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<v Speaker 1>Afternoon, everybody. It is August fourteenth, twenty twenty sixth day.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to talk about your eyes. Your eyes can

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<v Speaker 1>reveal signs of disease throughout your body. Did you know

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<v Speaker 1>that do you go more than once a year to

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<v Speaker 1>see the eye doctor. We're going to share some insight

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Stay tuned, hi, and welcome to Health Talk

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<v Speaker 1>with Doctor Lynn. Your daily dose. The information you hear

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<v Speaker 1>on the show is informational. It's not meant to diagnose

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<v Speaker 1>or treat any disease. Any kind of complete health conditions

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<v Speaker 1>must be checked out and discussed with your primary care physicians.

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<v Speaker 1>Get ready for the good news of the day. God

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<v Speaker 1>bless you, folks, and here is doctor Lynn. Our daily

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<v Speaker 1>devotional today comes from the Book of Revelation, Chapter one.

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<v Speaker 1>I am yours for all eternity. I am the Alpha,

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<v Speaker 1>the omega, the one that is, and was and is

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<v Speaker 1>to come. The world you inhabit is a place of

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<v Speaker 1>constant changes, more than your mind can absorb without going

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<v Speaker 1>into shop. Even the body you inhabit is changing relentlessly,

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<v Speaker 1>in spite of modern science's attempt to prolong youth and

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<v Speaker 1>life indefinitely, I, however, am the same yesterday and today

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<v Speaker 1>and forever. Because I never changed. Your relationship with me

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<v Speaker 1>provides a rock solid foundation for your life. I will

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<v Speaker 1>never leave your side when you move on from this

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<v Speaker 1>life to the next, My presence besides, you will shine

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<v Speaker 1>brighter with each step. You have nothing to fear because

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<v Speaker 1>I am with you for all time and throughout all eternity.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned seven nine six four five to reach me

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<v Speaker 1>off air. Glenn Jeffrey has studied the human eyes for decades.

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<v Speaker 1>He has published top tier medical journals, advised governments, and

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<v Speaker 1>trained a generation of visions. Jeffrey practices what he preaches.

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<v Speaker 1>He even commutes to work by bike because of what

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<v Speaker 1>sunlight does for his retina. Wait a minute, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>we were supposed to wear dark glasses in the sun. Jeffrey,

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<v Speaker 1>and neuroscience professor at the University College London, has discovered

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<v Speaker 1>that brief daily exposure to daylight as little as thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes is one of the most powerful habits for long

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<v Speaker 1>term eye health at any age. Without a doubt, the

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<v Speaker 1>best kind of light for your vision is daylight. Most

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<v Speaker 1>of us are starved of one critical component of natural light,

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<v Speaker 1>infrared wavelengths. Two factors are driving this deficit. We spend

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<v Speaker 1>far less time outdoors, and most indoor lights are light

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<v Speaker 1>emitting diodes or LED bulbs designed for energy efficacy, not

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<v Speaker 1>eye health. They admit visible light but strip out infrared

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<v Speaker 1>almost entirely. Infrared light does something no other wavelength does effectively.

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<v Speaker 1>It penetrates the skin and boosts mitochondrial functioning, which in

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<v Speaker 1>turn increases energy. A dentisen triphosphate production ATP in the eye.

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<v Speaker 1>ATP helps to regulate eye pressure, maintain your lenses, protect

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<v Speaker 1>against retinal cell damage, and downstream effect is meaningful protection

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<v Speaker 1>against galla coma, cataracts, and macular degeneration. The retina contains

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<v Speaker 1>exceptionally dense packed mitochondria in a high metabolic rate, which

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<v Speaker 1>makes it particularly prone to decline with age. Infrared wavelengths

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<v Speaker 1>can help to recharge it. One of Jeffrey's studies, published

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<v Speaker 1>in the Science Tific Reports, found that infrared lighte applied

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<v Speaker 1>for fifteen minutes to the chest, even when specifically not

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<v Speaker 1>allowed into the eyes, significantly improved kellor contrast sensitivity. Kellor

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<v Speaker 1>contrast sensitivity, a measure of the retinal function that's nearly

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<v Speaker 1>as important as visual acuity, allows us to distinguish objects

