EP 099: Light Is Food? Circadian Shifts In Perspective

“You can’t be helpless, you can’t outsource your thinking to centralized authorities,” says today’s guest Zaid K. Dahhaj. Nearly a decade into his work in the health and fitness space, Zaid began a deep-dive into the area of circadian optimization and is now passionate about teaching others about it—or more specifically—-encouraging them to teach themselves. A self-proclaimed autodidact with an inherent distrust of authority, he’s deeply skeptical of what he considers to be an incentive-structured healthcare system and of the findings which emerge therefrom. Instead he promotes self-advocacy and taking control of one’s own health. This includes becoming circadian optimized, as the lack of which, he says, is the root cause of nearly all chronic disease.

On this episode of The Quantum Biology Collective podcast, Zaid will reveal products such as sunblock and sunglasses—that centralized healthcare has told us were crucial to our well-being are actually artificially manipulating the light cycle. He explains why everything , the best time at which to eat it, and even the best time to get an X-ray according to circadian principles.

Quotes:

“I don’t think people should start off trusting any so-called government-funded expert. I think they should actually start off as a skeptical human being when it comes to these sorts of discussions.” (9:53 | Zaid K. Dahhaj)
“The key is that the education is in your hands. Now, we live in a time where education is more decentralized. You have the opportunity to be able to study this work on your own. You don’t have to go to your local doctor or any other so-called authority in the realm, you can just take it into your own hands.” (12:46 | Zaid K. Dahhaj)
“We have to understand that the inputs that light has on the entire body as a system are just as powerful, if not more powerful, than food because food is just an extension of light. And to ignore that fact is really to divorce yourself from nature because you don’t see the chain of how things are working. And I think that’s a big problem that people in modern society struggle with is just this disconnection from nature in general.” (20:57 | Zaid K. Dahhaj)
“It’s very important to understand how to use these zeitgebers—again, external circadian cues…That’s what I want people to understand—digestive health, mental health, neurotransmitter production, mood regulation, all of it is downstream from the way that those clocks sync up with each other.” (31:00 | Zaid K. Dahhaj)
“Always be experimenting. Always have skin in the game and orient yourself around that.” (100:00 | Zaid K. Dahhaj)

Links

Connect with Zaid K. Dahhaj:

Website: https://www.zaidkdahhaj.com/

Socials

Twitter: @zaidkdahhaj

Instagram: @zaidkdahhaj

Substack: https://substack.com/@zaidkdahhaj

The 2AM Podcast: https://youtube.com/@the2ampodcast?si=MG11oUOL026AdvXX

There's more to QBC:

You can join the FREE QBC online community here: https://qbcpod.com/freecommunity

The Institute of Applied Quantum Biology, a non profit organization translating the new science into practical application: https://www.iaqb.foundation/certification

From our sponsor:

For red light therapy devices, blue blocking glasses, circadian friendly nightlights & more, visit boncharge.com and enter QBC in the discount box at checkout.

MyCircadianApp

Download to your device from the App Store, use code QBCPOD. Make it easy to get your light right: this app tracks everything you need to have a circadian optimised life.

Link: https://get.mycircadianapp.com/cXOl/QBCAPP