Melatonin (Bantam USA)

Would you believe that something could: Extend your youth aby more than ten years?Boost your immune system in two weeks' time?Help prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, and cataracts?Cut your recovery time from jet lag in half?Offer not just cancer prevention but a key to a cure? All in a widely available non-prescription capsule? It's true--and it's called melatonin. This remarkable book represents a major breakthrough in human health and life extension studies. It reveals cutting-edge research on melatonin--a natural hormone produced deep within the brain--that is revolutionizing our understanding of life. Melatonin helps determine how fast we age, how effectively we fight off disease and toxins, and how well we sleep. Melatonin is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative book available about this amazing substance. Dr. Russel J. Reiter is one of the world's leading experts in the field. During more than thirty years of pioneering research, he has uncovered many of melatonin's unique properties-- including its role as the most powerful antioxidant in the body. In this book he reveals what he and other scientists around the world have only recently discovered about melatonin's remarkable potential to: Increase immune response dramaticallyGreatly improve existing treatments for cancer and AIDSLower cholesterol and blood pressurePut you to sleep as effectively as a prescription drug--without side effectsImprove mood and reduce symptoms of PMSPrevent the free radical damage that underlies agingNeutralize the dangerous side effects of mammograms, X-rays, and surgery In "Melatonin, Reiter offers acomplete, three-phase program to help you take advantage of this new information right now. First, he helps you pinpointthe habits, hidden environmental hazards, and common medications that may be diminishing your natural supply of melatonin. Next, he explains how you ca