Show Notes Episode 99 – Matt Maruca: The Light In Your Life: What You Need To Know!

Do you pay attention to your daily exposure to light both indoors and outdoors? Did you know how critical light exposure can be for your health?

Paul talks to Matt Maruca about what maintaining a healthy light diet means, what most makers of blue blocking glasses miss and his company Ra Optics.

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Learn more about Matt at his website and about Ra Optics on social media via Instagram and on thelightdiet.

Show Notes

• Our lack of contact with daily outdoor sunlight damages our mitochondria. (7:50)
• Biohacking vs bioharmonizing. (28:48)
• Improper breathing = a low priority differential and feeling tired. (37:14)
• Light: Another form of nutrition. (48:09)
• Our body’s circadian rhythms and light. (1:06:14)
• Did you know sunlight exposure on testicles increases a man’s testosterone production? (1:11:15)
• Being bathed in sunlight may affect your metabolism in very positive ways. (1:39:33)
• The importance of ultraviolet light for our planet. (1:43:35)
• The sun: A multivitamin in the sky. (1:58:10)
• How Matt built Ra Optics, his company that produces blue light glasses. (2:09:12)
• Why it’s important to block blue light from the sun. (2:14:03)
• The problem with most blue blocker glasses on the market. (2:41:52)
• Mike’s simple advice for making modest improvements in sun healthy exposure. (2:55:45)

Resources

• The work of Dr. Jack Kruse, Joseph Rael, Dr. Joe Dispensa and Dr. Jerry Pollack
• Bio-Hacking Your Health With Jack Kruse on Gaia
• Cryptochrome
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferress
• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
• Matt’s pivotal appearance on The Life Stylist Podcast
• Spectral power distribution
• How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Barrett
• The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in Animal by Fritz Hollwich
• The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden
• Science and Human Transformation: Subtle Energies, Intentionality and Consciousness by Dr. William Tiller
• Life Force, The Scientific Basis by Claude Swanson
• Science in Agriculture: Advanced Methods For Sustainable Farming by Arden Anderson
• Paramagnetism: Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Force of Growth and Tuning in to Nature by Philip Callahan
• Regenerate: Unlocking Your Body’s Radical Resilience Through the New Biology by Sayer Ji

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