In today's post, we will discuss about the 'third eye'. The term 'third eye' was named historically and yes, it plays an important role in achieving and maintaining fitness, long term. This may be due to the fact that the pineal gland is a source of DMT, which is commonly associated with visionary or mystical experiences. Also perhaps relevant is that the cells of the pineal gland, called pinealocytes, have characteristics that are strikingly similar to photoreceptor cells in the human retina. As some of you might have known here is more than one way to disturb your circadian rhythm, and one of the most common and least recognized is calcification of the pineal gland, the brain structure that produces melatonin. Fluoride is a major culprit. Remember what's in your toothpaste and tap water?
The pineal gland is a pea-sized, pine-cone-shaped gland located deep within the brain where the two brain hemispheres join. Unlike the rest of the brain, though, it is not protected by the blood-brain barrier, which makes it especially vulnerable to dietary fluoride exposure. More than a decade ago, a researcher at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom found that fluoride deposits in the pineal gland accumulate with age and are associated with gland calcification. The author of the study, Jennifer Luke, wrote "There was a positive correlation between pineal fluoride and pineal calcium, but no correlation between pineal fluoride and bone fluoride". By old age, the pineal gland has readily accumulated fluoride and its fluoride-to-calcium ratio is higher than bone. This is one scary finding.
In the study, it was suggested by the author that the pineal calcification could be an indicator of decreased melatonin production and could become an indicator for circadian rhythm vulnerability and useful for assessing the need for melatonin replacement therapy. In fact, Luke and her co-authors thought that the degree of pineal calcification could be a better indicator of melatonin deficiency than measuring the amount of melatonin circulating in the blood. Furthermore, she said, the decrease of melatonin production, might lead to a disturbed circadian rhythmicity in the sleep-wake cycle, with the principal symptom being daytime tiredness. Other researchers have found evidence that fluoride-induced pineal calcification is a risk factor for schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, insomnia, and melatonin circadian dysregulation.
It is important to be sure you are getting your vitamin D along with a relative balance of other critical cofactors, such as vitamin A (retinol) and vitamin K2. This can help balance vitamin D and its effects in the body and help avoid problematic nutrient imbalances. With all the hot press and hype concerning the near-miraculous benefits of vitamin D, an all-too-commonly overlooked fact is that no nutrient functions in a vacuum away from the need for other nutrients. Too much of one nutrient can create serious imbalance with others, and this may cause very real problems. bear in mind, there are two receptors of Vitamin A for every one Vitamin D receptor in a cell. Liver is the best source for this critical fat-soluble nutrient, but supplementing with superfoods such as fermented cod liver oil can do the job, too. Well, although I won't mention any specific brand and I will let you do your own homework.
Magnesium deficiency can additionally and very commonly lead to undesirable calcium imbalances. We are all far more likely to be deficient in magnesium than in calcium, and restoring healthy magnesium levels is critical for managing appropriate calcification of things in your body that are meant to be calcified and minimizing the calcification of things that were not meant to be calcified. As I've mentioned how critical this mineral is in previous post, it is needed for more then 300 different bio-chemical functions in the body.
Vitamin K2 regulates calcification. Deficiencies in vitamin K2 (all too common nowadays due to the fact that most people fail to eat enough organ meats) can readily lead to calcification of soft tissues and inadequate calcium in the places where it most belongs in your bones and teeth! In fact, poor vitamin K2 levels can additionally make you prone to poor bone health and dental caries, as well as harden your arteries and calcify your heart muscle. Add these dietary fat-soluble nutrient imbalances to fluoride exposure, and you find your pineal gland over time in a delightful calcium-rich crust. It's real bad news, and most of the time, conventional doctors may end up misdiagnosed this specific condition.
SO HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT REVERSING OR AVOIDING PINEAL CALCIFICATION?
