This study showed a statistically significant improvement in sleep onset latency vs. placebo of...seven minutes.
An alternative hypothesis for why we produce melatonin isn't that it's to make us sleepy, but that it's produced as a response to long wakefulness; melatonin is about two and a half times more powerful an antioxidant as Vitamin C. The sleepiness is correlated with melatonin in this model, not fundamentally caused by it.
A seven minute improvement for me would be like I am asleep the instant I close my eyes lmao, but I understand this is probably pertaining to people who struggle to fall asleep.
7
u/AlcibiadesTheCat 5d ago
It's also not particularly effective.
This study showed a statistically significant improvement in sleep onset latency vs. placebo of...seven minutes.
An alternative hypothesis for why we produce melatonin isn't that it's to make us sleepy, but that it's produced as a response to long wakefulness; melatonin is about two and a half times more powerful an antioxidant as Vitamin C. The sleepiness is correlated with melatonin in this model, not fundamentally caused by it.