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melatonin is a hormone produced in the human brain (pineal gland) which regulates our sleep cycle, usually based upon lightness/darkness that we have programmed in our daily lives to know when to get up and when to sleep. melatonin will secrete when your body detects that light is decreasing (night time) and that will help you feel your typical sleepy, tired self.

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