Degrees of Health Dr Roger Seheult, M.D. | Part 2 | Light as Medicine - Red Light, Infrared and Long COVID
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dr Roger Seheult. We highly recommend listening to Part 1 as a precursor to this episode to get the most out of terms and topics covered!
In this episode, we discuss:
-emerging research around red light and infra-red light
-the impact of sunlight on Covid-19 surges
-long covid
-tools that may not only support in recovery from long covid, but could possibly speed up the rate at which you recover from other illnesses in the future too
Recap of Part 1:
-the light spectrum of UV to infra-red
-the importance of light exposure to regulate our circadian rhythm and reduce oxidative stress
-impacts of light on hypersomnia, sleep inertia, hunger and satiety cues
-the best times of day to eat, and differences in our insulin sensitivity
A recap on Dr. Seheult - Roger is quadruple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has a practice in California where he is a critical care physician, pulmonologist, and sleep physician. He lectures across the country, is the director of a sleep lab, and is the Medical Director for a Respiratory Care Program. In 2012 he co founded MedCram, a medical education company with videos that support medical learning (and over 1.5 million YouTube Subscribers).
His passion is "demystifying" medical concepts.
Find Dr Roger's work:
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Studies mentioned in Part 1 and 2:
Ultraviolet A radiation and COVID-19 deaths in the USA with replication studies in England and Italy
A geographical approach to the development of hypotheses relating to Covid-19 death rates
Insufficient Sun Exposure Has Become a Real Public Health Problem
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