New Sleep Aid : Night Milk

[Uncle_Bob]

A German company has patented "nocturnal milk", which it claims contains levels of the sleep hormone melatonin that are 25 times higher than that found in normal milk.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oc ... mnia-sleep

If i were a cow i'd like to be a night milk cow

"Conditions for the cows have to be just right – light in the day and very low light conditions at night," said a company manager, Tony Gnann. Attempts to extract milk from confused cows result in extremely low levels of melatonin, he said. The best results have been obtained by bathing the cows in warm, soft-hued lights that calm them down.

[SleepingUgly]

Maybe they could have the cows wear blue-light blocking sunglasses in the evenings...

[Breathe Jimbo]

That sounds more like California than Germany.

[M.D.Hosehead]

Attempts to extract milk from confused cows result in extremely low levels of melatonin, he said.

...trying to imagine how they did this experiment...

[kempo]

Why not just drink a warm glass of milk with a melatonin tablet?

[AndrewB]

I'd hate to think how the cows could produce a tablet