The 80/20 of Health: Light, Protein, Nutrition, and Hormones with Dr. Leland Stillman

Episode Highlights With Dr. Stillman How he got into functional medicine and conventional medicine and now works with many families The importance of light, sunlight, and how to optimize this We are each our own primary healthcare providers and his approach of partnering with families for better outcomes How to create an optimized natural light environment and know the level of lux in the light exposure you get Average indoor light exposure is about 20 lux and it can be 100k+ outdoors even on a cloudy day How hormones and neurotransmitters are impacted by light exposure The real problem with sunscreen and sunglasses and the amazing health outcomes from increasing light exposure How much light exposure do we actually need? What the literature on sunscreen and skin cancer prevention actually says and why certain ones can be especially harmful The sun reduces all cause mortality What UVB light is and how it's beneficial (this research was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904) Reasons not to wear sunglasses and the surprising history of how they became popular The connection between nutrition and light Why skin cancer rates double every few decades even with more sunscreen use and what to do about this How to “eat your sunscreen” and nourish your body from the inside out with folate and other nutrients Lentil sprouts: an easy hack for consuming folate His take on high dose iodine Why we need more minerals and how to get them effectively The stress and mineral connection Resources We Mention Dr. Stillman - Website and group coaching programs Skindeep database Book: The Influence of Ocular Light Metabolism by F. Hollwich Book: The invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg