Unhealthy hormones or just unhealthy light?
posted: Jul. 19, 2019.
Unhealthy hormones or just unhealthy light?
We are light beings, so it makes sense that light is essential to our health. Not all light is created equal especially when it is created or modified by man.
𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐓 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.
If you have tried all the healing diets and only improved minimally or improved but have now plateaued, this is for you. There is a good chance that your light environment is actually the root cause of your current condition.
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐛 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
☀️ 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦. ☀️
Natural, full-spectrum light impacts many different physiological and biochemical processes and is essential for optimal functioning as well as healing. Unfortunately most people have more exposure to artificial light or modified light (light through a window) than to true full-spectrum sunlight.
Artificial light blasts cells in our eyes called retinal cells with extremely high levels of blue light. Blue light when balanced is good and necessary, but overexposure to blue light is a huge problem that is connected to many different conditions and symptoms. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐛𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐕.
Retinal cells in your eye are sensitive to blue light and directly send information to areas of your brain that regulate many different pathways that impact hormones. Some of these also impact your appetite and hormones like leptin and insulin.
Research has shown a strong correlation between blue-enriched light exposure and increased insulin resistance, higher peak glucose, and altered metabolic function. Other studies have also found a link between obesity and the levels of nighttime exposure to artificial light.
What does this mean? It is probable that your 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭/𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 is a huge piece to not only your cravings and likelihood of maintaining dietary modifications, but also your body’s ability to regulate healthy levels of hormones which impacts the entire body and healing process.
I work with a lot of individuals who come to me specifically for hormone imbalances or autoimmunity and chronic disease that experience symptoms secondary to hormone dysfunction. We can do all the lab testing and all the work to regulate hormones and reinforce a healthy circadian rhythm, but 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞. This is why I spend so much time customizing all aspects of lifestyle to optimize each individual - light included.
Lots of people/programs will try to sell you so many different things to support/boost your hormones but if you don’t identify the cause, you’ll likely spend a ton of money to only see minimal if any benefit and then be stuck depending on a pill or prescription forever. Before you jump to hormone replacement therapy, make sure you’ve completely investigated ALL the possible influences of hormone production.
If you haven't looked into your light exposure then you haven't fully investigate the root cause of your hormone imbalance. You need to completely hack your light intake and get the most out of sunlight in the healthiest, safest way possible.
Blue light blocking glasses are just the START of this prescription. Don’t get scammed by glasses that don’t really work. I added one of my favorites in my store with Grit's 15% off discount. Healthy sun exposure is essential.
Contact me to learn more about my program to prepare your skin and eyes for healthy sun exposure tailored specifically to your skin type and location. You can also schedule an Information Session if you want to have the science that supports finally getting rid of our programmed fear of the sun.
💥(𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐭: 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝/𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝).
