#1 Deficiency Rapidly Aging You! - FIX THIS To Live Longer & Help Prevent Dementia | Deanna Minich

What if we told you there’s a holy grail of molecules that can prevent early aging, promote longevity, and help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s? This super powerful hormone, neurotransmitter, and antioxidant is melatonin. Today’s episode is a masterclass on melatonin and its crucial role in our bodies.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Deanna Minich to discuss the crucial role of melatonin in our body as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and circadian regulator. Dr. Minich reveals early warning signs of low melatonin levels and lifestyle habits that can disrupt its production. She also covers the latest research on melatonin and critical considerations for supplementation. If you are looking for a deep dive into melatonin, this episode is for you.

Dr. Deanna Minich is a nutrition researcher, educator, and functional medicine-trained clinician with a unique approach to nutrition that combines physiology and psychology. She has served on the Institute of Functional Medicine’s Nutrition Advisory Board and curriculum committee and is a faculty member teaching nutrition for the Advanced Practice Module for Environmental Health. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Nutrition Association and is President of the American College of Nutrition.

In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Minich dive into:
-The Crucial Role Melatonin Plays In the Body
-Early Warning Signs That Your Melatonin Is Low
-Melatonin Production and The Circadian System
-Brain Health and Preventing Alzheimer’s
-Lifestyle Habits That Disrupt Melatonin and Corrective Measures
-Melatonin Supplements and Synthetic Production and Testing
-The Research: What We Know
-How Melatonin Is Made
-Who Should and Should Not Take Melatonin
-The Rebound Effect
-Melatonin As a Routine Supplement
-Personalization For Your Phenotype

Seasonal breeders, like mice, use changing light and melatonin to regulate reproduction. In animals living in cold climates like Canada, breeding is timed with daylight changes to avoid winter births when conditions are harsh. Humans, however, are not seasonal breeders and can reproduce year-round. If melatonin caused infertility in humans, it would be widespread, which it is not. Melatonin helps counteract infertility caused by environmental toxins due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

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[RisingNutrition]

Dr. Minich was one of my professors in college! She’s a rockstar in the nutrition/science world!

[isabellegagnon]

Dr Minich, brilliantly right on point, as usual. Thank you! ❤

[dma]

Great interview! Dr Minich answered a couple of things I was never able to get an answer from any doctor. Thank you

[Candy-O]

I always said I loved anesthesia because I finally got rested.

[LisaShank-we]

Previously, I had not been a fan of melatonin. However, after so much attention was directed at it in research these last years, I have decided to add Herbatonin to my daily routine for its antioxidant support and cellular protection. Better sleep is only one of the many benefits it infers.

[cynthiahoz]

Excellent, delightful guest! Thank you, Dhru, for discussing this salient topic.

[claudettesechler]

What a terrific Video! I learned so much about melatonin. Thank you for being such a great host, wonderful questions you asked and thank you for this subject and great Guest! ❤

[antonioruotolo]

excellent information, very objective

[jannarenaz]

Excellent interview Dhru. I suffer from sleep deprivation, and I will definitely be ordering the Herbatonin. Hopefully it helps.

[bchristine]

WoW. What a fantastic podcast! I learned so much about Melatonin; even though I've been taking synthetics for years. Deanna is a great guest who speaks intelligently and eloquently; yet easy to understand for the amateur. Note: FYI Dhru ... your audio was not as good as it usually is ... almost like you were in a box :)

[LobsterMobility]

Your interviews are excellent sir! Andre

[cherylj]

Wow! Good guest with great teaching 🎉 lots of good information!!!

[retta]

Does using blue light filters on your phone and computer preserve your melatonin production?

[tomnorth]

WoW! My brother and I ate farm fresh eggs from a neighbor and became very sleepy. We asked her about the eggs and she said nothing but I believe she was using a feed that may have contained Herbatonin.

[ashx]

3 mg of melatonin leaves me groggy in the morning with a parched mouth...

[JamieAndrick]

I would like to know the purpose of having Rice grain in the Herbatonin formula..

[jennesont]

I have always felt like my body must be great at making melatonin... I get sleepy at sunset, my hunger turns off completely and I sleep very well (I fall asleep quickly, wake often, but get back to sleep easily). I took a melatonin supplement once and physically felt my heart and breathing slow down within 29 minutes of taking it. It felt exactly like when I feel like going to bed.

[melvaughn]

I live in Vancuver. There is no morning sun. It's like living in a dark cave for 6 months. It's dark, cloudy and foggy for most of the year here. Dark by 4:00pm! And no light during the day for months! I also exercise at 4:30am and it's pitch black at that time!

[terrymccann]

I do not see latest research 2024 side effects. Thereare many!! Please list them.

[Elsie-usrd]

Over-the-counter melatonin keeps me wide awake all night! It has the opposite effect for me.