THE “Indoor” Pandemic
07/2021
Modern humans (in developed nations) do not spend enough time in full-spectrum sunlight that …
Summer SAD
07/2021
SAD in the winter, but SAD in the summer is very real too.
Seasonal Affective Disorder, otherwise known as SAD, is often synonymous with winter. It’s no secret that the long dark days and cold nights can trigger inescapable feeling of depression, exhaustion and anxiety …
A Contemporary Epidemic
06/2021
What most people don’t realize is that light entering by way of the eyes plays a crucial role in the process of metabolism, breaking down all of the nutrients we get from food, as well as vitamins and mineral …
Light and the Human Body
05/2021
All life is powered by light. The Sun is the ultimate source of all our energy. Just like plants we are designed to absorb and utilize light. According to Fritz Albert Popp, biophysicist and researcher: “Each s …
Light and Cognitive Function
04/2021
Cognitive function refers to a person’s ability to process thoughts. Cognition primarily refers to things like memory, the ability to learn new information, speech, and reading comprehension. In most healthy …
The Energy Neessary for Life
03/2021
The human body is a combination of cells and chemicals that comes to life only when “Nature’s
electricity” —LIGHT— is present ...
Reduce Your Risk of Disease
02/2021
Nature’s light, sunlight, is vital. It’s the energy of life! Natural light is essential to help regulate brain chemistry and control circadian rhythms that keep us in sync with the rhythm of life. Being stuck in “biologi …
Metabolic Syndrome?
01/2021
A new study published in the journal Cell Reports supports this claim. Scientists found that fat cells deep in the skin can detect sunlight and not getting enough can increase the risk of metabolic disrupt …
SAD Symptoms
12/2020
A big misconception about SAD is that it’s just something in your head, however it’s in fact a diagnosable subset of major depression. To be diagnosed with SAD, symptoms must reoccur at least twice a …
This new science sounds like something out of science-fiction, but it could be a reality soon.
11/2020
With a little bit of creative thinking and a few science fiction parallels, you will quickly understand why Optogenetics is one of the most exciting areas of science and medicine. On the surface, Optogen …
New Tools Boost Immunity
10/2020
Health-tech innovations can boosts the immune system and help restore health. A body of research has shown that people with better or non-compromised immune system defeated the COVID-19 infec …
Daily Doses of Green Light May Minimize Migraines
09/2020
Three years ago, scientists from the University of Arizona reported that exposure to green light appeared to reduce neuropathic pain in rats. Now, the researchers believe that such light could also be us …
Sunlight Strengthens Immunity
08/2020
Researchers at Georgetown University have found that sunlight energizes the T-cells that play a central role in human immunity. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, suggest how the skin, the b …
Aging Eyes
07/2020
A study conducted at University College London (UCL) looked at the potential for manipulating the performance of mitochondria, which are often referred to as the powerhouses of cells. Like they do in cells ...
Color Therepy for Wellness
06/2020
Colors can influence your mood, personality, feelings, and even your physical energy. Colors can inspire delight, agitate, evoke creativity, sensuality, hunger, or even relaxation, and a multitude of other e ...
Sunlight Inactivates SARS-CoV-2
05/2020
Sunlight Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces in Lab Study as CDC Says Virus Does Not Spread Easily Across Mediums. Sunlight appears to inactivate the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, according to a study ...
Coronavirus and the Sun: a Lesson from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
04/2020
Fresh air, sunlight and improvised face masks seemed to work a century ago; and they might help us now. When new, virulent diseases emerge, such SARS and Covid-19, the race begins to find new …
Stop Daylight-Saving Time?
