Melatonin or magnesium for better sleep? Here's what the science says

Scroll through TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit and you'll quickly find a familiar argument: Which is the better sleep aid—melatonin or magnesium? One camp insists melatonin is the body's natural sleep hormone, the obvious choice for insomnia. The other claims magnesium calms the nervous system, relaxes muscles, producing deeper, more restorative sleep. But the questions misses the point entirely: what's actually disrupting your sleep?