Conditions
such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s arise due to our brains not
being able to flush out toxins at night through our cerebrospinal
fluid. As a result, toxic proteins and plaques build up, leading to
neurodegeneration.
Melatonin
has been shown to increase the removal of toxic proteins by
supporting our brain’s detox pathway - the glymphatic system. When
we create melatonin throughout the day through proper light exposure,
we are able to secrete even more melatonin at night.
Two-thirds
of the energy our bodies require come from light, while only
one-third comes from food? We may make serotonin in our gut, but
digestion begins in our skin and eyes.
Serotonin
requires tryptophan, which is created when we absorb ultraviolet (UV)
light. Serotonin ultimately creates melatonin.
Our
thyroid hormones, along with crucial “feel-good”
neurotransmitters like dopamine are derived from tyrosine, which we
also absorb under UV light.
We
have many inner caves inside our brain. One of them contains our
pineal gland, which regulates our hormones by capturing light. We
have another cave called the substantia nigra, which means “black
substance.” This area of our brain is coated with a dark pigment
called neuromelanin. Neuromelanin, like the melanin of our skin, is
an electronic circuit that works by absorbing light. Neuromelanin
absorbs infrared light, whereas the melanin of our skin absorbs UV.
Dopamine
can also be made directly from melanin. However many of us don’t
make enough dopamine or melanin since we have been taught to fear UV
light.
Most
of the experiments showing harm from UV were done in labs, not under
the presence of full spectrum sunlight.
Sunlight
always contains at least 40% infrared all year round, which helps to
repair and restore the hormetic stress from UV during the day.
Hormetic stress like exercise, cold showers, or running from
predators is an acute type of stress we need so that we can have
resilient immune and nervous systems.
Without
UV-B, the type of light we block when wearing sunscreen and sit
behind windows, we wouldn’t be able to make Vitamin D. Our
pituitary, thyroid, thymus, pancreas, and adrenals all require UV
light to function properly.
Alzheimer's
Disease International predicts that there will be about 135 million
cases worldwide by 2050 — up from 44 million cases today. The World
Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2040, as many developed
countries' populations get older, neurodegenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's, dementia, and Parkinson's disease will overtake cancer
to become the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular
disease.
The
study of epigenetics has shown that 95-99% of all disease is based on
how our environment turns certain genes on and off. Only 1-5% of
diseases have a pure, unchangeable genetic component.
I hear
it all the time: “My grandmother had cancer, my mother had cancer,
therefore there’s a good chance I’ll probably have it.” If you
stay in the same house, eat the same food, and consume toxic amounts
of EMF, this could surely be the case. The good news is that we can
all be mindful of and adapt to our environments by removing devices
and physically moving to different locations that may have a
stronger, more healing magnetic field.
Our
ancestors didn't have blue light at night. Before the Industrial Age
and the advent of electricity, neurodegenerative disease was
extremely rare. Today, many of our fathers and grandfathers sit in
front of screens that emit blue light, instead of a regenerative
red-lit fire. Before the 1800s, our melatonin wasn’t disrupted by
blue light either.
Blue
light desensitizes us to dopamine. As it turns out blue light spikes
our dopamine, making us feel good in the moment, however we then
gradually become less sensitive to dopamine, requiring more than
before. Blue light also destroys our ability to make melanin and
melatonin, which then doesn’t allow us to make enough dopamine as
well.
Could
it be that we aren’t “getting older”, but instead are losing
our ability to flush accumulated toxins when we sleep?
One
remedial strategy is the increased use of DHA in the diet. DHA is
the most ancient of Omega 3 fatty acids, and helps us to repair at
night through a process known as autophagy, while helping to protect
our retina from damage. The bad news is, blue light destroys DHA in
our retina. How can we consume DHA naturally? It’s present in
delicious, oily fish such as salmon and mackerel, in addition to
supplementation.
Although
our skin also has photoreceptors that will absorb blue light, our
eyes need the most protection, as they’re loaded with the most
melatonin receptors.
If you
do choose to be in front of blue light at night, you can wear
amber-red colored glasses to limit the damage and also use screen
filters.
We
need UV light to build dopamine. So how do we absorb more UV without
getting burned? Pre-load your skin with massive amounts of infrared
light first thing in the morning. If you have pale skin, then you
definitely need more infrared before attempting to tan and build your
healthy hormonal stores of UV.
