Todays guest on the show is a brilliant young intelligent biohacker and researcher on how light affects our ability to lose weight, increase performance gains, optimize our mitochondria and our longevity!

"Everyone knows that using a phone before bed is bad for our sleep. But few know that it doesn’t end with phones.  Late-night computer use, TV, and even exposure to any bright lighting can leave us tossing, turning, and feeling under-rested the next day."

Why?

"When we are exposed to man-made light at night, it signals to our brain that it is daytime, so our brain stops secreting melatonin, our sleep and anti-aging molecule, preventing us from entering a maximally regenerative sleep state."   "We may sleep, but we will not fall asleep as quickly and easily as we can, nor sleep as deeply and restfully as we can.  This is because blue light frequencies, which are the main component of all modern screen lighting and light bulbs, are the same frequencies found in sunlight that naturally set our internal clock, which determines whether we should be awake or sleeping and repairing."

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• Matt Maruca
• Founder & CEO, Ra Optics
• Creator of The Light Diet

Bio:  Matt Maruca is a researcher, teacher, and entrepreneur in the field of Photobiology, the study of how light affects human health. He is the founder of Ra Optics, which focuses on developing the world’s highest quality blue light protection glasses. He began his health journey while in school after having suffered from poor health and chronic fatigue for years. He chose to skip the beaten path of higher education to start his own business and pursue his passion of self-education and building optimal health to experience life to its fullest extent. He travels the world, studying and teaching about the relevance of light in human health.

 

 

Links and Handles

 

raoptics.com

@ra_optics

@thelightdiet