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thoughts on taking melatonin during fasting

I am doing a “dirty dry fasting” since I am still taking my hypertension medication twice a day so I have to drink some water for medication in the morning and evening.

I tried four days before and insomnia made me very uncomfortable and I had to stop. I am thinking maybe I can take melatonin this time to get me pass day 4. What are your thoughts? Thanks

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Personally I consider fasting as a time to let the body rearrange itself. In doing so it rebalances hormone production etc so I don’t take anything during that time. Worth to note that my recent experiences have opened my mind about being strict though. So it’s not a hard no. Let’s say my immediate reaction to your question is, melatonin is a hormone, if you supplement during the fast, once the fast is done the body will feel a lack of external melatonin. Probably not a huge deal but it defeats the idea of fasting as a way to rebalance.

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