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Our brains run on infrared light. Mitochondria in the brain absorb red and near-infrared light and use it to boost cognition and energy. And mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and depression.John Mitrofanis has spent 20 years on the question: If infrared light restores the mitochondria, can it save the brain cells that die in Parkinson's?John Mitrofanis is a neuroanatomist and Scientific Director of Fonds Clinatec in Grenoble, France, the research center founded by Alim-Louis Benabid, the father of deep brain stimulation. He is also an honorary Professor at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology, and was Professor of Anatomy at the University of Sydney for over a decade. He is the author of Run in the Light: Exploring Exercise and Photobiomodulation in Parkinson's Disease.Episode show notes + practical takeaways: https://livelongerworld.com/p/jmitrofanisHe explains:◼️How infrared light and exercise release the same molecules in the brain, and what BDNF does.◼️How red and near-infrared light restores mitochondrial function in cells that are dying◼️How Parkinson’s may begin in the gut◼️Why current Parkinson’s drugs and deep brain stimulation relieve symptoms but don’t stop the cells from dying◼️ Red light and sleep: the glymphatic system, brain fog, and why he uses a helmet every day◼️ Biophotons: the light your cells emit, and why stressed cells and healthy cells emit differentlyTIMESTAMPS:00:00 Cells use light to repair each other01:00 Red light and exercise work on the same mechanism02:50 BDNF: the molecule both exercise and light release06:11 Blue light suppresses melatonin, red light repairs cells09:00 The Nobel Prize won with red light, and the laser that failed to cure cancer14:02 What deep brain stimulation actually does14:54 Why the Parkinson's brain becomes "very, very naughty"16:17 The beauty of deep brain stimulation, and its limit18:40 "You apply red light on it." And I laughed20:57 The light-treated mice kept more dopamine cells alive23:36 Results of red light to the brain clinical trial24:16 Is it already too late once symptoms appear?26:48 Where he disagrees with Glen Jeffery on how deep light penetrates28:58 Light on the body that reached the brain31:33 Microvesicles: how cells in trouble call for help33:12 Does Parkinson's start in the gut?37:32 Could you skip the device and just sit in the sun?42:06 What other Parkinson's trials are actually running44:43 Epilepsy, autism, and cancer45:56 The cancer evidence that cuts both ways47:01 What's holding the trials back48:10 Red light and sleep49:05 We still don't know why we sleep01:00:17 He wears the helmet every day01:02:27 Health Stacked01:03:15 Red light after a heart attack01:06:41 670, 810 or 850: which wavelength and how deep01:11:32 Why 40 hertz seems to be the magic number01:12:03 Does the time of day matter?01:16:00 Biophotons: the light inside us01:22:28 Cancer cells and UV01:30:22 Biophotons are the frontierAASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Join 2,400+ for practical health protocols on circadian alignment, light, EMF, and non-toxic living: https://livelongerworld.com/X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs/HEALTH PRODUCTS I LOVE:◼️VivaRays 4 in 1 Blue Blockers and UV transmitters: https://vivarays.com/livelongerworld or discount code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% off◼️Healthy Home Shop Circadian Bulbs: https://thehealthyhome.shop/livelongerworld for 10% offDr. John Mitrofanis:Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/46795-john-mitrofanisIntroducing HEALTH STACKED: https://www.healthstacked.com/RELATED POSTS:Boost Mitochondria with Infrared & Sunlight | Glen Jeffery: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/gjeffery97 Year Old Brain Scientist: This One Nutrient Prevents Dementia: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/mcrawford

Most biology textbooks treat the water in our body as background, a solvent that DNA and proteins float around in. But what if a large portion of the energy in our body is actually coming from the water in our cells? And what if a disturbance to the structure of that water is a hallmark of cancer and other diseases?Dr. Gerald Pollack is a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington and one of the few scientists studying what water is actually doing inside our cells. He says water is not the background, it is doing the work. It is a battery, and it is supplying us energy.Episode show notes + some bonus clips from this episode I only released for premium subscribers, find them: https://livelongerworld.com/p/gpollackHe explains:◼️ How 99% of the molecules