Veg Capsule
Melatonin
Healthy Sleep
$10.00
$0.33 a day · 30-day supply
Melatonin is a natural hormone responsible for regulating circadian rhythm and promoting restful sleep.
In depth
About this supplement
What Is Melatonin?
Melatonin is a hormone your own body makes. It is not a mineral and not a plant extract. The pineal gland, a pea-sized structure near the middle of the brain, builds it from the amino acid tryptophan. Output climbs after dark and falls again before morning. This supplement supplies 3 mg per serving.
How It Works in the Body
Melatonin is the body's night signal. Light hitting the retina travels to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the small cluster in the hypothalamus that keeps daily time. When that clock reads darkness, it tells the pineal gland to start converting serotonin into melatonin.
Levels stay high through the night and fall before dawn. Receptors for melatonin sit in tissues all over the body, so the nightly rise works as a timing cue the whole system can read.
What It Supports
- Restful sleep: Melatonin supports restful sleep as part of the body's ordinary night-time biology.
- Circadian rhythm: It helps maintain the daily cycle of sleeping and waking that the brain's clock sets.
- Antioxidant activity: Melatonin also acts as an antioxidant inside cells, mitochondria included.
- Seasonal timing: The length of the nightly rise tracks the length of the dark period, which is how the body reads the season.
Who It May Suit
People whose schedule pulls them away from a steady night: travel across time zones, late shifts, dark winter mornings spent indoors. Also anyone who would rather work with the body's own timing molecule than with a botanical. The capsule is plant-based.
Good To Know
Melatonin is a hormone, not a nutrient or a botanical, so it behaves differently from most of what a daily pack holds. Talk with your healthcare provider before use, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, if it is meant for a child, or if you take a blood thinner, an antiseizure medicine or medication for blood pressure.
At a glance
Allergens and certifications
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Vegan
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Kosher
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Halal
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Non-GMO
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Gluten free
FAQ
Common questions
What is melatonin?
Melatonin is a hormone the body produces on its own, made in the pineal gland from the amino acid tryptophan by way of serotonin. It is not a vitamin, a mineral or a plant extract. Its job is to tell the rest of the body that the dark part of the day has arrived.
How does melatonin work in the body?
Light and darkness reach a clock in the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus. In darkness that clock signals the pineal gland, melatonin production rises through the night, and it falls again near dawn. Tissues everywhere carry melatonin receptors, so the rise reads as a time-of-day signal rather than a sedative.
What is in this supplement?
Melatonin at 3 mg per serving, in a single plant-based capsule. The other ingredients are rice flour, which fills out the capsule, and hypromellose, which is the capsule itself. There are no botanicals here and no other actives. It is melatonin on its own.
Who is it for?
Adults who travel across time zones, work late or irregular shifts, or spend dark mornings indoors. Anyone, in short, whose day and the sun have drifted apart. It also suits people who prefer a single defined molecule to a botanical blend. The capsule is plant-based, so vegetarian and vegan eating are covered.
What should I know before taking it?
Melatonin is a hormone rather than a nutrient, which is worth keeping in mind. Talk with your healthcare provider before use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, if it is intended for a child, or if you take a blood thinner, medication for blood pressure, an antiseizure medicine or a sedative. Grogginess the next morning is the common complaint.
Ingredients
What is in it
Every ingredient, as listed on the label.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size 1 veg capsule
| Ingredient | Amount Per Serving | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin | 3 mg | † |
† Daily Value not established.
Ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose (cellulose capsule).
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