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💤Smart shopping for melatonin direct purchases from overseas.

Hello! I'm Happy from YakAl..✋

In a previous column, how to choose domestic melatonin was discussed..

When you search for ‘melatonin’on the internet,

‘the phrase 'overseas direct purchase' is so common that

you can see many people looking for overseas melatonin..

“Overseas melatonin is good because the dosage is highâ~”

that's not necessarily true..

High-dose melatonin can also have side effects, so,

to find the dosage that suits you,

I recommend first taking low-dose domestic melatonin products to test them out..

However, for those who still say 'I want to take overseas melatonin!',

below are the criteria I, Happy, have established for evaluating overseas melatonin products..

✅ Plant-based melatonin evaluation criteria

Evaluation item	Check point
Active ingredient	Melatonin content
Price	Price per daily intake
Brand	Presence of US brand certification mark
Quality	Dosage adjustment and convenience of use, vegan or non-GMO
Inactive ingredients	Presence of harmful ingredients

🪴1. Active ingredient

I, Happy, investigated the melatonin content that helps induce sleep one by one..

Since overseas melatonin products have a really wide variety of melatonin content,,

be sure to check the content before purchasing..

As emphasized in the domestic melatonin explanation,,

! what's important is ! that a high melatonin content doesn't automatically make a product good..

💸2. Price

Just because melatonin content is high doesn't mean the product is good,,

and low content doesn't mean it's bad..

So I compared overseas melatonin products

✔️ based on a daily basis, that is, the price per single intake calculated this way..

🏬3. Brand

“Erland, L. A. E., & Saxena, P. K. (2017). Melatonin natural health products and supplements: Presence of serotonin and significant variability of melatonin content. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine”

According to the paper mentioned above,,

many overseas melatonin products

‘are being sold with melatonin amounts different from the labeled dosage.’.

Some products contained melatonin content several times â« higher than labeled,according to reports..

Additionally, in addition to melatonin, a neurotransmitter called 'serotonin'

🚫was unnecessarily included in some products..

In such cases, we may experience side effects beyond what we expected,,

or may fail to achieve the desired effect,so,

the labeled content of a product represents the brand and us consumers' trust.👌.

In other words,, ‘the transparency between labeled and actual content’is very important..

We can address these concerns ✔through various certification marks..

In particular,, NSF certification is ‘a mark that certifies that labeled content matches actual content.’.

Overseas melatonin products that have received this certification can be separately verified on YakAl.!

NSF Beyond certification status, USP certification, and cGMP certification status were also considered in the evaluation..

USP cGMP These certifications evaluate whether the manufacturing process is trustworthy..

If the manufacturing process is dirty or necessary steps are skipped, consumers can't trust it, right??

To summarize briefly, in the brand category, I looked at the following items:.

NSF certification : A mark that certifies that labeled content matches actual content
USP certification and cGMP certification : Marks that certify a product has gone through strict manufacturing processes

👍4. Quality

Since overseas melatonin quality varies widely,,

ingredients and intake convenience often differ from product to product..

So in my quality evaluation, I focused on the following â3 key points:.

1) Is it a non-GMO or vegan product??🥬

Avoiding unnecessary ð·animal-derived ingredients or ð§¬genetic modification has advantages

in terms of safety..

In particular,, unnecessary allergic reactions can be avoided, which is an advantage..

Thus, non-GMO or vegan products increase credibility in terms of quality,

so I gave them higher scores..

2) Whether flavoring is used & if so, whether it's natural flavoring?🍓

Overseas melatonin products come in really diverse forms,,

and many products use flavorings..

Synthetic flavorings can potentially cause allergies,,

and since they are synthetic compounds,they can strain the liver during the detoxification process..

Therefore,, products using natural flavorings or unflavored products can be

taken with less burden, which I evaluated positively..

3) Convenience of dosage adjustment

Since everyone needs a different dosage,,

🧪products that are easy to adjust the dosage received higher scores..

1-3mg Tablets are easy to adjust dosage, so I used this as the standard..

For example, if you're taking a product with 1mg of melatonin per tablet

and see no effect, you can try taking two tablets for 2mg,,

making dosage adjustment convenient.?

Also, if too much melatonin is contained in one dose,

you may experience unexplained side effects, so,

products containing 1-3mg of melatonin per tablet received the highest scores..

🧪5. Inactive ingredients

1) ð¤¨Unnecessary or potentially harmful ingredients

Unnecessary coatings, PEG compounds, titanium dioxide, and similar

are ingredients generally avoided in supplements and are deducted points..

These ingredients help make supplements easier to take..

However, if taken in excess,

they can cause diarrhea, microbiome imbalance, and allergic reactions, so

products containing these ingredients were deducted points..

2) ð¬Sugar

Among various forms, some gummy or chewable products have

quite high sugar content..

To sleep well, consuming sugar before bed

is difficult to view positively..

Sugar-free or products using sugar substitutes that don't raise blood sugar were evaluated more favorably..

‍‍‍❗SummaryâCheck these before purchasing!

Melatonin content
NSF/USP/cGMP certification status
Convenience of melatonin dosage adjustment
Flavorings, unnecessary ingredients, and excessive sugar