50% higher breast cancer risk when this key hormone is suppressed - and what you can do about it starting today!
This hormone deserves the spotlight this October....
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and everywhere you look, there are pink ribbons, fundraisers, and reminders to get screened.
However - there’s one critical piece of the prevention conversation that almost no one is talking about: Melatonin.
Melatonin isn’t just your “sleep hormone" - it's actually one of the most powerful antioxidants your body makes naturally. It plays a vital role in immune regulation, mitochondrial protection, and even tumor suppression.
In this article I am going to share my brand new (free) 12 page melatonin ebook with you & give you some actionable tips!
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Before I even get started I want to make something clear: Your body makes melatonin, and it's always the most important to support your body's endogenous production.
When it comes to breast cancer risk & low melatonin - (the statistic I dropped at the top if the email)- here's what the research shows:
Women who work night shifts for 15+ years have a 30- 50% higher risk of breast cancer compared to day workers.
Living in neighborhoods with high levels of outdoor nighttime light has been associated with 14- 73% higher breast cancer risk, depending on the study.
And this isn’t based on a handful of papers.
There are now over 1,000 peer-reviewed studies examining circadian disruption, melatonin, and cancer.
A major scientific consensus report reviewed 300+ studies specifically on shift work and health, including breast cancer outcomes.
A recent meta-analysis of 21 observational studies found about a 12% higher breast cancer risk in women with higher nighttime light exposure compared to those in lower-light environments.
(And a quick note that I am not in any way saying that this is the SOLE cause of breast cancer....we always have to look at overall lifestyle, diet, stress, hydration & factors like deuterium)
However - as far as this research goes - mechanism is well established:
Artificial light at night suppresses melatonin, disrupting your circadian rhythm, altering estrogen signaling, and turning off key genetic repair processes that normally keep cells healthy.
AND - Something that is not encompassed in all of this research is the fact that we make melatonin during the day in response to near infrared light (available anytime you step outside between daybreak & nightfall, even on cloudy - rainy - days) ......and most people spend their entire day indoors with ZERO infrared light exposure!
Almost no one is talking about protecting the circadian rhythms & light environment that regulate these protective systems in the first place, but I do hope this newsletter & my free melatonin ebook will help empower people (and that people will share this information)!
When your circadian rhythm is disrupted & you spend your entire day inside, melatonin production falters… and the body’s defense systems follow.
To help you understand and apply this, I’ve created a free Melatonin Ebook for you.
But here’s the truth: optimizing melatonin & health is just one part of the bigger picture, and also depends on your nutrition - hydration - exposure to cold & darkness, and deuterium.
If you want to go beyond “awareness” and actually build a body that’s hormonally resilient, metabolically flexible, and protected- this is exactly what I teach inside:
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