Melatonin ~ Paperback ~ Russell Rueter

Would you believe that something could: * Extend your youth by more than ten years?* Boost your immune system in two weeks' time?* Help prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, andcataracts?* 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 calledmelatonin. This remarkable book represents a major breakthrough in humanhealth and life extension studies. It reveals cutting-edge research onmelatonin--a natural hormone produced deep within the brain--that isrevolutionizing our understanding of life. Melatonin helps determine how fastwe age, how effectively we fight off disease and toxins, and how well wesleep.Melatonin is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative bookavailable about this amazing substance. Dr. Russel J. Reiter is one of theworld's leading experts in the field. During more than thirty years ofpioneering research, he has uncovered many of melatonin's unique properties--including its role as the most powerful antioxidant in the body. In this bookhe reveals what he and other scientists around the world have only recentlydiscovered about melatonin's remarkable potential to: * Increase immune response dramatically* Greatly improve existing treatments for cancer and AIDS* Lower cholesterol and blood pressure* Put you to sleep as effectively as a prescription drug--without sideeffects* Improve mood and reduce symptoms of PMS* Prevent the free radical damage that underlies aging* Neutralize the dangerous side effects of mammograms, X-rays, and surgeryIn "Melatonin,"Reiter offers a complete, three-phase program to help youtake advantage of this new information right now. First, he helps you pinpointthe habits, hidden environmental hazards, and common medications that may bediminishing your natural supply of melatonin. Next, he explains how you cannaturally stimulate your production of this life-giving hormone. Finally, heprovides a complete guide to melatonin supplements, including safe andeffective doses, the best kind to buy, and when and how to take them.With all the suspense of a medical detective story, "Melatonin" revealsclue by tantalizing clue all of the amazing properties of this "hidden" wonderhormone, much the way they presented themselves to Dr. Reiter and hiscolleagues. The result is a book that only an insider could write--a book asexciting to read as it is vital to your health and the health of those youlove."This is "the" book on the subject, written by one of the world'sleading melatonin researchers."--Andrew Weil, M.D., author of "Spontaneous Healing" "Russel Reiter is the leading international authority on the actions ofmelatonin."