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Betreff:
Melatonin and
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Von: JCMPelican @aol.com |
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Datum: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:51:29 EDT |
RE: MELATONIN AND TEENS
To All: I have copied below one paragraph from
an article in Science World re sleep [...website access
below paragraph "What makes teens like to sleep late?.....] .
I recently forwarded info re a melatonin chart from the website of Ben
Best, at:
http://www.benbest.com/nutrceut/melatonin.html
that indicates puberty is the beginning of a downward decline in
melatonin levels.
Since the decline at puberty is apparantely natural, it is
important that teens not only need to make various lifestyle adjustments
to accommodate such changes, but also, this knowledge emphasizes the need
to provide information to the public that low level EMF/EMR reduces
melatonin levels and that moving electric items and some telephone
equipment from close proximity to beds may help alleviate a number of growing
problems affecting not only teens but all age groups. These simple
changes can be accomplished at almost no cost except perhaps the purchase
of a battery-operated or wind-up clock while awaiting further studies re
probable adverse effects from increasing exposures to WiFi, cellular phones,
telecommunications antennae, high voltage powerlines, high frequencies on
electrical wiring and more.
From my rather extensive interaction with the public, I am learning that
many persons have TV sets very close to beds, or on the other side of bedroom
walls, along with similar reports re computers and other items -- especially
the transformer boxes for cordless phones and electronic games.
While I can not personally "recommend melatonin," I
have shared many facts numerous benefits documented
re my family after increasing melatonin levels with use of
synthetic melatonin (and refer persons to various melatonin studies as well as
Dr. Russel Reiter's book, "Melatonin," etc.), as well as
from reducing EMF/EMR exposures due to electric meters and
electric clocks.
With "great sadness," I have also reported the tragic death of
Michael Boyum (age 23) due to Leukemia. Michael slept with an electric
clock and small fan on the headboard of his waterbed. I imagine he
had lost his ability to produce melatonin.........
I have recently learned about the availability of natural
melatonin through Roger Coghill's websites: www.cogreslab.co.uk and www.asphalia.co.uk
Take care - Joanne
Joanne
C. Mueller
Guinea Pigs R Us
731 - 123rd Avenue N.W.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55448-2127 USA
Phone: 763-755-6114
Email: jcmpelican@aol.com (6-10-07)
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Q. What makes teens like to sleep late?
A. If mom or dad thinks you like to sleep in because you stay up too
late watching TV, here's your defense: New research shows that teen
sleep patterns may be beyond your control. Instead, they're dictated by
circadian rhythm, the internal clock that regulates all organisms, from plants
to humans. The circadian rhythm in humans triggers the pineal gland
(located at the base of your brain) to discharge a surge of hormone called
melatonin. Melatonin makes people drowsy as the evening winds down. The pineal
gland slows its production of melatonin in early morning--just in time for you
to wake up. Puberty (the teen growth stage when reproductive organs become
mature) causes a circadian phase delay, or a shift of as much as two hours in
the daily schedule of sleep and wakefulness, according to sleep expert Mary
Carskadon of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. For three to
five years after the onset of puberty, teenagers experience a kind of ongoing
case of biological jet lag. Researchers still don't understand why.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1590/is_7_55/ai_53461447