Natural Melatonin: German Researchers Manage to Increase the Melatonin Concentration of Milk for the First Time

MUNICH, Germany, September 7, 2010 - After more than five years of intensive research a Munich-based company
has managed to produce milk with a high level of melatonin. Special food is
given to the cows and they are milked at night. Milk crystals - so called
Nacht-Milchkristalle - are produced from the night-time milk. They contain
100 times more melatonin than normal milk and can be offered as food in
Europe without a prescription.

Melatonin is considered one of the most important interceptors of free
radicals. It is used for the treatment of sleeping problems and jet lag; as
an anti-aging substance and to reduce blood pressure. The bodily produced
melatonin decreases significantly after the age of 25. As a result the
quality of sleep suffers and ageing effects increase. Researchers hope to
counter these undesirable effects with melatonin.

To date only pharmaceutically produced melatonin has been available in
Europe and its sale is only permitted by prescription. As a result of
insufficient bio-availability high doses of pharmaceutically produced
melatonin must be consumed.

"We can get a high concentration naturally in night-time milk," says Tony
Gnann, CEO of Milchkristalle GmbH in Munich. The company has patented its
process and produces night-time milk crystals rich in natural melatonin.
These are simply stirred into milk before going to bed. The lowering of the
melatonin level due to ageing can therefore be compensated for on a daily
basis.

Nature delivers the method for recovering milk melatonin. During the day
the cows get a lot of sun or natural light and special herbs in the food. The
cows are milked at night when the melatonin concentration of the milk is at
its highest.

"The melatonin as contained in the natural matrix of night-time milk
crystals is characterised by high bio-availability. So it can not only be
absorbed easily but also used even in low physiological doses," explains
scientist Dr. Heiko Dustmann, owner of the consultating group
Innovationsberatung Weihenstephan. The efficacy of the product with naturally
higher melatonin levels has been proven to be significant in a placebo
controlled double-blind study. www.nacht-milchkristalle.de

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