MELATONIN MIRACLE: Nature's Age-Reversing, Sex-Enhancing, Disease-Fighting Hormone [Hardcover]

Walter Pierpaoli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 1995

From two of the world's leading medical researchers comes a book that tells readers about a way to slow the hands of time and enjoy a longer, healthier, more vigorous life--starting today. The authors explain how the hormone melatonin, produced in the pineal gland--the body's timekeeper--works, how to make use of it, and what kinds of results to expect.

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From the Publisher

The discovery of our body's aging clock and melatonin's role as its regulator is a revolutionary medical breakthrough-- one that can give you the power to reverse the effects of aging and lead a longer, healthier life. Written by two key scientists at the forefront of this groundbreaking research. The Melatonin Miracle is the first book to reveal these remarkable findings to the public. Here the experts explain clearly and simply what you should know about the natural hormone that everybody has-- and everybody wants to know more about. Find out how melatonin works, and how to use it, and what to expect when you begin to reset your aging clock. Research suggests that melatonin can: guarantee a good night's sleep as a natural, nonaddictive sleeping agent; overcome jet lag; boost the immune system; increase resistance to cancer and other diseases; lower cholesterol; prolong sexual vitality; ease stress, and more. Melatonin is readily available as a supplement in heath food stores. Discover how easy it is to restore your youthful levels of melatonin--and not just look younger, but grow younger. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Walter Pierpaoli Walter Pierpaoli, M.D., Ph.D. is an internationally renowned researcher developing his own ideas in apparently disparate medical disciplines such as the neuroendocrinology of aging and transplantation immunology. He is Head of Laboratory Research at the Biancalana-Masera Foundation for the Aged in Ancona, Italy, and is the organizer of the Stromboli Conferences on Aging and Cancer (1987, 1990, and 1993). Formal reports of his work on melatonin have been published in such leading scientific journals as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 4th Edition edition (September 5, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684813351
• ISBN-13: 978-0684813356
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and well-worth reading, May 25, 2005

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Net Information (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Melatonin Miracle: Nature's Age-Reversing, Disease-Fighting, Sex-Enhancing Hormone (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is enlightening and encouraging. I agree with the reviewer who says that the information is based on sound scientific research. (See Dr. Russel Reiter's book, "Melatonin," for example, which is highly scientific.) From personal experience of watching our pet with cancer improve after starting on melatonin, we're convinced of its merits. The tone may be enthusiastic, but melatonin is a natural substance which cannot be patented, so the author has nothing to gain financially from the sale of melatonin.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Based on research, May 11, 2000

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Sharon L. Baker (Iowa City IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MELATONIN MIRACLE: Nature's Age-Reversing, Sex-Enhancing, Disease-Fighting Hormone (Hardcover)

I read this work, the original medical research on which it was based (much of it available on links through the National Library of Medicine and Medline), and other works on this topic. The authors are clearly informed advocates who believe passionately in their work--work supported by research significant in its depth and scope. Please do not let "tone" issues deter you from reading a substantive and highly accessible medical work.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Miracle, October 18, 2000

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Carlos Eduardo Da Silva (Zurich Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Melatonin Miracle: Nature's Age-Reversing, Disease-Fighting, Sex-Enhancing Hormone (Mass Market Paperback)

"The Melatonin Miracle" is such a fantastic book that I read it in one night only. Despite my fatigue I just couldn't stop reading until I reached the last page. The discovery of our aging clock and how melatonine can influence it, is undoubtedly a breakthrough, which will lead to many more. An uncle of mine, who is 65, started to take Melatonin and his skin became smoother and softer that I was flabbergasted, his sleep was more profound and relaxed and he stopped going to the toilet during the night. I can only say that this book was worth its money !