03/2020
Clocks were moved forward one hour recently, but some health experts say it might be better if time changes ended for good. It’s more than an inconvenience, it’s a potential health threat, they warn …
Light and Alzheimer’s
02/2020
Alzheimer’s strikes, with few exceptions, late in life. It destroys up to 30% of a brain’s mass, carving out ravines and depositing piles of amyloid plaque, which builds up outside of neurons. Inside neurons …
SAD and Beyond: From Light Therapy to Light Hygiene
01/2020
Light therapy for those who suffer from seasonal (SAD) and non-seasonal depression has well documented benefits. For many who suffer from some form of depression, light therapy can be the …
Sunlight, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
12/2019
Healthy, middle-aged adults exposed to more bright sunlight in the 7 days before providing a blood sample had lower levels of markers indicating risk for insulin resistance and dyslipidemia vs. adults …
Color and Light Matter in Medicine
11/2019
Color psychology is the study of how colors affect human behavior, mood, or physiological processes. Colors are thought to influence our buying choices, our feelings, and even our memories. Ideas related to color …
Shorter Days Can Make You SAD
10/2019
It’s that time of year, the days are getting shorter and the nights are becoming longer. The sun is setting earlier in the day and rising later in the morning. Fall began with the autumnal equinox September 23 …
The Hidden Dangers of LED Lighting
09/2019
There are major downsides to most LED lights that are not well known. If you choose to ignore these facts, it could lead to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the deterioration of your macula which …
Heart Health & Light
08/2019
The appearance of sunlight and the advent of oxygen on Earth were undoubtedly the most dramatic environmental changes during evolution. As a result, almost all organisms on this planet are equippe …
Worry about the amount of light at night more than the blue light
07/2019
A top lighting research group has reported that the amount of light at night — light levels plus duration — can potentially disturb sleep much more than can blue spectrum in the light. The findings marked the sec …
Out with ‘human centric,’ in with ‘nutritional light’
06/2019
Human-centric lighting is lighting devoted to enhancing vision, wellbeing, and performance individually or in some combination, according to Philips Lighting. Believing that the human-centric lighting movement …
This Indoor Pollution Can Cause Brain Fog
05/2019
Would you swim in a pool of polluted water? Of course not. Not intentionally anyway. But every day, every one of us unknowingly “swims” in indoor pollution, some of it of our own making. It’s called EMF and it sta …
How Sunlight Affects Sleep, Hormones and Body Fat
04/2019
Since the beginning of human history, people have lived and worked outdoors during the light of day, absorbing light energy from the sky. An average of 10 hours outdoors each day, 70 hours weekly, was com …
Two Forms of Melatonin?
03/2019
Melatonin and sunlight are intimately linked and the relationship is unique in the fact that there are two forms of melatonin, circulatory and subcellular. Both appear to be controlled by either the absence of sunl …
Sun Avoidance Is as Risky as Smoking
02/2019
Recent research highlights the importance of sensible sun exposure, stating “Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and unscientific.” The research published in the International Journal of Environm …
Ancient New Medicine
01/2019
Professionals and patients alike have welcomed changes in healthcare over the past few decades. In the scientific world there has been excitement over breakthroughs, with research highlighting the efficacy of …
Light at Night Linked to Depression
12/2018
Professionals and patients alike have welcomed changes in healthcare over the past few decades. In the scientific world there has been excitement over breakthroughs, with research highlighting the efficacy of …
Don’t Be SAD…
11/2018
SAD (seasonal affective disorder), also known as winter depression, winter blues or seasonal depression, is a mood disorder subset provoked by reduced daylight hours during fall and winter. People who have norma …
Accelerated Aging: The Importance of a Stable Circadian Rhythm
10/2018
As anyone who has spent wakeful nights suffering from jet lag will attest, the human body has a strong sense of time. When this cycle is disrupted, like in jet lag, sleep disorders ensue. According to the America …
Biological Enlightenment
09/2018
Every metabolic process, every enzyme reaction, muscular movements, the digestion of food and the burning of fat are all biological processes that are augmented by sunlight energy. A reduction of ‘natural li …
Photobiomodulation and Your Health
08/2018
The 2017 Nobel Prize in ‘Physiology or Medicine’ was awarded for the discovery of how plants, animals and humans optimize their health by harmonizing their circadian rhythms with the daily cycle of light and dar …