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> Re sun: melanin is known to be good at killing viruses (etc, etc) so the Epstein-Barr connection might be relevant here. We've learned revolutionary things ab
by maksimur 4y ago
> Re sun: melanin is known to be good at killing viruses (etc, etc) so the Epstein-Barr connection might be relevant here. We've learned revolutionary things about melanin in the last two decades, which hasn't reached clinical practice at all. Such a delay is par for the course.
Do you mean melatonin?
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoMelanin comes from sun exposure, no? Pretty sure he meant melanin.
- Nomentatus 4y agoWe have indeed learned amazing things about melatonin and light exposure and iprgcs over the last four decades, and I think that's very important, too. So I'm glad you've mentioned it: a natural night with extremely consistent start and stop times (or following the seasons strictly, which is better) absolute darkness (except red light is okay) and nine hours of it is a very good thing for health - mental and physical. But yup, I meant melanin, the more recent outpouring of research there is amazing. Melatonin is an amazing antioxidant, just amazing, and as a hormone it initiates processes that fight illness at night, including pathogens, but I don't know of it having any direct action against pathogens.