You’re Sabotaging Your Melatonin Gummy Every Night—Here’s What Your Brain Is Actually Doing
You swallow a melatonin gummy while your bedroom lamp blazes overhead—and your brain immediately enters a biological civil war. The light you think is harmless is actively suppressing the very hormone you’re trying to supplement, engaging your brain’s circadian system in a competition the supplement can’t win. Here’s what neuroscience reveals happens in those critical minutes.