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557 claims across 45 endpoints

Claims by endpoint

What Andrew Huberman claims Melatonin does, and whether the research agrees.

EndpointStanceResearchAlignmentClaims
sleepIncrease
681
With consensus212
sleep qualityIncrease
681
With consensus51
moodIncrease
18
With consensus41
cancerDecrease
166
With consensus25
immune functionIncrease
117
With consensus19
sleep onsetIncrease
681
With consensus17
insomniaDecrease
59
With consensus17
reactive oxygen speciesDecrease
26
With consensus14
sleep efficiencyIncrease
681
With consensus13
total sleep timeIncrease
681
With consensus10
oxidative stressDecrease
224
With consensus10
antioxidant activityIncrease
150
With consensus10
inflammationDecrease
121
With consensus10
anxietyDecrease
63
With consensus10
antioxidantsIncrease
10
With consensus10
sleep durationIncrease
681
With consensus9
mitochondrial functionIncrease
117
With consensus8
depressionDecrease
63
With consensus8
metabolismIncrease
30
With consensus7
fertilityIncrease
1
With consensus7
stressDecrease
224
With consensus6
lipid metabolismIncrease
30
With consensus6
antioxidant effectsNeutral
191
Against5
cancer riskDecrease
166
With consensus4
mitochondria functionIncrease
117
With consensus2
insulin sensitivityDecrease
113
With consensus2
glutathione levelsIncrease
39
With consensus2
mitochondrial healthIncrease
37
With consensus2
mental healthIncrease
37
With consensus2
bioavailabilityIncrease
13
With consensus2
immune systemIncrease
11
With consensus2
immune system activityIncrease
150
With consensus1
anti-cancer propertiesNeutral
141
Against1
tumor growthDecrease
68
With consensus1
cortisol awakening responseIncrease
60
With consensus1
insomnia severityDecrease
59
With consensus1
glutathioneIncrease
39
With consensus1
retinal sensitivityIncrease
37
With consensus1
cardiovascular healthIncrease
37
With consensus1
cell deathDecrease
34
With consensus1
performanceIncrease
25
With consensus1
safetyNeutral
24
With consensus1
oxidative balanceIncrease
10
With consensus1
bone strengthIncrease
8
With consensus1
appetiteIncrease
6
With consensus1

Notable

Claims that diverge from — or run ahead of — the research.

What they've said

Mentions of Melatonin across Andrew Huberman's content.

Andrew Huberman

Journal Club with Dr. Peter Attia | Effects of Light & Dark on Mental Health & Treatments for Cancer

…at that can partially offset the negative effects of artificial light exposure at night I think of this as your Netflix inoculation and the amount of melatonin suppression from Nighttime light exposure is haved by viewing even Setting Sun now keep in mind you don't need to see The Sun Cross The Horizon it ca…

Andrew Huberman

Journal Club with Dr. Peter Attia | Effects of Light & Dark on Mental Health & Treatments for Cancer

…n fact for a long time I and some other people were saying oh you know even just a brief flash of light in the middle of the night can you quash your melatonin that's true but the other time in which you're in the quote unquote circadian dead zone is in the middle of the night you can't shift your circadian …

Andrew Huberman

Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness | Morgan Housel

…gned to be worn during the day and to filter out blue light from screen light they're designed to prevent the full range of wavelengths that suppress melatonin secretion at night and that can alter your sleep so by wearing Roa red lens glasses they help you calm down and they improve your transition to sleep…