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Dr. Daneals aims to increase your solar competency and liberate the sun from false accusations of being an endangerment to health. The jury is out: The sun is innocent.
You'll find this discussion more elaborate than your typical "Go get some sun for vitamin D" talk.
The sun is an orchestra with many instrumental biological processes. Production of vitamin D is just one instrument strumming in the composition. The sunlight and melanin have perpetuated mammalian life on earth. It's an electric partner dance and you don't want to miss a beat!
There are several coordinated steps between the sun's energy (photons) and our eyes and skin. You'll find POMC (proopimelanocortin) genes almost everywhere in the body. POMC cleaves into several constituents, one of which is alpha-MSH (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone) which makes melanin. Why is melanin so important? Because melanin absorbs every light frequency length, it serves as our battery bank, accumulating electrons for energy at a cellular level! That's right, it doesn't just produce pigmentation in our skin, eyes and hair. Its ability to accumulate electrons in our system makes it a natural antioxidant and grounding source. Besides grounding your feet and hands on the wet sand or grass, melanin is nature's best antioxidant source. You might be surprised to learn that melanin, hemoglobin and our mitochondria are wide band semi-conductors, serving as UV light antennas. Even more awe striking, this gives us the ability to MAKE light within us in the form of UVC!
Also to note about POMC: It is THE key driver for the Leptinmelanocortin pathway which plays an essential role in body weight. Since we've gone into the house and out of the sun, and in front of our computer screens, we have become blue light toxic. Blue light from "smart" devices interrupts this pathway, causing sugar and insulin synthesis without even eating.
In this discussion you'll ascertain the difference between the various UV light waves during this dance. Because our skin is a neuroendocrine organ, UV light stimulates the production of hormones, and other delicious neurotransmitters that modulate mood and pain. You'll embrace a new appreciation for UVA light exposure to your skin and cornea via light receptors called neuropsin, for establishing the ever-important circadian internal clock. Take those sunglasses off and wipe the sun block off your skin and reunite with my bestie, the sun.
Spotify Podcast Link of Interest: Dr. Jack Kruse and Andrew Huberman
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fjDRjOR7kaMSYEeO1ebU7?si=ZaH-TOVOQnSD8B_Xh5ef0gPDr.
Geek out on these references:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26992108/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378111920310106
https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/159/5/1992/4931051
https://academic.oup.com/endo/article/159/5/1992/4931051
https://jackkruse.com/my-leptin-prescription/
https://jackkruse.com/cold-thermogenesis-6-the-ancient-pathway/
https://jackkruse.com/cold-thermogenesis-6-the-ancient-pathway/
https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-4-18
https://futurism.com/photons-million-year-journey-center-sun
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378111920310106
https://www.grassrootshealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Forms-of-Vitamin-D-Diagram.pdf
Products of Interest: (We are not affiliated with any of these products)
https://iristech.co (Blue light protection software)
http://twilight.urbandroid.org/ (Blue light reduction for Android devices)
Gunnar computer glasses: These glasses have a light-yellow tint and are somewhat stylish. They reduce blue light by 65%. Most appropriate for when you have to go into work during the day. You can find these on Amazon.
Uvex glasses (orange tinted) Best to wear as soon as it’s dark outside. They eliminate ALL blue light, but aren’t stylish at all, so you’re better off wearing them inside and not out in public. LOL.
BluTech prescription lenses for the daytime: https://blutechlenses.com/
https://blueblockkids.com/ : A company that makes bendable glasses out of silicone for kids. More than anyone, children need to protect their retinas from artifical blue light.
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