Artificial Light at Night Causes Anxiety, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder

Artificial Light at Night Causes Anxiety, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder

The world’s largest study on light exposure and its impact on mental health, with almost 87,000 participants, has found that increased exposure to Artificial Light at Night increases a person’s risk for psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, bipolar, and...
Sculpted By Light, Killed By Our Choices

Sculpted By Light, Killed By Our Choices

Humans evolved, sculpted in a way, tethered to a magnetic planet while bathed in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light for around 2.8 million years. This extremely long period of intimate connection between humans and the totality of their environment resulted in...
Vitamin D from the sun reduces all-cause mortality

Vitamin D from the sun reduces all-cause mortality

In my professional opinion, based on over three decades of research and clinical practice, those who have the highest vitamin D levels from the sun, not supplementation, have the lowest all-cause mortality risk. In simple terms, it means that those who get the most...
Neuropsin, a photoreceptor protein, can control circadian rhythm independent from the brain

Neuropsin, a photoreceptor protein, can control circadian rhythm independent from the brain

Our circadian rhythm is controlled by light, via photoreceptive proteins called “opsins”, like neuropsin and melanopsin.  Humans possess photoreceptors, like neuropsin, in just about every surface and subcutaneous area of the body – adipocytes (fat),...