Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast, the weekly podcast're watching on video you are seeing me in an interesting pair of glasses which we're

going to talk about for this entire episode. So believe it or not, according to the Nielsen Global Connect, a company that

gathers consumer and marketplace data, the average American adult spends nearly 11 hours a day looking at a screen. Now considering

that the average person is awake 17 hours a day, that's a huge chunk of our existence.

And this isn't just hard on your eyes.

You see, computers, smartphones, and other electronic devices with screens

along with LED and fluorescent lights emit an artificial light called blue light.

And since so much of our days are spent soaking up blue light,

it's natural to wonder how is this affecting our health. Well, on today's episode of the Dr. Gondry

podcast I'll be speaking with Matt Maruka, founder of Ra Optics, R. A. Like

the Egyptian God, a blue light blocking eyewear company to understand what the

heck blue light is, how could it be affecting you and ways to minimize your exposure.

Matt, welcome to the Dr. Gondry Podcast.

Thank you for having me.

It's a pleasure.

So I understand that you struggled with health issues since you were a teenager.

Can you tell us briefly about your journey and your aha moment when it came to blue light?

Absolutely, so I began looking for answers when I was 14 going into high school

because I was daily having headaches, gut issues, allergies

and all these sorts of things.

And the actual first aha moment I had was largely influenced by your work and the work of folks in the

paleo movement when I realized that the food I was eating was such a huge problem.

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