DOES COFFEE SHRINK THE PINEAL GLAND?

Remember, there are no solutions, only trade-offs.  So let's concede that 60 years of 2 cups of coffee per say does in fact shrink the pineal gland by 20%.  So what?  Does that lead to specific cognitive problems?  Depends on overall lifestyle.  Exercise, even mild, low-impact, and of short duration improves most things immediately. All this article does is raise awareness, and it might not matter to you because the beverage is associated with some of the most memorable social exchanges. But the evidence of lifetime coffee consumption on the volume of the pineal gland is compelling. Calcification of the pineal gland occurs over time with some folks laying the blame squarely on fluoride.  Whereas vitamin D does harden the enamel, so does fluouride.  Try fluouride-fee toothpastes for a couple of years and find out how brittle they can become.  But if you're worried about the calcification of your pineal gland, boron helps to relieve that.

Thanks to Neter Vital.

People who had drunk a considerable amount of coffee (the equivalent of 2 cups a day for 30 years) had pineal glands 20% smaller than those who drank less, or no coffee. 

And this,

it does seem that a population bereft of intuition, imagination and psychic facilities would be easier to control. 

Modern science is not so concerned with supernatural experiences, so research on the pineal gland has mostly centred around melatonin and sleep. Melatonin is the hormone the body uses to regulate the sleep-wake cycle. It is produced by the pineal gland and makes it possible for sleep to occur.

Caffeine, the primary active ingredient in coffee, disrupts the normal function of the brain by effectively tricking the pineal gland into producing less melatonin. The signal to produce melatonin is given by adenosine, and the caffeine molecule blocks the adenosine receptors. Basically, the brain is tricked into thinking sleep is not needed. This is why coffee produces a feeling of wakefulness.

Disrupting the normal balance of a system as sophisticated as the human brain will have consequences. Coffee drinkers have been shown to experience many more sleep problems than people who abstain from the beverage. Previous scientific evidence shows that the smaller the pineal gland, the less melatonin is produced (and there are more sleep problems). But up in till 2018, nobody had studied the link between coffee consumption and the size of the pineal gland.

The Korean study (linked above) found something astonishing. People who had drunk a considerable amount of coffee ( the equivalent of 2 cups a day for 30 years) had pineal glands 20% smaller than those who drank less, or no coffee. The heavy coffee drinkers also experienced more sleeping problems.

Why does coffee shrink the pineal gland? The authors give three possibilities.

Firstly, it may be due to the decrease in melatonin caused by caffeine blocking the adenosine receptors (we already know lower melatonin production is associated with smaller pineal glands). Secondly, another part of the brain, the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, also has adenosine receptors which are blocked by caffeine. This part of the brain regulates the circadian rhythm (sleep-wake cycle) and when it is disrupted, brain damage can occur. The third way coffee may shrink the third eye is because it contains flavonoids which have shown to decrease melatonin in animal studies.

While the researches focus on sleep quality, there will likely be other consequences of a shrunken pineal gland, If this truly is the seat of the soul then it is something you do not want to mess with! We do not want to speculate too much, because we are concerned with facts, not theories. But it does seem that a population bereft of intuition, imagination and psychic facilities would be easier to control. We already know that Fluoride (found in our toothpaste and sometimes our water) calcifies the pineal gland. If you think this is a conspiracy theory, look it up. So, coffee may be adding to the problem. As we have said, when it comes to spirituality and health, the modern world provides many pitfalls.