QUICK LINKS
- A PRIMER ON LIGHT AND HEALTH
- INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC SUN EXPOSURE
- MORNING SUN EXPOSURE
- DAYTIME SUN EXPOSURE
- DUSK AND NIGHT
- RED & IR LIGHT THERAPY
- GETTING UV LIGHT FROM THE SUN
- UV LIGHT THERAPY
- DESIGNING YOUR DAY AROUND THE SUN
We evolved from single-celled organisms over billions of years on a planet with two key basic characteristics: daily rotation of the sun around the Earth and lots of water.
In this primer, we look at why we need well-timed, daily sun exposure to tune our physiology and charge our batteries.
STRATEGIC SUN EXPOSURE INTRODUCTION
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- Key time points in the day for sun & our physiology
- Melanopsin
- The categories of light:
- From the sun
- Indoor Mimetic
- Therapy
- Illuminance (amount of light) from different sources
MORNING SUN EXPOSURE
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- Sunrise signal
- Grounding
DAYTIME SUN EXPOSURE
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- UVA starts when UV =1
- Willy Weather
- Update your clocks throughout the day
- Get plenty of daylight exposure early in the day
- Protect Your Signals
- Reptile light
DUSK AND NIGHT
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- UV = 1
- Sunset
- Make your bedroom dark
- EMF free alarm clock
- Red night light
- DriftTV
RED & IR LIGHT THERAPY
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- IR is crucial for making melatonin
- Red light therapy panel comparison
- Alex Fergus compares 12 full body panels on a variety of metrics. Don’t waste too much time on this but choose the lowest EMF, no flicker, highest power device in your budget
- If you go to the video on YouTube, you can find his discount codes
- The difference between Far Infared Sauna and Near Infrared therapy
GETTING UV LIGHT FROM THE SUN
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- Penetration of UVA and UVB
- Tracking Vitamin D synthesis with D Minder
- The Fitzpatrick Scale of skin tone
- Solar fitness is like physical fitness
- UVA exposure is associated with protection from Covid-19 death
- Red + IR light before and after UV exposure protects and repairs the kin
- UV filters in sunscreen get into out body
UV LIGHT THERAPY
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- People spend about 93% of their time inside
- How to figure out how to use UV therapy and which unit to get
- Get exposure to red + IR light before and after UV therapy when possible
- Red + IR light is like natural sunscreen!
- Cool your skin
- Sperti Fiji
- Sperti KBD
- UVA to help nearly dead people not die from Covid!
DESIGNING YOUR DAY AROUND THE SUN
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VIDEO OUTLINE
- Find out when the key solar points of sunrise, UV = 1, UV > 1 and sunset are for your area at a couple of times through out the year. You can use Willy Weather or something similar
- Take a baseline assessment of your current sun exposure
- Assess your current level of solar fitness
- Thinking about sunlight in 3 categories
- Sun
- Indoor mimetic
- Therapy
- Design your day around your light exposure