in our body are water molecules, and how water is not just a background solvent◼️ How water is a battery and gives us energy◼️ Why every cancer cell is dehydrated with low electrical potential◼️ The role of infrared light and sunlight on water in our cells◼️ What builds EZ water: sun, sauna, red light, grounding, juicing, deuterium depleted water, turmeric, holy basil and ghee◼️ The effect of Hyperbaric oxygen, PEMF and magnets on EZ water◼️ The link between dementia and EZ waterTIMESTAMPS:00:00 Water in our cells is central to every disease00:38 Why almost nobody in biology studies water01:18 99% of your molecules are water. So why is it treated as filler?03:41 What water is actually doing inside a cell07:44 Gilbert Ling, and the book that made his students say all of biology is wrong11:25 The experiment that started structured water research14:09 Why cellular water behaves more like a gel than a liquid16:29 The moment they realized water is a battery18:29 What charges the water battery, and it isn't food18:52 Health Stacked19:43 Is all the water in your cells this kind of water?23:46 Why he says we shouldn't even call it water24:57 Does energy actually come from ATP?27:23 If ATP isn't the fuel, what is it doing there?30:38 What every cancer cell has in common33:47 Free things that rebuild the structure of your cellular water34:48 Turmeric, holy basil and ghee: what his lab found when they tested them35:11 Morning sun, red light, saunas and grounding36:22 Hyperbaric oxygen, and how he went looking for it37:26 PEMF, FSM, and the magnet result that surprised him41:42 Do WiFi routers shrink the water in your cells?43:47 The dementia case & water connection46:32 His answer to the strongest criticism of his work51:13 Healers, water memory, and the paper he's about to publish54:36 What anesthesia does to the water in your cells55:07 What changes if he turns out to be right57:30 One thing behind almost every disease?59:07 Why he thinks water drives volcanoes and earthquakesAASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Join 2,400+ for practical health protocols on circadian alignment, light, EMF, and non-toxic living: https://livelongerworld.com/X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs/HEALTH PRODUCTS I LOVE:◼️VivaRays 4 in 1 Blue Blockers and UV transmitters: https://vivarays.com/livelongerworld or discount code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% off◼️Healthy Home Shop Circadian Bulbs: https://thehealthyhome.shop/livelongerworld for 10% off◼️Daylight Computer No-blue screen: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/livelongerworld for $25 offFull list of health products I use: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsDr. Gerald Pollack:Website: https://www.pollacklab.org/Books: https://www.pollacklab.org/publicationsRELATED POSTS:Avoiding the sun kills more people than skin cancer: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/sunsmokingI covered my WiFi router in foil & reduced EMF radiation 50x: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/emfphoneWhy I Stopped Taking Vitamin D Supplements: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/vitd

Oxford physiologist Denis Noble reveals why your genes are not the blueprint for life, why evolution itself works nothing like the selfish gene made us believe, and why the failed promise to cure disease by reading our DNA points to a completely different understanding of health and aging!Denis Noble built the first working mathematical model of the heart in 1960 and is one of the founding figures of systems biology. He is a professor at Oxford with a career spent studying how living systems work, and he now argues that the genome is a database the living cell draws on, not the program running the show.He explains:◼️Why the Human Genome Project never delivered the cures we were promised◼️Why your DNA cannot actually predict most disease◼️The CD analogy: why studying genes tells you nothing about the music of life◼️His long-running clash with Richard Dawkins and the selfish gene◼️Why purpose and intelligence run all the way down, from your immune system to a predator hunting its preyEpisode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/denisnobleTIMESTAMPS:00:00 The Selfish Gene Is Just Not Correct00:21 What Are Functional Networks, Really?02:09 Genes Build the Muscles, But Don't Move Them09:42 Your Genes Are a CD, Not the CD Player12:11 Can Your DNA Predict Your Disease? 