Use These Biohacks to Heal Faster, Sleep Better & Upgrade Your Skin - With Andy Mant

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

For years, I’ve been passionate about helping folks worldwide get better sleep. And one of the most overlooked aspects of sleep wellness is our exposure to light. Every spectrum of light, including sunlight, artificial indoor light, and blue light from our devices affects our biology, and in turn our sleep in some way. Today’s guest is going to break down how exposure to different spectrums of light affects our health and sleep quality. Andy Mant is a global leader in the wellness technology. He is the founder and CEO of BON CHARGE, a brand focused on biohacking tools like red light therapy, circadian lighting, and blue light blocking glasses. Andy is joining us on this episode of The Model Health Show to share science-backed approaches for better sleep, aesthetics, and overall wellness. You’re going to learn how different light spectrums affect our health and the role our circadian rhythm plays in influencing how you feel and perform. Andy is also sharing details about his personal health journey, how red-light therapy works, the science behind blue light blocking lenses, PEMF technology, and so much more. We’re also going to discuss free, accessible biohacking strategies anyone can implement, starting today. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: The impact that exposure to light has on human biology. (9:03) How our modern society has decoupled us from nature. (10:56) The connection between blue light exposure and fatigue. (11:34) How to recognize the signs of a mismatched circadian rhythm. (12:22) Andy’s story of developing effective blue light blocking glasses. (14:09) Why biohacking glasses come in different colors. (24:50) What the 3-2-1 rule is. (37:48) The definition of PEMF therapy. (46:18) How red-light therapy can improve your skin health and appearance. (57:58) What NIR light therapy is and how it works. (1:02:51) The science of how light therapy can reduce wrinkles. (1:04:49) What to look for in a high-quality red-light device. (1:12:18) The #1 biohack everyone can do today. (1:23:20) Items mentioned in this episode include: Boncharge.com/model – Upgrade your sleep, recovery, and daily performance with science-backed wellness tools like blue light glasses, red light therapy, and more. Use code MODEL for 15% off. Connect with BON CHARGE Newsletter / Instagram / YouTube Connect with Andy Mant Instagram Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Bon Charge. BON CHARGE carries the world’s largest selection of science-backed blue light blocking technology to enhance your sleep and overall wellness. Use my code MODEL at boncharge.com/model for 15% off blue light blocking glasses and more.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.8	For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com.
0:10.2	Welcome to the model health show.
0:12.0	This is fitness and nutrition expert Sean Stevenson,
0:14.1	and I'm so grateful for you tuning in for me today.
0:17.3	To say that I'm passionate about health and fitness is an understatement.
0:23.3	I've been in this field for now almost 24 years, getting close to 25 years.
0:28.5	That's a quarter century.
0:30.4	That's crazy.
0:32.2	And I did not know that this would be my path in life.
0:36.0	And it was through my own struggles with my own health
0:39.1	and being able to find solutions is what prompted me to be a part of this incredible field.
0:46.1	At the age of just 20 years old, I was diagnosed with a so-called incurable arthritic condition
0:53.6	of my spine. And I was relegated to live a life of rotating
0:58.4	medications, chronic pain, and debilitation. And I took on that diagnosis as my identity. And I felt as though
1:08.3	there was nothing that I could do about it. And I was told by my trusted advisors, my trusted physicians, who meant well that this was incurable
1:16.9	and there's nothing that I can do about it.
1:19.1	But thankfully, I had the audacity to believe that they did not have the final say about
1:26.5	what was possible for me. And that sent me on a journey.
1:29.9	Once I started to change the questions that I was asking, because my habitual question at the time
1:33.7	was, why me? Why is this happening to me? Why won't anybody help me? And I was suffering
1:39.3	alone in my raggedy, one-bedroom apartment in Ferguson, Missouri. And so I had all these things that
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