Dr. Matthew Walker

when they were given higher doses of melatonin, it stunted their testicular growth and it caused testicular atrophy. So imagine if I came along to a PTA meeting, a parent-teacher association meeting, and to the parents and the teachers, I got up there and said, tonight, I'd like you to start dosing your child with bioactive hormone.

when they were given higher doses of melatonin, it stunted their testicular growth and it caused testicular atrophy. So imagine if I came along to a PTA meeting, a parent-teacher association meeting, and to the parents and the teachers, I got up there and said, tonight, I'd like you to start dosing your child with bioactive hormone.

when they were given higher doses of melatonin, it stunted their testicular growth and it caused testicular atrophy. So imagine if I came along to a PTA meeting, a parent-teacher association meeting, and to the parents and the teachers, I got up there and said, tonight, I'd like you to start dosing your child with bioactive hormone.

And I'd like you to dose them with a magnitude that is far higher than their bodies would ever naturally release. And it's a hormone that will also disrupt their reproductive gonadal development. And I'd like you to do this every night for the next couple of years. Who's with me? And you get taken off stage rather rapidly.

And I'd like you to dose them with a magnitude that is far higher than their bodies would ever naturally release. And it's a hormone that will also disrupt their reproductive gonadal development. And I'd like you to do this every night for the next couple of years. Who's with me? And you get taken off stage rather rapidly.

And I'd like you to dose them with a magnitude that is far higher than their bodies would ever naturally release. And it's a hormone that will also disrupt their reproductive gonadal development. And I'd like you to do this every night for the next couple of years. Who's with me? And you get taken off stage rather rapidly.

And again, I don't mean that that's hyperbolic in terms of an example, but I do think we need to be a bit more thoughtful, certainly about melatonin in pediatric populations. The final thing about melatonin, it's now being replicated. They did a study originally where they looked at at least 20 different brands off the shelf of melatonin.

And again, I don't mean that that's hyperbolic in terms of an example, but I do think we need to be a bit more thoughtful, certainly about melatonin in pediatric populations. The final thing about melatonin, it's now being replicated. They did a study originally where they looked at at least 20 different brands off the shelf of melatonin.

And again, I don't mean that that's hyperbolic in terms of an example, but I do think we need to be a bit more thoughtful, certainly about melatonin in pediatric populations. The final thing about melatonin, it's now being replicated. They did a study originally where they looked at at least 20 different brands off the shelf of melatonin.

And then they test it based on what it said on the bottle versus what was inside the capsules. What it turned out was actually what you were swallowing was anywhere between 83% less than what it said was on the bottle to 464% more.

And then they test it based on what it said on the bottle versus what was inside the capsules. What it turned out was actually what you were swallowing was anywhere between 83% less than what it said was on the bottle to 464% more.

And then they test it based on what it said on the bottle versus what was inside the capsules. What it turned out was actually what you were swallowing was anywhere between 83% less than what it said was on the bottle to 464% more.

Oh, fucking hell.

Oh, fucking hell.

Oh, fucking hell.

That 50 milligram capsule has become a monster. It's a wild west. You don't know what you think because it's not regulated by the FDA over here. Wow. And what was even worse is that within any one vendor... the amount of variability from one batch to the next, the next was just as large.

That 50 milligram capsule has become a monster. It's a wild west. You don't know what you think because it's not regulated by the FDA over here. Wow. And what was even worse is that within any one vendor... the amount of variability from one batch to the next, the next was just as large.

That 50 milligram capsule has become a monster. It's a wild west. You don't know what you think because it's not regulated by the FDA over here. Wow. And what was even worse is that within any one vendor... the amount of variability from one batch to the next, the next was just as large.

So this isn't even across companies. What about other technologies to artificially boost or improve sleep? Is there anything cool at the moment? Yeah, I think there is.

So this isn't even across companies. What about other technologies to artificially boost or improve sleep? Is there anything cool at the moment? Yeah, I think there is.