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The Wellness Mama Podcast

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

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

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

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

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0:09.5

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0:14.5

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0:18.9

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0:23.9

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0:26.9

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0:31.3

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0:33.5

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0:37.3

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0:38.3

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0:41.4

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0:46.0

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0:47.5

But why don't most people get enough of this important phase of sleep?

0:50.5

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0:55.6

in magnesium.

0:57.3

Magnesium increases GABA, which encourages relaxation on a cellular level, and this is critical

1:01.5

for sleep.

1:02.5

Magnesium also plays key role in regulating your body's stress response system.

1:07.3

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1:11.5

of course can negatively impact sleep as well.

1:14.1

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