433: What You Need to Know About Sunlight, UV Rays, and the Light Diet w/ Matt Maruca

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Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

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🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Sunlight, UV rays, and all about the light diet! Hey beauties, on this week’s podcast, we are here with Matt Maruca, the founder of Ra Optics, an eyewear brand that controls light to help you feel more energized during the day and relaxed during the night. We chat about the harmful effects many people fear about the sun such as sun burns, skin cancer, and eye injuries. You’d be surprised to learn about the healthy properties and benefits the sun contains when properly implemented into your lifestyle! Want to find out the best times to intake sunlight and how to incorporate the sun into your daily routine to improve your health? Listen to find out more!

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0:00.0	All right, it's time for Instagram live.
0:16.8	It's Dr. Kay with my good friend Matt Maruka, and he is from raw optics and the light diet on Instagram.
0:25.3	Yes.
0:25.6	Yes.
0:25.9	You guys are in for a treat.
0:27.9	Matt is an incredible human being, and he's taught me so much about light energy and how it's so important for humans.
0:36.1	I'm all about sunscreen for skin cancer prevention. However,
0:40.5	sunlight has such an important function for us as human beings. Yeah, it certainly does. I would say
0:46.8	there is, you know, some evidence to show that excessive amounts of sun, especially the ultraviolet
0:52.8	component, can lead to damage that can lead to skin cancer. However, a lot of sun, especially the ultraviolet component, can lead to damage that can lead to
0:55.9	skin cancer. However, a lot of this isn't as well documented as, you know, some believe. And so, yes,
1:07.4	we ought to be cautious. However, there's a huge risk on the other side of too much avoidance of the sun and too
1:14.6	much, for example, vitamin D deficiency, which leads to an increased risk of, for example, contracting
1:19.6	viruses and having immune issues and even cancer with low vitamin D.
1:23.6	So there's a balance to be had there.
1:24.6	And I recommend people get morning sunlight and afternoon sunlight because the UV component
1:29.3	is lower, but the healing, red, and infrared is much higher at that time.
1:32.3	You guys, so much has been said to criminalize the sun.
1:36.3	And it's really important to understand that human beings have been on this planet,
1:41.3	fed by the sun, and along with plants who photosynthesize, humans
1:45.6	also have some mechanism of light being so important to regulate our pineal glands
1:51.2	and the circadian rhythm.
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