**CLICK "SHOW MORE" FOR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE** Dr. Richard D. King, M.D. is the author the following books: -- African Origin of Biological Psychiatry -- iI African Origin of Biological Psychiatry -- Melanin:: A Key To Freedom Melanin directly converts light for vertebrate metabolic use: dark human skin. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18479839 "...the incidence of pineal calcification, which reflects the secretory activity of the gland, is significantly lower in the African and American black populations as compared to the white population." --Albert Einstein College of Medicine www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1342018 Antioxidant properties of melanin in retinal pigment epithelial cells. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16613501 "Skin from black patients was associated with the cytoplasmic pattern of autofluorescence. Compared to lighter skin, black skin was also significantly associated with increased intensity of autofluorescence, indicating that autofluorescence of the epidermis parallels the clinical degree of pigmentation. Negro hair exhibited more fluorescence than Caucasian hair, and darker hair (brown to black) exhibited more fluorescence than lighter hair (blond). This may be related to melanin and it breakdown products." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/511435 "It may be concluded that melanin is capable of acting as an electron transfer agent in several reduction-oxidation systems." www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0003986176903040 "In individuals with dark skin the high melanin concentration in the epidermis absorbs high energies..." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16020204 "...melanin absorbs light at a wide range of wavelengths, from 250 nm to 1200 nm..." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2825126/ "The melanin of natural animal origin has the anti-radial effectiveness with [...] irradiation increasing the number of alive newborn descendants..." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15700809 "Melanin pigment [is present] in liver and heart tissue..." www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/870326 Melanin Pigments in Human Pineal Gland www.indmedica.com/journals.php?journalid=8&issueid=32&articleid=379&action=article Melanin protects choroidal blood vessels against light toxicity. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16869503 Melanin protects melanocytes and keratinocytes against H2O2-induced DNA strand breaks through its ability to bind Ca2+. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14980501 Neuromelanin of the substantia nigra: a neuronal black hole with protective and toxic characteristics. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14585596

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