Thanks very much for the link to the fascinating article by Rekdal on academic carelessness and the “debunking of spinach debunking” (or something like that). I was only disappointed NOT to find out who generated the myth in the first place – I guess that’s lost in the mists of time.
  I’ll continue eating spinach in any case —
Greg Lindensays:
Interesting that the melatonin article seems to argue the mechanism of action is direct. I would have assumed that it was merely improving sleep, which was yielding the neurological benefits. I still wonder if the common theme in a lot of these aging studies is acting by improving sleep, and if controlling for sleep would eliminate the effect; this study isn’t clear in that point.
  Thanks very much for the link to the fascinating article by Rekdal on academic carelessness and the “debunking of spinach debunking” (or something like that). I was only disappointed NOT to find out who generated the myth in the first place – I guess that’s lost in the mists of time.
  I’ll continue eating spinach in any case —
Interesting that the melatonin article seems to argue the mechanism of action is direct. I would have assumed that it was merely improving sleep, which was yielding the neurological benefits. I still wonder if the common theme in a lot of these aging studies is acting by improving sleep, and if controlling for sleep would eliminate the effect; this study isn’t clear in that point.