Episode Highlights With Dr. Kruse
- What junk light is and why it can be so harmful
- Why sunlight is so important and not dangerous... and why it is so important for kids
- The problems with screens that you probably didn’t know of
- Understanding light functionally
- Why light is a medicine
- Six meta analysis show that lack of sunlight is more dangerous to your health than smoking
- The deeper problems with blue light beyond just sleep disturbances
- How blue light cases break down in the retina and brain changes and destroys dopamine
- Why he recommends avoiding melatonin supplementation in kids
- Where melatonin is actually made (in the mitochondria) and how to optimize it
- The reasons he recommends avoiding sunscreen and increasing sunlight exposure, especially in kids
- Low Vitamin D levels correlate highly with melanoma and the sun helps increase Vitamin D levels… so why lack of sunlight is more correlated to melanoma than sun exposure and how blue light comes into play
- Why sunglasses decrease melanin production in the skin and why he says to avoid them because you’ll be more sensitive to the sun
- Ways to optimize your light exposure
- Light exposure tips: open windows inside so it isn’t filtered through glass
- More reasons to get morning sunlight
- A reason kids don't need as much sunlight as their grandparents do
- How to do grounding correctly
- His water recommendations for optimizing this for our kids
- How screens are dehydrating, especially to kids
- The food and light connection and what to know about water
- His top tips for longevity
- Mitochondrial DNA is only inherited through the mom
- What transgenerational epigenetics is and why we need to understand it as parents
- The real deal on Vitamin D (a neurosteroid he says not to supplement) and Omega-3
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