5 ways melatonin fights aging (besides better sleep)

Delays onset of Alzheimer’s

We now know that melatonin deficiency is one of the earliest warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

This is not to say, of course, that every older adult who lacks melatonin develops Alzheimer’s. But sleep disorders occur in about 45 percent of Alzheimer’s sufferers.

Melatonin protects vital mitochondria from oxidative damage, a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disease including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease as well.

If you are in your 40s and beyond, it’s not too early to start supplementing with melatonin to protect yourself from Alzheimer’s.

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