Part of the reason why I wound up where I am is that I had really bad insomnia.

Really, my 20s and 30s. It was terrible. It really just demolishes your quality of life, at least for me, because if I don't get a good night's sleep, I'm kind of worthless.

And then I figured it out that it was really just this bright light. I grew up with a television in my bedroom. like I've just really bad sleep hygiene habits. Once I started wearing blue blocking glasses started dimming the lights in the rooms, you know, at sunset, like my sleep has been

great ever since. It's just so... habits. Once I started wearing blue blocking glasses, started dimming the lights in the rooms

at sunset, like my sleep has been great ever since. It's just so crazy to me that I struggled

for that long and it was something so simple.

What's going on, everybody? Hey, you guys. Welcome back to another episode of The Macro Hour.

And today, everyone, I'm super excited for the guests that I have here with us.

I'm sitting down with Scott.

He is a founder and CEO of the Maito Red Light.

He's one of the leading names in the red light therapy and personally a brand that I've

talked about before on this podcast and episodes.

And, you know, I'm an owner of the product as well.

Scott is on a mission to make clinical grade light therapy more accessible to people.

And in this conversation, we're going to dive into how red light

supports energy, recovery, we'll dab a little bit into hormones and long-term health. And so,

yeah, Scott, welcome to the show. I'm excited that you're here. Thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited to be here. Cool. So before we dive into like all of the science and applications and

everything like that, which everyone listening to this, I'm going to dive into like different buckets

with Scott here. We'll dive into like why red light batters. We'll dive into mitochondria and

stress. We'll dive into like the central nervous system, nervous system regulation, hormones, and

sleep. But before I dive into all of that, Scott, what first got you interested in red light

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