{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ffdb22347-b1ae-4cd5-b34b-cb9636a156ce","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Ep 021: Quantum Health Coach Nathan Walz Explains How Bad Light Makes Us Sick & Tired and Why Good Light Gets Us Better","description":"In this episode, we hear firsthand the negative impacts of artificial light and the ways good light can improve our health with quantum health coach Nathan Walz. \n \nAfter the first 10 years of his corporate career in Washington DC, Nathan realized he had begun to burnout. He had less energy than before, increasing brain fog, difficulties sleeping, and indigestion. Eventually he found himself at a functional medicine practitioner who tested him for Lyme disease, and the test came back positive. He tried many supplements and antibiotics prescribed by the functional practitioner, but started to get even sicker. Then, he discovered Jack Kruse online, adding cold therapy and an epi-paleo diet to his regimen, amazed when he began to feel largely better within only 3 weeks. Although he was improving, there was still one piece missing - good light.\n \n\u201cThe challenge today is most of our jobs have moved indoors, and we're spending 90% of our waking hours indoors under artificial light. And in the past 20 years or so that light has radically changed,\u201d explains Nathan Walz. The energy efficient light we are continually exposed to nowadays is actually more detrimental to health than the incandescent bulbs of the past. The sun exposes us to a range of light rays from every color of the rainbow, while our artificial bulbs cut the spectrum down to just blue light. This type of light disrupts the production of melatonin that we need to regulate our sleep patterns, raises blood sugar, and causes inflammation deep under our skin that reduces the ability of our mitochondria to produce energy.\n \nPeople evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be adapted to sunlight. Our bodies are not equipped to handle blue light in the same way. Exposure to the right kind of light is vital for regulating our circadian rhythm and enhancing our overall health. \n \nQuotes\n\u201cThe right kind of light enhances health.\u201d (19:54-19:57 | Nathan)\n\u201cThe challenge today is most of our jobs have moved indoors, and we're spending 90% of our waking hours indoors under artificial light. And in the past 20 years or so that light has radically changed.\u201d (20:57-21:13 | Nathan)\n\u201cWe're surrounding ourselves with this light that not only messes up our sleep, it raises our blood sugar and it does all these different things to our body. It actually causes inflammation not just in our eyes, but it also causes inflammation in our skin.\u201d (23:21-23:36 | Nathan)\n\u201cInflammation is the enemy of energy production.\u201d (24:33-24:35 | Nathan)\n\u201cWhen you're exposing yourself to the wrong kind of light, guess what? You're actually decreasing your body's ability to make energy.\u201d (24:44-24:52 | Nathan) \n \nLinks\nConnect with Nathan Walz:\nFacebook and IG: @journeytooptimalhealth \nWebsite: https://journeytooptimalhealth.com/start-here/\n \nTo receive a FREE infographic of the Ideal Circadian Day and join our email list: https://www.quantumbiologycollective.com/qbc-newsletter-aqb\nTo find a practitioner who understands quantum biology:www.quantumbiologycollective.org\nTo see details about the Applied Quantum Certification: www.appliedquantumbiology.com\nFollow on Instagram and Facebook: @quantumbiologycollecitve\nTwitter: @quantumhealthtv\n \nPodcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e09aad95-7168-4061-a25c-32b3ed43f989/QBC-Cover-Art-2025-Aug-07-v1.jpg"}