8 Melatonin
9 Probiotics
EMERGING TRENDS IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
8 Melatonin
The adult use of melatonin more than doubled from 2007 to 2012 . For children it was the secondmost used natural product . The body naturally creates melatonin to help regulate the sleep cycle .
People who have trouble falling asleep use it , as do people who struggle with jet lag . Some people also report using it to fight cancer .
9 Probiotics
Probiotic and prebiotic use was four times as high in 2012 as it was in 2007 . Often , people take those to help with digestion or to protect themselves or their children from so-called “ bad ” bacteria . Probiotics can be found in foods like yogurt . Prebiotics , the nondigestible carbohydrates that the probiotics eat , are in bananas , onions , garlic and honey .
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