Sunlight vs Red Light Therapy: What a Critical Care Doctor Wants You to Know | Dr. Roger Seheult
Is sunlight one of the most overlooked keys to your health? Host Nick Evenson sits down with Dr. Roger Seheult, a quadruple board-certified physician in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep medicine, best known for his MedCram medical lectures and co-author with Dr. Marcum of The Creator's Code.
Dr. Seheult shares how treating COVID patients in the ICU led him to question what we've been missing about light. He explains why sunlight does far more than make vitamin D, how infrared light reaches deep into the body to support your mitochondria, and why most of us suffer from a "light deficiency" created by modern indoor living, LED lighting, and energy-efficient windows.
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In this episode you'll learn:
• Why vitamin D supplements may not replace time in the sun
• How infrared light from the sun affects your cells and energy
• The simple morning light routine that helps you sleep better at night
• How morning light sets your cortisol and melatonin rhythm
• Whether red light therapy is worth it, and why sunlight may be the better choice
• How shade, trees, fresh air, and even birdsong support well-being
• Why "let there be light" points to the Creator's design for our health
This content is educational and is not a substitute for advice from your own physician. If you take medications that increase sun sensitivity, check with your doctor first.
📖 Get The Creator's Code by Dr. Marcum and Dr. Roger Seheult: https://heartwiseministries.org
Chapters:
0:00 Meet Dr. Roger Seheult
0:24 Four board certifications
0:44 ICU, teaching & the sleep clinic
1:33 Working with Dr. Marcum on The Creator's Code
1:50 From Toronto to Loma Linda
3:35 How MedCram began
5:01 Medicine's center stage during the pandemic
6:47 "Maybe God put me in this position"
7:30 Forgotten lessons of the 1918 flu
8:20 Simple, inexpensive interventions
9:31 Comorbidities and metabolic health
10:43 Mitochondria and aging
11:04 The paper that changed his thinking on light
11:36 The