Infrared
and red light penetrate more deeply into our bodies than red or blue
light, and for this reason they help us regenerate our organs, bones,
and promote growth.
Blue
light is also necessary for us to stay alert during the day when we
need it most, however should be limited at night. There is plenty of
blue light in the early morning, and this is why you should always
make sure to get a healthy dose of morning sun. The best way to
absorb light and make photosynthesis work for you is by sitting in
the morning sun with as little clothing as you can get away with.
from
the substack of Roman S. Shapoval on August 7, 2023
To
Use Sunscreen or Not to Use Sunscreen?
For
two hundred thousand years, we lived without sunscreen. In the last
one hundred and fifty years (0.075 percent of our existence as Homo
Sapiens) one thing has undergone a radical shift: our light
environment. The Industrial Age brought an onslaught of EMFs in the
form of the incandescent light bulb, and our lustrous affair with
electricity was consummated.
At the
same time many of us were being pushed to work indoors during the
day, as well as night. A new class of vampiric-looking factory
workers was born. Many of the experiments demonizing the potent UV
(ultraviolet) wavelengths occurred in the 19th century with the
advent of the Industrial Revolution. These experiments were done in
lab environments not under full spectrum sunlight, focusing
high-intensity UV wavelengths through a quartz lens.
Remember,
we had been living in full spectrum sunlight for our entire human
existence up until this point. Could it be possible that many of us
became more sensitive to the Sun, specifically the more intense UV
wavelength, as we lived and breathed mostly indoors, now under
electric lighting?
In the
past century and a half we’ve lived and worked inside most of the
year, sitting in front of our monitors and on our phones day and
night, only to don a thong on July 4th. So who’s more responsible
for our sunburn? The sun, or our lifestyle?
The
question is how do we build back our skin? Sunscreen disrupts our
body’s natural mechanism of sun protection: melanin synthesis.
Melanin, produced in response to sunlight exposure, builds up over
time and eventually produces a healthy tan with protection that can
last for weeks or even months.
UV
actually lets us create and absorb certain amino acids such as
tyrosine, which ultimately get converted to crucial hormones such as
dopamine and melanin. Melanin is not only able to transform UV light
into heat, which our bodies use to fight cancer cells, but also
enhances the amount of infrared (IR) light we can receive from the
sun. IR not only helps our bodies repair, IR further builds our
skin’s tan, or what is also known as our solar callus. Early
morning light has no UV but has balanced blue and red light
frequencies. This type of light is excellent for building our callus.
Sunscreen
drains our energy. Melanin is not only a pigment that helps us
absorb more UV, it is our bodies’ battery bank. Melanin is what
gives our skin its literal spark, helping us accumulate electrons
from our local environment, replenishing our system with necessary
electrons that can even help detox heavy metals, while insulating us
at the same time. Our skin is our largest organ. Why would we want to
cover it up, and disconnect our electrical circuitry?
SPF
(sun protection factor) sunscreens are traditionally sold as blocking
out UV-B, which is the type of light that burns. Like the pills we
take, “protective” products in EMF-shielding can foster a false
sense of security. If we stay out in the sun longer because we don’t
feel a burn, we could potentially let in even more UV-A than we would
normally, which penetrates deeper into our skin.
Normally
the acute stress we get from UV is countered with IR light, but as we
cover our melanin, we disrupt how much IR light we can use and absorb
as well.
Some
sunscreen manufacturers have recently shifted to what is known as
broad spectrum, which blocks both UV-A and UV-B. However, now even
more of the UV spectrum is blocked, cutting us off from this potent
light source. But UV allows us to create many of our thyroid
hormones, along with dopamine, serotonin, and melatonin.
If you
want truly natural sunscreen, olive oil might be a better alternative
than the titanium dioxide nanoparticles that are often sold in many
“natural”, benzene-free sunblocks. These types of sunscreens have
also been shown to double our risk of a bacterial Staph infection If
you want true full spectrum protection, look no further than the
clothing aisle. Hemp clothing has been shown to have an average UPF
of 50, which means it is 99.9% effective in blocking UV-A and UV-B
rays, according to third-party testing.
