Melanin
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Nov 12, 2026
278: Patrick Coles – The Toxin Sequestration Theory
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77:46Patrick ColesGUEST
And I have moles all over my skin, for example.
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77:49Patrick ColesGUEST
And interestingly, Melanin, which is the pigment in moles, is a metal chelator, again, so it binds to toxic metals.
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77:59Patrick ColesGUEST
So moles are packed full of toxic metals.
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78:02Patrick ColesGUEST
Lipomas and cysts and skin tags are full of lipophilic toxins.
242: The Science Behind Why Mushrooms Glow, Turn Blue & Survive Radiation?!
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75:36Matthew GetzinGUEST
Yeah.
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75:37Matthew GetzinGUEST
So yeah, But then there's the idea of melanin.
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75:41Matthew GetzinGUEST
Melanin is really quite, you know, we use melanin in our bodies to absorb UV radiation.
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75:49Matthew GetzinGUEST
It can be problematic, right, for the same reason we just said, the MA damage in UV, but in our skin um our keratinocytes right they actually create these capsules around our nuke the nucleus of our cells to protect us from uv damage the same is true for uh fungi fungi do the same thing where they protect their dna
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76:14KKHOST
yeah yeah plants do that too
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88:01Matthew GetzinGUEST
Yeah.
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88:04Matthew GetzinGUEST
Okay, and then we'll stop by melanin again.
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88:06Matthew GetzinGUEST
So I just wanted to kind of like go back to this and just say like, Melanin has been on my radar since grad school.
LED Lights Increase Stress & Disrupt Your Metabolism (And The Hidden Power of Sunlight) | Scott Zimmerman
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27:40Scott ZimmermanGUEST
Okay.
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27:41Scott ZimmermanGUEST
Now it's really, the other thing that we know is it's from Yakima is, is that in the UV, Melanin, the outer layer, the outer 50 microns, appears to be highly oxidized.
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27:56Scott ZimmermanGUEST
So when I oxidize it, it reduces the absorption in the UV because melanin absorbs very strongly.
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28:04Scott ZimmermanGUEST
So this thin little layer on the outbar of our skin has been essentially photobleached.
How to Get Rid of Hyperpigmentation (Aging or Dark Spots) ~ Dr. Eric Berg
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0:02Eric BergHOST
But in actuality, it's not necessarily the liver that's causing those spots.
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0:07Eric BergHOST
It's really just too much of this thing right here called melanin, okay? Melanin is a pigment on your skin.
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0:15Eric BergHOST
It's what gives your skin certain color.
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0:18Eric BergHOST
And this pigment protects against UV radiation.
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0:34Eric BergHOST
And then you have infrared.
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0:36Eric BergHOST
And so if you go in the sun, you're constantly getting hit by certain amounts of radiation.
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0:42Eric BergHOST
And Melanin is there to protect you against this UV very specific band of energy.
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0:50Eric BergHOST
And so this pigment melanin is very similar to the pigment in plants, okay? Like chlorophyll is a pigment in plants.
Please Welcome to the Stage, Psychodermatology!
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34:43Sarah SchauerHOST
They produce a protective pigment, melanin, and deliver it to neighboring skin cells.
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34:48Sarah SchauerHOST
These use it to build parasols by spreading the pigment over their cell nuclei.
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34:53Sarah SchauerHOST
Melanin also oscillates within the frequency of UV rays, thereby capturing its energy and protecting our genome.
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35:02Sarah SchauerHOST
All people have the same number of pigment-producing cells, but the thickness of the parasols varies according to skin color.
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35:09Sarah SchauerHOST
Melanin also oscillates within the frequency of UV rays.
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35:14Sarah SchauerHOST
That is incredible.
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35:16Sarah SchauerHOST
I'm sorry, that's beautiful.
How She Reversed Hashimoto's & Lost 65 Pounds Using Sunlight | Nat Collier
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58:39Nat CollierGUEST
But there are ways that you could produce light inside of your body.
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58:42Nat CollierGUEST
And melanin, like they're finding...
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58:44Nat CollierGUEST
Melanin, people are like, oh, it's just a tans.
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58:46Nat CollierGUEST
Like, no...
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58:46Nat CollierGUEST
There's melanin in the brain.
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58:48Nat CollierGUEST
Melanin holds a charge.
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58:50Nat CollierGUEST
Melanin goes around and will take mutated cells and get rid of those for you.
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58:55Nat CollierGUEST
Like it is alive.
THE GREATEST ALCHEMISTS ON THE PLANET...
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2:30speaker_0HOST
Mathematics cannot be colonize absolutely unequivocally.
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2:39speaker_0HOST
I have already established that melanin is the sources, primordial substance, in carbon, in carbon.
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2:54speaker_0HOST
The physics underneath the physics, melanin is the physics underneath the Melanin is the chemistry underneath chemistry.
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3:11speaker_0HOST
Melanin is the biology underneath biology.
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3:17speaker_0HOST
I have already proved that melanin is the capacitor in our black bodies.
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3:30speaker_0HOST
Melanin is the antenna in our black bodies.
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3:37speaker_0HOST
Melanin is the breastplate protection in our black bodies.
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3:45speaker_0HOST
Melanin is the helmet brain protection in our black bodies.
You are Solar Powered: How to Supercharge Your Body With Peter Forhan
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23:38Peter ForhanGUEST
The thing that's giving my skin tone, the reason that my skin looks like this instead of clear water is purely because of the melanin.
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23:47Peter ForhanGUEST
And so melanin is the darkest naturally occurring molecule in nature.
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23:52Katie WellsHOST
Melanin
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23:52Peter ForhanGUEST
is a
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23:53Katie WellsHOST
fascinating, massively important molecule
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25:20Peter ForhanGUEST
substance region of the brain, and it's the black substance region because it's melanin.
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25:25Peter ForhanGUEST
And so this begets a large conversation, which is that melanin's role is not to shield UV light.
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25:31Peter ForhanGUEST
Melanin's role is to make our body a better and better and better solar panel.
DOCTORS WEIGH IN: Low Ferritin? Stop Taking Iron Pills Until You Watch This (Summit Sneak Peak)
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47:50speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yep.
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47:50speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tons of melanin in the brain, in the skin.
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47:54speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Melanin also stores iron and can pull iron out of circulation.
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48:00speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So we see that in the eyes and we see that in the ears.
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48:04speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's like thanks to the work inside of the ears, actually, where there's this melanin ferritin thing happening in the cochlea.
Stop Wasting Money on Collagen! Dermatologist Reveals What Actually Works for Skin Over 40
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43:51Anjali MatoGUEST
I mean, the second thing is there is a variation in how different ethnic groups will age as well.
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43:56Anjali MatoGUEST
Melanin, we know, can be more protective in terms of aging.
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43:59Anjali MatoGUEST
So there is that as well that one needs to consider in terms of aging.
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44:03Anjali MatoGUEST
The third thing that I think a lot of people don't realize, if you've been acne prone, your skin's quite oily, you will age well.
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