{"id":1710,"date":"2025-11-04T11:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:26:41","slug":"melatonin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/melatonin\/","title":{"rendered":"Melatonin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Melatonin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, concerns have been raised by doctors about melatonin supplements being taken by a large number of people with no medical supervision.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Melatonin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melatonin is a <\/span><b>naturally-occurring hormone in human beings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that controls sleep and wake cycles in our daily lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its levels <\/span><b>rise in the evening,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helping to promote sleep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>secreted by the pineal gland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the human body.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pineal gland releases the <\/span><b>most melatonin when there\u2019s darkness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and decreases melatonin production when you\u2019re exposed to light.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melatonin makes us sleepy at certain times of the day. It starts to secrete when our bodies are getting ready to go to sleep and usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes to take full effect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its secretion is at its <\/span><b>highest in the middle of the night<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and gradually starts to decrease until we are ready to wake up and start our day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melatonin can <\/span><b>also be made synthetically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a lab and <\/span><b>sold as a dietary supplement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s called <\/span><b>exogenous melatonin.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those people <\/span><b>whose sleep is not optimal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and who travel frequently across time zones prefer melatonin supplements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Side Effects of Melatonin supplements<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overuse of melatonin may cause <\/span><b>headaches, hormonal changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or mood swings, disturbing the very rhythm and sleep cycle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/are-melatonin-supplements-being-overused-heres-what-doctors-say\/article70224662.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melatonin is a naturally-occurring hormone in human beings that controls sleep and wake cycles in our daily lives. 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