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<v Speaker 1>from the background to help us with driving, reading, and

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<v Speaker 1>other daily activities. In a follow up study, office workers

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<v Speaker 1>were given broad spectrum incandescent lamps that included infrare delight

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<v Speaker 1>and showed significant improvement in Kellor contrast sensitivity that lasted

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<v Speaker 1>two months. Researchers believe light improves mitochondric performance as measured

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<v Speaker 1>through Keller contrast sensitivity, and in fact, a simple and

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<v Speaker 1>highly economical intervention such as using a small incandescent lamp nearby,

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<v Speaker 1>could dramatically mitigate age related to clines in ATP production.

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<v Speaker 1>It can make it sound really impressive and high tech,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not, Jeffrey said. Jeffrey studies on the superiority

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<v Speaker 1>of incandescent lighting over led or a nod to the

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<v Speaker 1>original light source, the sun. Incandescent light has the same

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<v Speaker 1>wavelength as sunlight, but sunlight has a greater intensity and

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<v Speaker 1>balance even on cloudy days. It more powerful even when

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<v Speaker 1>it seems to be barely there. The journey to better

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<v Speaker 1>site with sunlight beginning childhood. With the prevention of myopia

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<v Speaker 1>or near sightedness more than just an opt out of

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<v Speaker 1>proportion refractive air. Myopia is a medical condition that increases

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<v Speaker 1>the lifetime risk of complications such as retinal detachment or glaucoma.

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<v Speaker 1>Sunlight is the primary strategy to avoid myopia, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>powerful enough to mitigate cases of strong genetics. According to Dawn,

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<v Speaker 1>beauty and optometry professor at Ohio State, children with two

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<v Speaker 1>near sighted parents have about a sixty percent chance of

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<v Speaker 1>also being near sighted. Spending fourteen hours a week outside, however,

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<v Speaker 1>can cut their risk to twenty percent from sixty. Sunlight

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<v Speaker 1>exposure can't stop myopia that's already developing in children. The

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<v Speaker 1>mechanism appears to involve dopamine. Right light triggers the release

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<v Speaker 1>of dopamine for retinal cells, which is believed to stop

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<v Speaker 1>the eyeball from growing too long. Forty percent of Americans

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<v Speaker 1>have myopia, a number rising rapidly. I would put the

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<v Speaker 1>blame on being indoors, which is just more fun than

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<v Speaker 1>it ever used to be with screens and video games

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<v Speaker 1>and entertainment officers. But we don't rely on infrared lights

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<v Speaker 1>to fulfill our goal of more light. Most of what

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<v Speaker 1>he's reviewed is far more powerful. Energy levels vary widely

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<v Speaker 1>across products, so exposure time matters, but there's little regulation.

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<v Speaker 1>Manufacturers chase what selves stronger, brighter, more intense, even if

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<v Speaker 1>the research hasn't caught up. Bottom line practical implications more

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<v Speaker 1>manageable than they might see. Outdoors, you don't need direct

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<v Speaker 1>sun exposure. You could still protect your eyes from ultraviolet

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<v Speaker 1>light by wearing sunglasses or a hat, or by sitting

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<v Speaker 1>in the shade. Jeffrey current recommendations at least thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of outdoor time daily, though the guidance would evolve as

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<v Speaker 1>researchers accelerate. If you're inside, Jeffrey recommends adding a single

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<v Speaker 1>incandescent or halogen bulb, both of which include infrared wavelengths,

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<v Speaker 1>in an area of home where you spend time in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning. Morning light exposure is best, he said, whether

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<v Speaker 1>outdoor or with artificial lights, because your mitochondrier are more

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive right after waking. Jeffrey's hoping to change conventional thinking

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<v Speaker 1>and laws that limit in cadescent light by sharing his

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<v Speaker 1>research on human health with policymakers and leaders in the

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<v Speaker 1>architecture industry. I'm not saying that it's got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to do with light, but I think we should start

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<v Speaker 1>paying attention to light now. You want to accentuate things

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<v Speaker 1>even more. Nutritional Frontiers has a product called twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>nutritionalfrontiers dot com. God bless you folks. That's your listen

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<v Speaker 1>for the day.