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Cancer Diet: Feasting on the Four Food Groups - A Mesothelioma Patient's Guide to Nutrition by Maggie Kay
At some point during our childhood we have all been told to eat our vegetables. Forcing down tasteless green beans and brussels sprouts were supposed to make us taller and stronger. Well, so it is for mesothelioma patients. Diet is often an...
Ocular Nutrition And Eye Health
Understanding ocular nutrition and eye health can be one of the ways to support your vision. As early as age 30, our eyes and vision can begin to deteriorate. Wind, dust, chlorine fumes, automobile fumes, smoking, freezing temperatures and physical...
Reversing Diabetes Means Making Tough Choices In Foods, Nutrition And Exercise
In past articles I've talked about how dietary sugars (white flour, corn syrup, table sugar, etc.) alter blood sugar levels, and how the body tries to regulate blood sugar through glycogen storage, insulin secretion and body fat creation.
Now...
The Importance of Nutrition and Lifestyle
The Importance of Nutrition and Lifestyle Eating healthy and taking care of yourself is essential to obtain optimal wellness. Most people roll their eyes or moan when confronted with these ideas, but, in reality, taking care of yourself is not...
The Role of Nutrition in Hair Loss Prevention
Healthy diet maintenance is one of the best things for hair loss
prevention. Though there are certain factors influencing the
hair loss, maintaining regular exercise and healthy diet will
definitely bring fruitful results if you are suffering...
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Melatonin Melatonin, or 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine, is a
hormone produced by pinealocytes in the pineal gland, located in
the brain, but also in the retina and GI tract. It is a
derivative of the amino acid tryptophan. Melatonin produced in
the pineal gland acts as an endocrine hormone since it is
released into the blood. On the other hand, melatonin produced
by the retina and the GI tract is considered a paracrine
hormone. Melatonin helps regulate sleep-wake or circadian
rhythms. Normally, production of melatonin by the pineal gland
is stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light. Melatonin can
suppress libido by inhibiting secretion of luteinizing hormone
(LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) from the anterior
pituitary gland -- especially in mammals that have a breeding
season when daylight hours are long, such as sheep. Nobel Prize
laureate Julius Axelrod performed many of the seminal
experiments elucidating the role of melatonin and the pineal
gland in circadian rhythms. Beta blockers decrease nocturnal
melatonin release. Melatonin is synthesized by various plants
such as rice and ingested melatonin was shown to be capable of
reaching and binding to melatonin binding sites in the brain of
mammals. In recent times, melatonin has become available as a
drug and a dietary supplement. It appears to have some use
against insomnia and jet lag. Melatonin is a powerful
antioxidant which can easily cross cell membranes. It has been
studied for the treatment of cancer, immune disorders,
cardiovascular diseases, depression, seasonal affective
disorder, and sexual dysfunction; no apparent benefit in these
has been found. To synthesize melatonin, serotonin is converted
to N-acetylserotonin by the enzyme 5-HT N-acetyltransferase.
N-acetylserotonin is then converted to melatonin by the enzyme
5-hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase. See serotonin for details
on how tryptophan is converted to serotonin. Melatonin has been
shown to increase the lifespan of mice by 20% in some studies
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