Sunlight & Sleep: Your Time Machine to Better Health, Anti-Aging and Wellness [Solo Episode 8]

How does "blue light" from digital devices and artificial light affect our health? Can going back in time to pre-electricity lifestyle have a positive affect on our health and well-being? In this episode, I share my best anti-aging secret: How I reset my natural biorhythms by avoiding blue light. You can biohack your way to better quality sleep and boost your body's own natural cellular repair and detoxification. I suggest ways you can go back in time and live like it's 1879 to live without the damaging exposure to blue light from screens, lightbulbs, and digital devices at night. The results? Better quality sleep, waking refreshed in the early morning, and excellent energy during the day, just to name a few. It's almost my 50th birthday, yet I feel younger and healthier, so I thought you could also benefit from this interesting "light experiment" that has helped me biohack my health for the better.  In this episode: The anti-aging trick to better health and longevity How to sleep better without taking supplements Why blue light is aging you and causing harm to your brain What is blue light and how it confuses our biorhythm Going dark at night using candles  The su·per·ca·li·fra·gil·is·tic·ex·pi·a·li·do·cious ways we can feel younger What is a "suprachiasmatic nucleus" and how it affects our body's chemistry How serotonin and cortisol helps us during the day Boosting natural melatonin levels at night for sleep Yoga "sun salutations" in the early morning light  Blue light: stress, insomnia, fatigue, aging, illness and other health issues Candlelight yoga ritual at bedtime Blue blocking filters for digital devices The healing power of red light helps cell repair Related articles: BBC FUTURE: Living Without Artificial Light Science Daily: Blue Light Accelerates Aging Encyclopedia Britannica: Biological Clock: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Check out plant-based recipes & resources on my blog: Plantfull Kitchen Thank you for listening to this solo episode! Please give a 5 star rating and review on iTunes Join the Plant