Okay, for me personally this is of great intrest, because I'm using melatonin already for half a year I think, and without melatonin I cannot get a normal sleep pattern.http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/pineal/#summ wrote:Up until the 1990s, no research had ever been conducted to determine the impact of fluoride on the pineal gland - a small gland located between the two hemispheres of the brain that regulates the production of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that helps regulate the onset of puberty and helps protect the body from cell damage caused by free radicals.
It is now known - thanks to the meticulous research of Dr. Jennifer Luke from the University of Surrey in England - that the pineal gland is the primary target of fluoride accumulation within the body.
The soft tissue of the adult pineal gland contains more fluoride than any other soft tissue in the body - a level of fluoride (~300 ppm) capable of inhibiting enzymes.
The pineal gland also contains hard tissue (hyroxyapatite crystals), and this hard tissue accumulates more fluoride (up to 21,000 ppm) than any other hard tissue in the body (e.g. teeth and bone).
After finding that the pineal gland is a major target for fluoride accumulation in humans, Dr. Luke conducted animal experiments to determine if the accumulated fluoride could impact the functioning of the gland - particulalry the gland's regulation of melatonin.
Luke found that animals treated with fluoride had lower levels of circulating melatonin, as reflected by reduced levels of melatonin metabolites in the animals' urine. This reduced level of circulating melatonin was accompanied - as might be expected - by an earlier onset of puberty in the fluoride-treated female animals.
Luke summarized her human and animal findings as follows:
"In conclusion, the human pineal gland contains the highest concentration of fluoride in the body. Fluoride is associated with depressed pineal melatonin synthesis by prepubertal gerbils and an accelerated onset of sexual maturation in the female gerbil. The results strengthen the hypothesis that the pineal has a role in the timing of the onset of puberty. Whether or not fluoride interferes with pineal function in humans requires further investigation."
Without melatonin, I can't fall asleep really good, sometimes if I'm lucky, I fall asleep around 2 or 3 o'clock, but most of the times around 5 or 6 o'clock.
With melatonin I can get to sleep within a hour after taking the tablets, in normal circumstances.
I have struggled width getting to sleep as long as I can remember, but it became really worse when I was around 16/17/18.
Well melatonin, works for me, so that is great. But after reading a couple of articles about the pinneal gland and fluoride, I was thinking maybe the cause is fluoride.
And maybe there is still hope I can reverse my melatonin production to a normal level.
What do you here think about this ?
And any thoughts how I could get my fluoride in my pinneal gland to normal levels (if that's the case).
I already read a article that rats increase there production of vitamin C if they ingest much fluoride, so that could be part of the puzzle.
But what about fluoride in our food? Or in the Wai Diet?
I already read that the skin of non-organic oranges can contain lots of fluoride, because of pesticides!!
Luckily I don't eat the skin , but because this many commercial juice contains a lot of fluoride.
http://www.fluoridealert.org/stannard-1991.htm
I hope the "versgesperste sinaasappelsap van AH" does not contain fluoride, otherwise I might have poisoned myself the last couple of months...
But what about fish? I hope salmon is relatively fluoride free!
Does anybody has some information about this?