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A hormone involved in regulating sleep-wake cycles, often supplemented to aid sleep.

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The article also explains that we ideally want to wake up naturally at a time when the hormones that encourage wakefulness, like adrenocorticotropin and cortisol, are at their highest, and by the same logic go to sleep when melatonin and adenosine concentrations are raised in the body.

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Melatonin is a circadian hormone that helps you tell when it's time to decrease your arousal and go into sleep mode.

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Such substances stimulate our nervous system, disrupting the production of melatonin, a hormone which is crucial for good quality sleep.

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I am not a fan of melatonin for the following reasons. First of all, melatonin does many more things besides just cause the transition to sleep. It also is involved in regulating some of the other hormones like testosterone, estrogen, and so on. Most of those studies are animal studies, but some of the data on humans indicate that as well.