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Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Huberman Lab

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The Absorption of Light Energy

Light is the sharpest and most precise surgical tool by which to modulate our biology. I can think of no other form of energy that can target the particular locations in our cells, in our organels, in our organs and in our body to the extent that light can. The absorbence properties of a given surface will determine whether or not light energy goes and stays at that location - or whether not it bounces off. We have photo receptors in the back of our eyes; they are called rods and cones. Rods don't care about the different colors of light. They will absorb light energy, photon energy, if it's red, if it’s green, if it was

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