In 2001, the Journal of
Pineal Research published a clinical stud which concluded that melatonin, either alone or in combination with a drug called fluoxetine, reduced pain symptoms associated with fibromyalgia, which helped the patients experience better sleep.
According to the Journal of
Pineal Research, the melatonin secreted by your pineal gland enters every cell in your body and can even cross morphophysiologic barriers.
In the Journal of
Pineal Research, scientists from the University of Granada Institute for Neuroscience, the Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (USA) have revealed, for the first time, the previously unknown enigma of why melatonin has metabolic benefits in treating diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
Not exact matches
Research has found that the connecting factor between sleep and vitamin D appears to be melatonin, the hormone naturally produced by the
pineal gland when we are surrounded by complete darkness.
Scientific
research on fluoride shows it can harm your endocrine system, bone health, brain, thyroid,
pineal gland, and mental health.
It is commonly understood that melatonin is produced by the
pineal gland in the brain, however, new
research shows that we have up to 400x more melatonin in our guts and that bacteria in the gut are communicating with the cells that produce sleep related hormones.
Research has already shown how disrupted sleep patterns are linked to significant age - related alterations in melatonin, the principal sleep hormone produced by the
pineal gland.
To be honest I haven't
researched the
pineal gland but I am assuming since it is located near the pituitary it may also run the risk.