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Avoid Melatonin
Shop on AmazonA low-dose, short-term melatonin strategy used mainly to shift sleep timing during travel or other circadian disruptions, rather than as a nightly sleep supplement. The main rationale is that it can help with sleep onset when the body clock is out of sync, while regular use is often avoided because common commercial doses are much higher than physiologic levels and may have unwanted hormone-related effects.
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“That sleep stack can be very beneficial to people. And I do think that it's preferable to melatonin.”
huberman · Essentials: Sleep Toolkit for Optimizing Sleep & Sleep-Wake Timing · Jun 11, 2026 · 28:22 · open ↗
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