a few youtube videos where he looks at the issue.

[HigoMe33]

I watched an hour long video of Dr. Reiter and shared my notes here at the page below. He is indeed impressive in his expertise!

Melatonin megadoses?

Some notes from the video in the comment above https://youtu.be/YU9QUbsqrcQ: Melatonin levels are both an internal clock and an internal calendar, the latter because of the changing amount of light in different seasons. You should take Melatonin at the same time very night. Avoid blue light at night, and avoid light during the night. Retinas have a set of photoreceptors (not cones or rods) that affect the internal clock. Fire light, candle light, and moon light have no blue. Night lights should be red, yellow, orange. Melatonin helps set the biological clock of a developing fetus. Nursing children for 3-4 months and maybe as long as 5-6 months do not produce melatonin – they get it from nursing. Babies who do not nurse do not receive this melatonin. Some have speculate…