415: How to Fix Your Sleep, Stress and Hormones with a Light Diet | Matt Maruca

Ancient Health Podcast

Medicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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In this episode Dr. Motley catches up with Matt Maruca, creator of RA Optics to chat about how we can use the frequencies of light for better health outcomes. They explore how office lighting can lead to higher cortisol and disrupt hormones, how to know if you’re suffering from circadian rhythm disruption and how to heal yourself through the principles of the light diet. Steps to the light diet: Try to watch the sunrise (get out in the morning light every day) Catch sunlight throughout the day Block harmful artificial light in the day and night (consider investing in blue-blocking glasses like RA Optics or a hat while under artificial light!) You can grab 15% of RA glasses with raoptics.com/MOTLEY Eat with the Sun (make lunch your heaviest meal of the day) Try to catch the sunset Turn down lighting at night Cultivate Your Inner Light Want more of The Ancient Health Podcast? Subscribe to the YouTube channel. Follow Dr. Chris Motley Instagram Twitter Facebook Tik-Tok Website Check out RA Optics Website: ⁠raoptics.com/MOTLEY⁠ - You can grab 15% of RA glasses with code MOTLEY https://www.instagram.com/ra_optics/?hl=en Follow Matt! IG: https://www.instagram.com/thelightdiet/?hl=en ------ * Quantum Upgrade neutralizes harmful EMFs in your home, car and life. Not only that but it boosts energy and ATP production by up to 29% and improves red and white blood cells! Feel the science-backed difference for free at www.quantumupgrade.io. Use code DRMOTLEY for 15 days free! * Do you have a ton more in-depth questions for Doctor Motley? Are you a health coach looking for more valuable resources and wisdom? Join his membership for courses full of his expertise and clinical wisdom, plus bring all your questions to his weekly lives! Join here: https://www.doctormotley.com/15

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Dr. Josh Axe here. I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're probably someone who's
0:05.4	deeply interested in elevating your health, right? Yeah, I think so if you're listening to this
0:10.1	podcast. Well, if there's anything I've learned over the past few decades of helping patients
0:14.6	and other people heal and transform their health, it's this. If you truly want to heal and
0:19.1	experience a breakthrough, it happens at the intersection of natural health, it's this. If you truly want to heal and experience a breakthrough, it happens at
0:21.0	the intersection of natural health, holistic medicine, personal growth, and even psychology.
0:26.3	And that's exactly what I dive into on the Dr. Josh Axe show. On my show, I give practical
0:31.5	tips and insights on how to grow in body, mind, and spirit, and overcome conditions like hypothyroidism.
0:39.3	I teach principles like how to become a better
0:41.3	methylator, improve gut health, experience a breakthrough
0:45.1	and autoimmune disease, how to detoxify your body,
0:48.8	and how to heal using food as medicine,
0:51.3	but also mindset medicine.
0:53.7	Whether you're looking for a mindset breakthrough, a spiritual breakthrough, or a health
0:57.5	breakthrough, you're not going to want to miss the next episode of the Dr. Joshak show.
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1:10.6	Welcome to the Ancient Health podcast, where East meets West in the world of medicine.
1:15.4	I'm Dr. Chris Motley, and here we explore how modern Western science and traditional
1:19.8	eastern wisdom come together to unlock the body's full healing potential.
1:24.2	Each week, we'll dive into powerful tools, techniques, and approaches from both sides of the world to help you optimize your help and live with vitality.
1:32.6	Let's bridge the gap between ancient practices and cutting-edge medicine.
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