Melatonin is a fantastic sleep aid, but only for the purpose it is fitting for.. when your sleep hours are disrupted due to travel or different work shifts. Melatonin helps you fall asleep when you go to bed on a totally different hour.
That's when I take it ..
Tryptophan OTOH is what I use when I know that I'm going to sleep poorly because my carbs have been very low. I surely wished to have known about the effect of carbs (or tryptophan) on sleep as it would have helped me so much in the past..
It's the raised insulin levels that will help push more tryptophan into the brain.
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