Try these:
-Avoiding all sources of fluoride (including toothpaste, tap water, packaged, bottled or canned drinks, non organic teas, etc)
-Avoiding supplements with any form of calcium
-Maintaining healthy levels of vitamin D3, together with its critical cofactors, vitamins A (retinol) and K2 (sun is your friend, spend more time outdoor)
-Taking magnesium L-threonate, which has specificity for the brain and by maintaining healthy intracellular levels of magnesium elsewhere in the body
-Taking vitamin K2 (natural dietary MK-4 and supplemental/dietary MK-7) and/or adding more organ meats plus 100 percent pastured raw butter (if you can find). You may also opt for Grass-Fed Organic Cultured Ghee.
If you are having melatonin-related circadian rhythm issues, avoiding fluoride makes good sense. There are a number of health problems associated with fluoride and none realistically linked to having too little of it. No human being living and breathing anywhere suffers from any sort of fluoride deficiency, this is absurd. This is a highly controversial subject, and you may hear from your dentist telling you that it's not safe and fluoride can prevent tooth decay. Tell that to the primitive tribes who don't even use fluoridated toothpaste for hundreds of years, and they have strong perfect set of teeth, with no dental cavity or decay. I recommend buying a water filtration system that can effectively do the difficult job of removing fluoride. Also, avoid fluoride-containing toothpaste, mouthwash, and other fluoride-containing oral care products as well as canned or bottled beverages and some of the non organic teas. Keep in mind, too, that fluoride may be a common component of certain medications as well. Just one example of a fluoride-based pharmaceutical is fluoxetine (also known by the trade names Prozac, Ladose, and Fontex), among close to about two hundred others. Yes, you read it right, fluoride found in the prescbribed drugs by your doctor.
As I will not discuss on calcium supplements and Vitamin D3 (read my previous posts), it is critical to take note that both magnesium and Vitamin K2 is extremely vital in this case. Magnesium is another essential cofactor for calcium metabolism. It is much more common to be deficient in magnesium than in calcium. One form, magnesium L-threonate, is a form that is thought to be most active in the brain. Another way to ensure it is absorbed and utilized in the body effectively is by applying magnesium oil on your skin, and oral typical magnesium supplements sold in pharmacies are waste of money.
This is one of the most important and most frequently overlooked calcium cofactors. It is incredibly important for reversing or avoiding calcification of your soft tissues, including your heart, cardiovascular system, joints, and pineal gland. Vitamin K2, which is found in animal-source foods or synthesized from bacteria also has a key role in improving cardiovascular health by preventing or even reversing arterial or heart related calcification; boosting bone health and density in children, post-menopausal women, and others; and supporting healthy, cavity-resistant teeth, more so than the plant-based vitamin K1, which is more primarily associated with blood clotting and less with bone health.
The MK-4 form of vitamin K2, found naturally in animal sources as opposed to synthetically from vitamin supplements, tends to be easy for most people to incorporate into their diet. It is found in grass-fed organ meats and is especially rich in butter and ghee made from the milk of exclusively grass-fed cows. The MK-7 variety is bacterially derived from a fermented form of soy called natto. But for guys and also children, you may want to be careful on the consumption of soy based foods, even though it is fermented. You know what I meant.
Pineal calcification isn't the only potential source of depressed melatonin production, of course. Depressed serotonin production, either through the neuroinflammatory suppression of hypothalamic output or through the deficiency of dietary tryptophan, can also lead to depressed melatonin production in some people. In this instance, one usually would exhibit symptoms normally associated with serotonin deficiency, for example, depressed mood, worry and anxiety, negative thinking, anger or aggressiveness, shyness or fearfulness, loss of pleasure in things one used to enjoy, and cravings for carbohydrates. Stay tuned for next post.
Journals/References:
http://www.icnr.com/articles/fluoride-deposition.html
http://www.lef.org/magazine/2008/8/Beyond-Sleep-New-Medical-Applications-for-Melatonin/Page-01
http://www.slweb.org/luke-1997.html
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