Re: pineal details - Melatonin

Marcelo Puhl ( (no email) )
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:22:44 -3

> from:
> Using Sunlight to Sustain Life
>
> by Raymond Peat, Ph.D., Ray Peat's Newsletter
> Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients, June 1996, Page 83 - 85
>
> Many health food stores are now selling melatonin, to reduce sleep
> and "prevent cancer." They have taken some information out of
> context, and don't realize how dangerous melatonin is. It makes
> the brain sluggish, causes the sex organs to shrink, and damages
> immunity by shrinking the thymus gland. It is the hormone of
> darkness and winter, and is produced in the pineal gland by any
> stress which increases adrenalin. Adequate sun light suppresses
> the formation of melatonin.
>
> Melatonin, or pineal hormone: the pineal gland in the brain
> responds to an absence of light (or to any stress which increases
> the adrenalin systems) by secreting a hormone called melatonin,
> which lightens the skin, makes the brain sluggish, turns off
> thyroid and progesterone production, and suppresses immunity and
> fertility.
>
> ========
>

I'm 38 and have taken 3 mg Melatonin at night for three years now.

I'm not sure but the only effects I have seen are :

- Very few dreams.
- Sleep 8 hours well.

Now I have stopped taking it to see if I'll note some effect.

---Marcelo Puhlmark@plug-in.com.br