What Is The Pineal Gland? – Dr.Berg On Melatonin Benefits & Serotonin

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hey guys I’m back in this video we’re going to talk about the pine Neil Glen it’s a very interesting clan it actually has optical tissue and that’s probably because there’s a connection between your eyes which is the the retina which is part of your brain extending into your eye it’s nerve tissue it goes right into this little gland and it produces a hormone called melatonin you can buy melatonin at the health food store or the drugstore to help you sleep I don’t recommend taking it because it’s a hormone and anytime you take something like that over a period of time it will then cause the pineal gland to be dependent on this and you’ll need more and more to create the same effect what is melatonin do it actually turns into serotonin it helps you sleep it also is involved in something called the adrenal access which is kind of the adrenal pathway from the hypothalamus to the pituitary down to the adrenal gland so there’s this whole kind of a feedback loop that’s involved in the triggering of adrenal hormones so during illnesses your immune system is affected by melatonin probably why you want to sleep when you get sick okay melatonin is also involved in your mood it’s also involved in stress when you’re deficient in melatonin you have a weakened immune system that’s why it’s really dangerous not to get a good night’s sleep for a period of time it can set you up for being susceptible to all sorts of immune problems you potentially get insomnia have anxiety and have a decreased estrogen progesterone Rachele now as you age melatonin decreases if your medications especially antidepressants it can really mess with melatonin but melatonin is triggered by darkness there’s been a study done that indicated that if you keep your light on an hour at night let’s say between 11 and 12 and you try to go to bed your melatonin is diminished by 71% so to improve sleep what you want to do as you’re whining down for bed is turn the lights way down keep it dim very very important also aerobic exercise that’s low intensity lots of oxygen long walks very beneficial to help your sleep I personally find that I can do an aerobic exercise and it really helps me sleep but you have to make sure you don’t over train because overtraining will keep you from sleeping as well so keep your lights dim low EMFs what is that electromagnetic frequencies okay so this thing right here don’t sleep with it right by your head don’t have electrical equipment around your bed that can affect your quality of sleep stress is a big inhibitor for the pineal gland so you definitely don’t want to watch certain things before you go to bed you know terror movies action movies or even the news you want to watch something maybe a comedy just keep your stress low so you definitely want to limit the caffeine as well during the day because that could also affect the output of melatonin and melatonin peaks at 2:30 a. m. in the middle of the night which is interesting because this is the point where cortisol is at its lowest point so again that stress can inactivate this hormone right here alright thanks for watching if you’re liking this content please subscribe now and I will actually keep you updated on future videos