15/06/2021
Thank you Alex Tcherniak and Violetta Anninoufor sharing this.
The Pineal Gland does not only have to do with the Third Eye and Insight/Intuition.
It is a master regulating gland/organ (like the thyroid).
A key role of the pineal gland is to synthesize and secrete melatonin, which controls the sleep/wake cycle. One of the critical purposes of melatonin, in turn, is to deliver sulfate to the neurons at night during sleep.
1. With sunlight exposure serving as a catalyst, the pineal gland builds up supplies of sulfate by day, storing it in heparan sulfate molecules.
2. The pineal gland produces melatonin in the evening, transporting it as melatonin sulfate to various parts of the brain, including the third ventricle, where the melatoninn releases the sulfate into the cerebrospinal fluid.
The association of autism with heparan sulfate depletion in the lateral and third ventricles of the brain now gets more interesting, because the tip of the third ventricle is encased in the pineal gland. The pineal recess is in fact the main site of pe*******on of melatonin into the cerebrospinal fluid. In other words, under normal circumstances the pineal gland delivers melatonin sulfate to the third ventricle, which then diffuses the sulfate throughout the cerebrospinal fluid. In addition, melatonin not only transports sulfate but also is an outstanding antioxidant and binds toxic metals to help dispose of them. It may come as no surprise, then, that melatonin impairment has been implicated in neurological disorders.
In healthy individuals, melatonin also plays an important role in inducing REM sleep, which is the most important stage of sleep. Interestingly, Alzheimer's disease is associated with reduced REM sleep and a calcified pineal gland. Sleep disorders are also linked to autism as well as other neurological diseases, including depression, schizophrenia, ALS, Parkinson's disease, and others.
If one recognizes that heavy metals play a part in the modern-day epidemic of neurological diseases, then part of the explanation for the sleep disorders encountered in various neurological diseases may be that both aluminum and mercury (thimerosal) disrupt the pineal gland and its ability to make sulfate. When the pineal gland's ability to make sulfate is impaired, this, in turn, reduces production of melatonin, all-important for adequate and healthy sleep. The pineal gland is particularly susceptible to aluminum, and other heavy metals as well as fluoride because it is not protected by the blood-brain barrier and has a very high blood perfusion rate.
The pineal gland's vulnerability to aluminum is illustrated in a 1996 paper showing that the concentrations of aluminum in the pineal gland were "consistently observed" and "markedly higher" than in other brain tissues examined.
There is a reason one of the first thing people notice on effective Detoxing is improved sleep and more frequent dreaming…this is due to the aluminum and other metals being released and freed from the pineal gland. We also see emotional release and improved mood because the pineal gland has a large effect on mood disorders specifically depression and anxiety
