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Melatonin formula

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Melatonin... has numerous properties which indicate that it helps prevent both Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer. There is strong evidence from epidemiologic studies that high (≥ 10 milligauss or mG), longterm exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF, ≤ 60 Hz) magnetic fields (MF) is associated with a decrease in melatonin production.
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ELF-EMF levels between 0.6 and 1.2 µT have been shown to consistently block the protective effects of melatonin.
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Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland in the center of the brain during the absence of light at night, peaking for a few hours after midnight. It is found in every cell in the body.

It helps enhance immune system function, maintain circadian rhythms, lowers body temperature during REM sleep, scavenges free radicals (oxidative and nitrosative), alters the production of free radicals, upregulates other antioxidants -- protecting us against cancer, aging, and Alzheimer's disease. It is particularly protective to neuronal mitochondria (where many oxidants are produced).

While it is not certain that melatonin decreases are causative in the apparent higher risk for breast cancer, it is one of the strongly suggested possibilities; both increased risk and decreased melatonin are associated with exposures (particularly occupational) in some studies.

It is interesting to note that melatonin (related to our biologic clock) is produced in the same gland in which magnetite (related to our geomagnetic map) is concentrated, but there is little, if any, research on the relationship between them (together) and EMF. Separately, they are affected by EMF.

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Melatonin molecule

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Occupational exposures in melatonin studies