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5 ways melatonin fights aging (besides better sleep)
Fights diabetes
Researchers who have looked into how melatonin affects blood sugar have found that if your body doesn’t make enough melatonin, you are more vulnerable to type 2 diabetes.
Without sufficient melatonin, insulin, the hormone made the by the pancreas that stimulates cells to remove sugar from the bloodstream, can’t do its job.
In a study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, people with the lowest levels of melatonin doubled their risk of developing diabetes during a 12-year study.