Melatonin is essential for sleep and these foods offer a dose of the hormone when you're in a need of a good night's rest.

Taking extra melatonin can boost the amount of vasotocin that’s let loose in your brain, ... But there’s a strong link between melatonin and the vasotocin it releases while you sleep, ...

How much melatonin should I take? “A general rule of thumb is when you're taking melatonin, start low and go slow,” said Alpert. “A starting dose can be as low as 0.1 to 0.3 milligrams and ...

Given the increase in melatonin as sleep approaches, it's reasonable to expect that taking extra melatonin would facilitate sleep, especially at the high doses of 3, 5, or even 10 mg often sold in ...

Side effects from melatonin are rare, but there is more risk involved when taking higher doses, explained Dr. Hal Alpert, telemedicine consultant for Blue Sleep. Here are some of the side effects ...

Most of the products contained 20, 30 or 50 percent more — and in one case, about 2.5 times more — than the quantity listed on the label.; Four products had less melatonin than promised ...

Instead, the experts say, there’s not enough strong evidence that supplemental melatonin is an effective sleep aid for chronic insomnia, and there is some risk that taking it improperly may ...