Short monologue explaining how light governs melatonin and circadian rhythms: bright daytime light is necessary to stimulate production of melatonin-related hormones and neurotransmitters and prevent premature aging; evening exposure to blue/green light delays melatonin release, disrupting rest, regeneration, and hormonal balance.
Melatonin being, of course, the hormone of light. Because, you know, when you're. What people don't realize about light and biology is that you need bright light during the day. This is the stimulus for your hormones and neurotransmitters to be produced, including melatonin. And melatonin controls all those other hormones and neurotransmitters because of its interactions as the main timekeeper of the. Of your circadian rhythms. Right. And so if you don't get bright light during the day, you're not going to have optimal melatonin levels. You're not going to have high neurotransmitter and hormone levels. And this, this is associated with premature aging. Then at night, if you've got excess blue and green light in the environment, you delay the melatonin release from your tissues. What it's supposed to do in nature is come out into your bloodstream and run around the body, turning on rest, regeneration, repair.
The Solution to Aging Might Be Closer Than Anyone Realizes - With Ben Goertzel
