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Ive got this thing at home, could/should I use it? Sure, why not? The problem is, it's hard to spend hours each day keeping your eyes at a specific distance from a small light source like that. Some...

but I started getting more and more breakouts just recently. But you may have started doing other things that you don't imagine are relevant to acne, such as getting less outdoor light in your eyes,...

Got the study and read it. Looks like it was 15mg of zinc three times per day, along with a few other vitamins. The point seemed to be to resolve the fact that the effects of zinc on acne in studies h...

A new observational study of methionine-bound zinc (trade name OptiZinc, I think) has emerged:     It's interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it claims the benefits are late-onset, re...

I know you have done some experimenting with tryptophan supplements. What is your opinion on them? I tried multiple forms and did not see any significant effect on quality of sleep or acne. YMMV. Wo...

Bacteria overgrowth could mean, that a recommended approach to fixing acne as fast as possible, is to try antibiotics first. If they fail, it's obvious that your particular kind of acne is not a probl...

And why is my skin so much worse in the evening It's really hard to attach any objective measurement to intra-day skin changes. Most people can make their skin appear to be very different by standin...

1) Just wondering... Trobriand Islanders, according to Staffan Lindeberg, have also no overweight, diabetes, heart disease etc.. Can you find any link between those other health problems and melatonin...

databased, did you notice like me that sun is more important than sleep? Not exactly. My experience corresponds closely to my hypothesis. Screw up my melatonin cycle (via any of innumerable possible...

What do you do in the winter when it is too unbearably cold to go out? Do you still go out or just rely on artificial lighting from lamps? I try to spend most of the day in an extremely bright of...

Exercise might also play a big role, I started jogging every other day. Exercise definitely increases the chances of a normal nocturnal melatonin surge. Some researchers think the correlation of exe...

Do we know how much melatonin the body produces each night when under optimal conditions? Is it definitely measured in milligrams (as opposed to nanograms)? It is true that minute amounts of melato...

do you have an opinion on meal frequency? do you think this is a consideration for the acne condition? do you generally eat three meals a day or do you usually take many more smaller meals? My theor...

Eating walnuts can increase your melatonin levels: The article says: "Mean +/- standard error melatonin concentrations were 3.5 +/- 1.0 ng/g of walnut." A nanogram (one one-thousandth of a microg...

I don't think you have mentioned it before databased: Do you dim your lights in the evening, close before bedtime? My lights are in my office. I just don't work in the office for an hour or two befo...

Question for you and others taking it. Does it make you fart more? Zinc has never made me fart, but I'm pretty sure that eating three Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies would. I'm guessing that's clo...

I've narrowed it down to stress and worrying too much. Brings to mind oft-used treatments like: a) Learn the relaxation response (see local library) and practice near bedtime. b) Reserve time...

You have said earlier in this thread that taking a melatonin supplement will not be helpful and may be detrimental if taken at the wrong time. Why is this? How do you time when the melatonin will hi...

Ok. I go to bed the same time most nights, but I have a hard time actually falling asleep. Still a poor candidate for zinc supplements? I sure wouldn't use a large dose. I doubt most doctors would b...

But there's no way I can stay out for the entire day. What is your recommandation databased? a) Get the brightest lights you can positioned where you spend the most time indoors. Select bulbs w...

Have you increased your outdoor sun exposure and if so about how much of the sun light hits your skin? Do you normally look up and stare into the sky while achieving your exposure or do you go about i...

About the tinfoil, can you clarfiy that? Isn't that going to be super costly? Tinfoil crumples easily, and my window is huge. Personally, I tinfoiled about 12 foot by 4 foot worth of window in our b...

There is no park anywhere near. I haven't even seen any benches. Wow, you are in some kind of urban wasteland! I thought most cities required a certain amount of greenspace. That may doubly suck i...

need sleep! yes! No, just big melatonin surge every night. Two related but not identical things. 😀

Quick question: Do you think my home office environment (pictured below) will allow the proper amount of light required to comply with your regimen? Hard to guess -- maybe. I have begun to suspect t...