Please be advised, I am not recommending that anyone take melatonin, for any reason. I am suggesting, based upon our limited evaluations that it seems to hold promise for older persons (60+) as a sleep aid and neuro-transmitter. Melatonin is a powerful regulator derived from two precursors; tryptophan, an aminmo acid, and serotonin, another neurotransmitter. The body actually manufactures the melatonin. (The pineal gland is the actual source). The maximum production of melatonin occurs in children around 6 years of age. It falls rather linearly until around 45 to 50, then more rapidly, until the early sixties (when you are producing about half as much as you were at 20),then it falls rather rapidly until the 80s, when in some cases it is unmeasureable. The longevity research with rats has been quite remarkable. Melatonin is a powerful, kaleidoscopically influencial hormone and should be regarded with respect. In my view, persons under 55 years of age should have an important clinical reason for supplementing their natural melatonin production. Brooks Bradley 07:19 PM 5/22/98 -0500, you wrote: > Melatonin has been researched quite thoroughly throughout a large >portion of the western world......during the past 15 years. The academic >community (also the legitimate pharmaceutical houses)did not show too much >interest in this substance until Dr. William Regelson's research was >published. Shortly after publishing his official findings in the early >nineties, Regelson collaborated on a book with Walter Pierpaoli ( The >Melatonin Miracle; Simon & Schuster). While designed for the popular >press, the work is well founded in proper scientific protocols. I would >suggest you either purchase this book---or check it out of your local >library. It will be well worth your time. Our limited, anectdotal >experimentation (on older members of our staff's extended families....60 >and over) have yielded very satisfactory results, with no detectable side >effects...whatever. There is one characteristic that one (82 year old >male) complained about----he continued to be somewhat sleepy for an hour or >so after getting up in the morning. Although this was after being able to >sleep soundly for a continuous 6-7 hours for the first time in over 10 >years. This substance appears to offer outstanding promise as a non-toxic >sleep aid....especially for the elderly. Brooks Bradley. 11:48 AM >5/22/98 -0400, you wrote: >>I don't know much about melatonin, but I do know that it is outlawed in >>Canada. Before anyone goes on a tirade about government controlling >>people's health freedom, I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the >>Canadian government's position, but they might have gathered some >>"evidence" that its use is "dangerous." >> >>There might be a way to investigate this through the Internet... >> >> >>Kris >> >>> ---------- >>> From: It's not me[SMTP:rocke...@micron.net] >>> Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 6:25 AM >>> To: silver-list@eskimo.com >>> Subject: Re: URINE PH >>> >>> Cisco, >>> >>> What are the bad side effects of prolonged Melatonin use? I have not >>> seen >>> any serious negative side effects in any of the current stuff I have >>> read. >>> I would like to know because I sell a boat load of this stuff and >>> would hate >>> to think that people are hurting themselves. I like to warn people >>> and let >>> them decide whether to continue using a product. I would appreciate >>> any >>> info that you could provide to me. >>> >>> Vern >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cisco <ci...@iftech.net> >>> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> >>> Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 10:06 PM >>> Subject: Re: URINE PH >>> >>> >>> >Joe and Jim and Listers, >>> > >>> >pain is involved. We now use Melatonin even though the prolonged use >>> has >>> >bad side effects the short term help is required with several of the >>> >Maleria strains and the two TB's strains. Pain and loss of sleep >>> causes >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal >>> silver. >>> >>> To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message >>> to: >>> silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >>> with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. >>> >>> To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >>> >>> List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> >>> >> >> >>-- >>The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. >> >>To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >>silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >>with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. >> >>To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >> >>List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> >> >> >> > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > > >
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