Studies
show that ingesting foods rich in omega 3s such as DHA can also help
protect against sunburn. DHA is the most ancient omega 3 on Earth,
being over 600 million years old, and actually controls how we
express our genetics. In every organ, the concentration of DHA vastly
outweighs the concentration of any other omega 3.
Additionally,
people in the northern hemisphere suffer from chronically-low levels
of Vitamin D, which may do more harm than good when we take it as a
supplement. So, what’s the optimal way for us to absorb Vitamin D?
The Sun! Specifically the UV-B range of light that most sunscreens
block. UV-B makes Vitamin D3 from LDL cholesterol. Now, this is an
important fact to remember - if we don’t have cholesterol, we can’t
make hormones or vitamins in the right amounts. When we can’t make
enough Vitamin D, we become more vulnerable to cancer, heart disease,
and depression.
A
dermatologist from the University of Edinburgh, Richard Weller, is
fighting the mainstream narrative of the Sun being bad for us. Weller
began to doubt his profession around 2010, when researching nitric
oxide (NO), a molecule produced in our body that dilates blood
vessels and lowers blood pressure.
During
the darker months of the year, the further we are from the sunny
equator, the greater our risk for increased blood pressure, heart
disease, stroke, and overall mortality. Could exposing skin to
sunlight lower blood pressure? Weller exposed volunteers to the
equivalent of 30 minutes of summer sunlight without sunscreen and
their nitric oxide levels went up and their blood pressure went down!
“Because of its connection to heart disease and strokes, blood
pressure is the leading cause of premature death and disease in the
world, and the reduction was of a magnitude large enough to prevent
millions of deaths on a global level.” ~ Rowan Jacobsen, Is
Sunscreen the New Margarine? (2019)
Did
you know that you’re less likely to die of skin cancer if you’re
out in the Sun?
Skin
cancer kills less than 3 per 100,000 people in the U.S. each year.
For every person who dies of skin cancer, more than 100 die from
cardiovascular diseases.
Pelle
Lindqvist, a senior research fellow in obstetrics and gynecology at
Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, home of the Nobel Prize in Medicine,
tracked the sunbathing habits of nearly 30,000 women in Sweden over
20 years. Lindqvist found that sun worshippers had a higher incidence
of melanoma - but they were eight times less likely to die from it.
Lindqvist
decided to look at overall mortality rates, and the results were
shocking. Over the 20 years of the study, sun avoiders were twice as
likely to die as sun worshippers. In a 2016 study published in the
Journal of Internal Medicine, Lindqvist’s team put it in
perspective: “Avoidance of sun exposure is a risk factor of a
similar magnitude as smoking, in terms of life expectancy.”
So
what causes skin cancer? Swedish researchers Orjan Hallberg and Olle
Johansson have shown that the overall rate of cancer changed
precisely with the increase in exposure of the population to radio
waves. In Sweden, the rates of cancer accelerated in the 1920s, 1955,
and 1969. In their article, “Cancer Trends During the 20th
Century”, the authors note: “In 1920 we got AM radio, in 1955 we
got FM radio and TV I, and in 1969 we got TV II.”
Johansson
and Hallberg continued to focus on FM radio exposure in connection to
malignant melanomas (skin cancers), upon following up on the findings
of Helen Dolk at the London School of Hygiene. Dolk and her
colleagues had shown that the incidence of skin cancer declined with
distance from powerful TV and FM radio transmitters, noting that the
FM frequency range of 85 to 108 MHz is close to the resonant
frequency of the human body.
In
their article, “Malignant Melanoma of the Skin - Not a Sunshine
Story,” Johansson and Hallberg refute the claim that the
incredible surge of melanoma since 1955 is caused primarily by the
sun. Rates of melanoma on the head and feet barely rose at all
between 1955-2008, while rates for areas of the body that are
typically clothed, especially by Nordics, increased twenty times.
Non-native
EMFs in the form of cell towers and satellites have confounded
nature’s biological tapestry of light, as we are no longer getting
the natural balance of blue, red, and other wavelengths. This is why
seeing the sunrise and getting out into morning sunlight is crucial,
as the intense blue and violet light is balanced with more infrared,
and is what triggers melatonin regeneration for the rest of the day.
We’re
all different, but were all born together, under that same sun.
from
the substack of Roman S. Shapoval on June 12, 2023