14:23 If Not Genes, How Do We Find Cures?18:18 Then Does Gene Therapy Even Work?21:32 Why Scientists Can't Let the Paradigm Go24:08 What Darwin and Lamarck Actually Said31:42 Do Animals Choose? Darwin Thought So38:07 The Finite Monkeys Problem With Evolution45:15 Inheritance Without Changing Your DNA49:31 How Do You Actually Reproduce Denis Noble?50:49 Is the Selfish Gene Right From Evolution's View?54:45 Answering Jerry Coyne: Isn't DNA the Recipe?59:51 Who Wrote the Genetic Code?1:08:22 The Problem of Form: You Can't Get It From Genes1:12:01 The Mitochondria Accident That Made Complex Life1:13:05 Why Big Life Needs a Heart1:17:54 Why Mars Is a Pipe Dream1:18:45 Mike Levin and the Alignment of the Body1:21:29 What Does Denis Disagree With Mike Levin On1:24:59 The Biggest Taboo: Purpose in Biology1:27:35 Is Consciousness Just Expensive Energy?1:28:55 What Your Immune System Knows1:42:01 How Birds at Altitude Prove the Point1:44:29 Final Thoughts: Life Is More Interesting Than You ThinkDENIS NOBLE:Website: https://www.denisnoble.com/Books: https://www.denisnoble.com/buy/AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Newsletter: https://livelongerworld.com/X: https://x.com/aasthajsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsFull list of health products I use: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsCAMERON, RICCI FLOW NUTRITION:Newsletter: https://ricciflow.substack.com/X: https://x.com/ricciflowhealthInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricciflownutrition/PREVIOUS PODCAST WITH DENIS NOBLE & MICHAEL LEVIN on Biology's Functional Networks, NOT Genes, are key for Longevity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ak-1rbbWg&t=3823s

Circadian scientist Dr. Martin Moore-Ede reveals why the LED bulbs in nearly every home may be driving a rise in breast and prostate cancer, why he calls the light we now live under the tobacco of our time, and why the modern fear of the sun may be shortening our lives instead of protecting them!Dr. Moore-Ede discovered the master circadian clock in the human brain, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and ran a sleep and circadian research lab at Harvard Medical School for two decades. He has spent 50 years studying how light governs human health, and now argues that the shift to blue-rich LED lighting has created an environment our bodies were never built for.He explains:◼️ Why breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer track almost exactly with how much electric light a society uses◼️ Why melatonin is not the sleep hormone you think it is, and what it really does at 2am◼️ How LEDs strip out the red and infrared your mitochondria need for energy◼️ Why the sun exposure data flips skin cancer advice on its head◼️ Why your children are going short-sighted, and the wavelength that prevents it◼️ Why the $200 blue-light glasses most people buy block the wrong blueAASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/mmooreedeX: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://instagram.com/aasthajs My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsTIMESTAMPS:00:00 LED Light Is the Tobacco of Our Time01:33 The Connection Between Cancer and LED Lighting04:05 Why Hormone-Driven Cancers Are Hit the Hardest07:49 Is There a Link to Glioblastoma?08:14 Why Melatonin Is Not the Sleep Hormone11:40 There Is No Blue Light in Nature After Sunset15:58 We Live in Junk Light, Just Like Junk Food17:21 What Wavelengths Are LEDs Actually Missing?20:44 The Infrared We Lost When We Banned Incandescents22:52 The Two Ways LEDs Are Harming You30:05 Health Stacked30:56 White vs Yellow Light: Why It's the Wrong Question33:59 Lux, Lumens, and a 100-Year-Old Mistake38:27 What LED Light Does to Your Heart and Immune System40:44 Why Regularity Matters as Much as the Light Itself43:07 The Camping Study That Reset Everyone's Body Clock49:56 Sunlight vs Skin Cancer: We Have It Backwards53:03 The 450 vs 480 Spike Almost No One Gets Right59:52 Why Life Evolved to Run on Blue Light01:03:13 Melanopsin: Your Body's Blue Detector01:08:28 Do Melatonin Supplements Actually Do Anything?01:12:19 Why the Wrong Side of a Time Zone Can Kill You01:15:37 Is There Something Special About Dawn?01:17:12 Light and the Early Onset of Puberty01:20:53 The Aggressive Kid Who Changed When the Lights Did01:21:51 Should You Replace Your Windows?01:24:00 Do not wear sunglasses in the morning!01:26:44 What About Daytime Lighting?01:27:41 Do Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses Work at Night?01:31:20 Take Your Lighting Into Your Own HandsPRODUCTS I USE FOR BETTER CIRCADIAN RHYTHM:◼️VivaRays 4 in 1 Blue Blockers: https://vivarays.com/livelongerworld or code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% off◼️Healthy Home Shop Circadian Bulbs: https://thehealthyhome.shop/livelongerworld for 10% off◼️Daylight Computer No-blue screen: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/livelongerworld for $25 off◼️Chroma