Melatonin and its effects on our organism
From the first moments of life, when the light breaks on our bodies and all systems are brought on line for takeoff toward life, they are put in place many mechanisms that throughout our lives we explain many of the phases and behaviors of man.
Melatonin is a hormone
secreted by the pineal gland in the brain stem, it is formed from the synthesis
of an essential amino acid: Tryptophan. Its function as neurohormone is very
important because it regulates the biological clock that we built in our
bodies, making governing body needs to rest, by sleep induction, based on
circadian rhythms of the human body.
Their highest levels
detected in infants between 3 and 12 months, hence needs more sleep at this
stage, is evident, it remains high at puberty and adulthood until age 30,
decreasing towards senile stage .
Not only regulates sleep
induction, physiological stigma talks about the effect on the immunoregulatory
system, and the ability to capture free radicals potentially slowing the
oxidation of brain tissue, improves mood, concentration and reduce the effects
of lag times when we traveled through several meridians because our circadian
rhythm needs time to adjust to the new schedule and suffer various pains (
syndrome known as Jet Lag), shift work
or night long, that interfere with our
normal sleep pattern
It is properly proven
beneficial effect on the immune system by inhibiting the onset of viral colds
and respiratory processes. But its best effect is on the biological clock cycle
or lap, which makes it the neurotransmitter hormone relaxation, studies that
endorse effect on depression caused by sleep disorders, all favored by vitamin
B 6 helps synthesize the hormone in humans, to remain in sufficient ranges in
the various cycles of the body and the dream appears naturally as collateral in
the natural repair process of our cells at night time when our body repairs and
Daytime removes waste from metabolism.
There synthesized
supplements and talk about that low doses are sufficient, but advocate for
their synthesis in a natural way, by reinvesting adequate in foods containing
it in its precursor form as nutrients: oatmeal, cherry, yeast, corn, rice or
banana, although it is said that melatonin is more effective plant in cocoa.
Many people use to
regulate their sleep function, after having lost sporadically, and we know that
once suppressed melatonin may again suffer from insomnia.
It also raises and
therefore marketed without medical restrictions in many countries, has
anti-aging effects on the nervous system and, in general, on the prevention of
cancer, given the same inhibitory effect on free radicals as an antioxidant.
Knowing that there is a
synthetically prepared to supply function as a natural hormone melatonin in
humans, is important, but knowing how to maintain adequate levels in our body
is more important, because of the operation of all organs is in its physiology
and the clock cycle, or biological clock, for which Mother Nature has given
mankind wisely.
Current digital era
threatens the natural production of melatonin in the body, because the
wavelength on the screen of iPad, computer, smartphone, LED lights and other
electronic equipment, make it delayed his induction cycle by lowering its
secretion and thus the undesirable effect of insomnia and its consequences to
the surface totaling some restful sleep with consequent wake up feeling tired
and irritable.
