{"id":599,"date":"2016-12-07T21:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T21:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/?p=599"},"modified":"2016-12-07T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T22:02:12","slug":"melatonin-is-more-than-just-for-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/melatonin-is-more-than-just-for-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Melatonin Is More than Just For Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had problems sleeping for close to 20 years. I could never sleep much more than an hour\u2014often much less- without being awake and restless\u2014unable to fall right back asleep. My problem was I never could get the REM restful sleep because I never stayed asleep long enough!! As we age, we don\u2019t produce as much Melatonin and this often leads to sleep problems. Also stress \u2026just too much to do\u2026unresolved problems\u2014all can contribute to miserable nights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sleep-time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-600 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sleep-time.jpg\" alt=\"sleep-time\" width=\"188\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People kept telling me to try Melatonin.\u00a0 I did but never got ongoing, consistent results\u2026until a friend gave me\u00a0 a bottle of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Proprietary-Relaxation-Well-Being-Completely-Ingredients\/dp\/B016P34FBA\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1444936831&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sleep+aid+pills\"><strong>Perfect PM<\/strong><\/a> to try. WOW!! What a difference from the very first night.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-601 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts-300x300.png\" alt=\"perfect_pm_supplement_facts\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/perfect_pm_supplement_facts.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a>Maybe it is the combination of natural ingredients? I read that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Proprietary-Relaxation-Well-Being-Completely-Ingredients\/dp\/B016P34FBA\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1444936831&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sleep+aid+pills\">Perfect PM<\/a> <\/strong>contains safe ingredients you can trust\u2014Calcium, Vitamin B-6, Magnesium, Melatonin, and a Proprietary blend of Valerian Root, Hops Flower, Skullcap, Chamomile Flower, Passionflower, L-Taurine, Inositol, GABA.<\/p>\n<p>All these ingredients work together\u2014I only know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Proprietary-Relaxation-Well-Being-Completely-Ingredients\/dp\/B016P34FBA\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1444936831&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sleep+aid+pills\"><strong>Perfect PM<\/strong><\/a> works for me. I sleep much better at night and wake up refreshed and ready to start a new day!!<\/p>\n<p>So I decided to research the ingredients online (don\u2019t you love google.com?) and was absolutely astounded by what I read about Melatonin. Besides taking a sleep aid that really works for me, I read there are many benefits besides sleep attributed to Melatonin<\/p>\n<p>Here are portions of what I read:\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><em>Melatonin\u00a0was introduced to the United States in\u00a01992\u00a0as a\u00a0\u201csleep hormone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0While some find melatonin helps restore restful sleep, scientists are finding far more consistent applications for melatonin in the area of\u00a0brain protection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New discoveries are validating melatonin\u2019s ability to guard the brain from oxidative stress and the neurodegeneration that occurs as a result of aging and environmental factors.<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0With this research, melatonin deserves the title of \u201cbrain hormone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Scientists are increasingly finding that the age-related decline in melatonin levels may be one factor for the age-related increase in neurodegenerative diseases.<sup>2-4<\/sup>\u00a0In fact, some symptoms of melatonin deficiency are seen in patients with Alzheimer\u2019s, such as disruption of day\/night patterns, mood changes, and delirium.5<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fortunately, supplementing with melatonin in middle age and beyond has been shown to protect against Alzheimer\u2019s as well as reduce the risk of Parkinson\u2019s disease, shrink the size of the infarct area involved in a stroke, and minimize the brain swelling and dysfunction following a head injury.\u00a0<sup>2,6-13<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As if this were not enough, research is also finding that in lab studies melatonin can play a role in longevity by increasing the \u201clongevity protein\u201d SIRT1.<sup>14,15<\/sup>\u00a0Clearly, melatonin\u2019s beneficial properties extend far beyond sleep.&#8212;-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prohealth.com\/library\/showarticle.cfm?libid=18342\">Read entire article <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/good-sleep.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-602 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/good-sleep.jpg\" alt=\"good-sleep\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/good-sleep.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/good-sleep-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I will definitely continue with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Proprietary-Relaxation-Well-Being-Completely-Ingredients\/dp\/B016P34FBA\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1444936831&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=sleep+aid+pills\"><strong>Perfect PM<\/strong><\/a> so that I can get better sleep AND know that each time I take one of the supplements, I am getting far greater benefits than just sleep.\u00a0Each bottle contains 60 nights of great sleep\u2014what a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had problems sleeping for close to 20 years. I could never sleep much more than an hour\u2014often much less- without being awake and restless\u2014unable to fall right back asleep. My problem was I never could get the REM restful sleep because I never stayed asleep long enough!! As we age, we don\u2019t produce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/melatonin-is-more-than-just-for-sleep\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Melatonin Is More than Just For Sleep<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[143,142,48,59],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sleep","tag-brain","tag-melatonin","tag-sleep","tag-sleepless-nights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":606,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}