Circadian-Aligned Desk Lamp: https://getchroma.co/photonsfromaastha and code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% offFull list of health products I use: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsDr. Martin Moore-Ede:Website: https://thelightdoctor.com/Book: THE LIGHT DOCTOR: Using Light to Boost Health, Improve Sleep, and Live Longer: https://amzn.to/4yrwWWuHEALTH STACKED, the trusted longevity marketplace: https://www.healthstacked.com/RELATED POSTS:Avoiding the sun kills more people than skin cancer: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/sunsmokingYour Lights are Wrecking your Sleep (Here’s What I Use): https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/redlightsYour Screens Are Keeping You Awake: 60 second fix: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/redphone

97-Year-Old Brain Scientist Professor Michael Crawford reveals why the human brain has been physically shrinking for thousands of years, why he believes it was DHA, an omega-3 fat from the sea, and not your genes, that built human intelligence, and why the official advice to limit fish in pregnancy may be harming an entire generation of babies!Professor Michael Crawford is Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition and a visiting professor at Imperial College London, with more than 300 published papers and the 1972 work that first linked DHA to the evolution of the human brain. At 97, he is still sharp, still publishing, and still arguing that modern nutrition has neglected the one organ that makes us human.He explains:◼️ Why the brain physically cannot work without DHA, full stop◼️ Why it was DHA, not DNA, that shaped the human brain◼️ Why he says the FDA is wrong about limiting fish in pregnancy◼️ How seed oils quietly crowd this fat out of your brain cells◼️ Whether dementia and Alzheimer's actually begin in the womb◼️ Why humans could only have evolved big brains beside the sea◼️ How chicken and eggs lost almost all of their brain fat◼️ Why he believes DHA works like a semiconductor in your neuronsEpisode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/mcrawfordFind me on X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://instagram.com/aasthajs My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsTIMESTAMPS:00:00 The Brain Food We Stopped Eating00:32 "Your Brain Won't Work Without DHA. That's just full stop"04:04 It Wasn't DNA That Made Us Human06:50 How the Eye Built the Brain08:00 Why Carnivores Are Sharper Than Herbivores11:35 The Flowering Plant That Invented Pregnancy14:22 The Placenta: An Organ Built From One Fatty Acid15:35 Why Arachidonic Acid Is Wrongly Demonized18:18 More Astrocytes Than Neurons: Who Really Runs the Brain21:39 Health Stacked22:38 DHA vs Arachidonic Acid: Two Different Origins25:21 How the Fetus Hoards DHA and Rejects the Rest30:31 Are Seed Oils Actually Starving Your Brain?32:24 Why the FDA is wrong about Fish in Pregnancy 37:50 Do Fish Oil Supplements Work?44:15 The Lack of Fish in Pregnancy is causing ADHD and Austism50:10 Why Governments Only Care About Body Size, Not Brains52:00 "A Race of Morons": The Warning From 197255:04 Does Dementia Actually Begin in the Womb?59:16 Does the Father's Nutrition Matter Too?59:40 The Importance of Arachidonic Acid that Infant Formula Leaves Out01:02:24 How Often You Should Actually Eat Seafood01:04:05 Can Vegetarians and Vegans Get Enough?01:05:04 Can Genetics Let You Skip Seafood? The India Case01:08:00 Why Humans Could Only Have Evolved Beside the Sea01:11:55 Farming the Sea: What Japan Figured Out01:17:22 The Collapse of DHA in Chicken and Eggs01:20:52 Why Corn-Fed Everything Is Lower in DHA01:22:32 The Semiconductor Theory of the Brain, Explained01:27:20 What Dr. Crawford's Vision Is Like at 97 years old01:28:39 The Rare Double-DHA Molecule in Your Retina01:29:23 Where Dr. Crawford Lands on Saturated Fat01:31:09 His Advice to Young Scientists: Challenge Everything01:32:07 Closing: Why This Is a Three-Generation EmergencyAASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD:Join 2,100+ for practical health protocols on circadian alignment, light, sleep, non-toxic living and more: https://livelongerworld.com/X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajsDr. Michael Crawford:Book The Shrinking Brain: https://amzn.to/4vEJiZ3Introducing HEALTH STACKED: https://www.healthstacked.com/I built the health store I’ve always wanted. Health Stacked is a vetted marketplace of 500+ health and longevity products across 12 categories like sleep, fitness, non-toxic home, lighting & EMF, and more. Products are screened for plastic, PFAS, and 20+ toxins. Inclusion is 100% merit-based. And every product has been hand-picked by me.