Dr. Jack Kruse on Junk Light, 5G, Optimizing Sunlight and Longevity

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

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Jack Kruse - website 
• Dr. Jack Kruse - Membership and Patreon
• Spectroscope
• A week’s worth of camping synchs internal clock to sunrise and sunset, CU-Boulder study finds
• Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science by Andrew A. Marino
• Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and emotional well being by John N. Ott
• Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life