Explore light

Part of his morning routine

"I wake up, I do like 40 minutes of stretching. I do dynamic warm-ups. I do sauna, red light therapy... That whole morning routine, that is my drug. I don't drink. I don't smoke. It makes me feel so good."

Ari Emanuel

Red light / long-wavelength light exposure for skin and mitochondrial health

"You want a red light too? Cool, be my guest. I own one. You might want one too. But we're talking about long wavelength light minus UV — end of story."

Andrew Huberman

"Get morning light exposure. Sleep at a consistent bedtime."

Mark Hyman, MD

"I'm challenging all of you who are listening right now to give this a try for one week. Get light exposure within the first hour for one week."

Will Bolsewicz

Measuring outdoor versus indoor light levels

"There's a free app, I have no relationship to the app, but it's a great app called Light Meter that you can use your phone and you can measure the amount of photon energy in your environment."

Andrew Huberman

Entraining the circadian clock, spiking morning cortisol, boosting mood and immunity, improving metabolism, and setting up low cortisol/better sleep at night

"When you view sunlight, there's this beautiful phenomenon. It activates these melanopsin intrinsically photosensitive ganglion cells. Viewing sunlight in the first hour of your day takes this cortisol peak and raises it significantly. There's so much data s..."

Andrew Huberman

Timing the cortisol pulse and setting the circadian rhythm for better sleep

"Get up each morning, try and get outside. Anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes of sunlight exposure is going to work well for most people, and you wanna do this on a regular basis."

Andrew Huberman