Episode 139 | Light as a Conductor | How to Orchestrate Better Sleep, Mood, and Metabolism

And a great place to start would be to hear what people are getting wrong about sleep and energy.

You want to take it away, Lucas? Sure.

I

mean, let's see what people are getting wrong about sleep energy.

It depends on what you know.

There's certain people that definitely know sleep height really well.

And there's some people that are maybe more lagging behind.

I think with Dr. Adam, when you guys are quite ahead of the curve, circadian rhythm is extremely important for your sleep and energy, perhaps a lot more important than people realize.

And what's super interesting is that you've been talking to my professional psychiatrist, psychologist.

So kidney rhythm, especially light therapy, is one of those things that maybe doctors know to work quite well, but oftentimes the knowledge of it is quite outdated.

So what my psychiatrist previously know was that maybe they would recommend light therapy such as happy light first thing in the morning for 30 minutes.

And that's it.

They believe that's probably sufficient or maybe that's even how much you need and maybe more of it is not good.

But what we know from modern science is that when you go outdoors, you're getting a lot more light than what you're getting from light therapy in general.

And it's generally pretty good for you to be outdoors all the time.

So that's something that's quite interesting, especially it's not just about getting light first thing in the morning for 30 minutes.

It's a lot more than that.

It's...

Almost like a doctor telling you don't go outdoors in the afternoon because the light might hurt you.

Or in fact, maybe Dr.

Dice can share with you a little bit more about that.

I think in general, our philosophy and hypothesis is to bring you closer to what you would get otherwise in nature.

And in nature, you're getting the best light therapy possible, 10 to 100,000 blocks of light into your eyes, all the way from the morning, all the way to dusk.

And then in the evenings, no light at all.

And so generally, when you're able to align yourself with nature, you're going to get the best sleep at the best energy possible.