IMMUNITY

Sunlight: Optimize Health and Immunity



Sunlight provides so much more than just Vitamin D: learn from Dr. Seheult about the myriad of benefits from optimizing our exposure to to light. See all Dr. Seheult’s videos at: https://www.medcram.com (This video was recorded on January 21, 2022)

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

LINKS / REFERENCES:

The Relationship Between Lux, Lumen and Watt (Tachyon) | https://tachyonlight.com/the-relationship-between-lux-lumen-and-watt/

Infrared and skin: Friend or foe (Science) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1011134415300713

Melatonin as a potential anticarcinogen for non-small-cell lung cancer (Oncotarget) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27102150/

The efficacy of light therapy in the treatment of mood disorders (AJP) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15800134/

Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression (AJP) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28969438/

Effects of artificial dawn on subjective ratings of sleep inertia and dim light melatonin onset (Chronobiology Int) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20653451/

Effects of Artificial Dawn and Morning Blue Light on Daytime Cognitive Performance (Chronobiology Int) | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248396034_Effects_of_Artificial_Dawn_and_Morning_Blue_Light_on_Daytime_Cognitive_Performance_Well-being_Cortisol_and_Melatonin_Levels

Circadian rhythms in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (MCE) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21782883/

Reduced cancer incidence among the blind (Epidem) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9730026/

Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep (PNAS) | https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/112/4/1232.full.pdf

Ocular input for human melatonin regulation (NEL) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12163843/

Melatonin and the Optics of the Human Body (Melatonin) | https://www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view/19/213

Melatonin in Mitochondria (APS) | https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physiol.00034.2019

Opportunities and Challenges of Fluorescent Carbon Dots (CPD) | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282040732_Opportunities_and_Challenges_of_Fluorescent_Carbon_Dots_in_Translational_Optical_Imaging

The health benefits of the great outdoors (Environ) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6562165/

Interplay between up-regulation of cytochrome-c-oxidase (Nature) | https://www.nature.com/articles/srep30540

Red/Near Infrared Light Stimulates Release of an Endothelium Dependent Vasodilator (FRBM) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5699925/

Effect of daylighting on student health (CMSE) | http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2013/Malaysia/MACMESE/MACMESE-20.pdf

Shining the Light on Sunshine (Clinical Endo) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cen.12567

Associations of Outdoor Temperature (JCEM) | https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/104/7/2903/5315432?login=true

Relationship between sun exposure and melanoma risk (EJC) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046902/

Sun exposure and mortality from melanoma (Multicenter) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15687362/

Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death (JIM) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26992108/

Interdependence and contributions of sun exposure and vitamin D to MRI measures in multiple sclerosis (JNNP) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23385850/

COVID-19 and Oxidative Stress (MedCram) | https://youtu.be/gzx8LH4Fjic

Severe Glutathione Deficiency, Oxidative Stress and Oxidant Damage in Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19 (MDPI) | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/11/1/50

Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients (Nutrients) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32927735/

Ultraviolet A radiation and COVID-19 deaths in the USA (BJD) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjd.20093

Sunlight (Healthful Living) | https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/388.1702#1702

Photobiomodulation Therapy (PBMT): What is It? (Shepherd University) | https://youtu.be/0MMewRIP51M

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