Blue light slows blood flow. If you have any sort of circulatory problem, think about that while you are watching TV or pounding away on your computer! That one sentence is starting to open my mind to Jack Kruse.
There seems to be some hyperbole in the claims of his disciples of light controlling circadian (and possibly by extension infradian) rhythms. I'm not so sure the body can't get the same clues from grounding. After all, the electrons that grounding provides via the Earth have been encoded by light, just as the electrons created by way of light hitting photoreceptors in our eyes or skin. Perhaps light is better than grounding, but I find it hard to believe it is the ONLY way. We didn't evolve over millennia with systems that don't have backups.
But perhaps I just haven't dipped my toe deep enough in the water yet? If the hyperbole wasn't so significant, I'd probably be a lot more enthusiastic about digging in.
But blue light stops blood flow. THAT got my attention!
I took a quick look at Jack Kruse's website. Intuitively, I think he's right about the importance of the flow of electrons through the electron transport chain (I'm currently reading The Mitochondriac Manifesto after you used the term Mitochondriac in something I read). But light is not the main input, just one of many. Pollack's idea that we breathe electrons is the major contributor. Which is why lung function is the best predictor of mortality. And why currently VO2Max is viewed as the best metric of health status.
The atmosphere is with us 100% of the time (or we quickly die). Light is only with us part of the day, and is affected by weather and seasonality. And light can only penetrate so far in the human body. So how do the cells in the deepest parts of our bodies get the electrons they need? If light is the key, what is the distribution network?
The circulation system transports the electrons that we breathe to every cell in the body. How well it does that is based upon lung capacity/function and the health of our blood (and lymph, since we need to eliminate waste and toxins).
Personally, I think at some point we'll find that muscle contraction and movement has a piezoelectric effect, which will also add electrons to the system. And that is part of why exercise and movement are so beneficial to health. (I just purchased a book about a technique for strength training that is said to increase energy storage, as opposed to depleting energy in reps-to-exhaustion training.)
The fact that so many people catch colds when we move indoors and are exposed to indoor heating attests to the importance of breathing electrons. Heating introduces increased positive charge into the atmosphere (as does smoking and any particulate pollution), which means the supply of electrons is disrupted, at least until we adapt to our seasonal situation. There's a disruption in the electron supply network, so cells don't function as efficiently. For some of us, that's enough to trigger symptoms that we call a disease.
There is definitely a clear intellectual lineage from Hippocrates (c. 460-370 BCE) to Galen (129-c. 210 CE) to Ibn Sina/Avicenna (980-1037 CE). This represents one of the most important chains of medical knowledge transmission in history.
The progression worked roughly like this:
1. Hippocrates established the foundational framework of humoral theory and empirical medical observation
2. Galen significantly expanded, systematized and added to Hippocratic medicine over 500 years later, including more detailed theories about physiology and treatment
3. Ibn Sina, working another 800 years after Galen, synthesized and further developed this Greco-Roman medical tradition while adding his own observations and theoretical refinements
This transmission was made possible by:
- The preservation and translation of Greek medical texts into Arabic, particularly during the Abbasid Translation Movement (8th-10th centuries)
- The Islamic Golden Age's emphasis on preserving and building upon classical knowledge
- Ibn Sina's exceptional ability to systematize and expand upon this inherited knowledge
The passage you quoted about colors and humors is a great example of how medical knowledge evolved along this chain.
This is so fascinating. At USC Keck medical center the staff all wear red scrubs. I have had to undergo procedures there. That color bothered me. It concerns me even more now that I know that people often bleed out during and after surgery.
Blue light slows blood flow. If you have any sort of circulatory problem, think about that while you are watching TV or pounding away on your computer! That one sentence is starting to open my mind to Jack Kruse.
There seems to be some hyperbole in the claims of his disciples of light controlling circadian (and possibly by extension infradian) rhythms. I'm not so sure the body can't get the same clues from grounding. After all, the electrons that grounding provides via the Earth have been encoded by light, just as the electrons created by way of light hitting photoreceptors in our eyes or skin. Perhaps light is better than grounding, but I find it hard to believe it is the ONLY way. We didn't evolve over millennia with systems that don't have backups.
But perhaps I just haven't dipped my toe deep enough in the water yet? If the hyperbole wasn't so significant, I'd probably be a lot more enthusiastic about digging in.
But blue light stops blood flow. THAT got my attention!
What an amazing world we inhabit.
I took a quick look at Jack Kruse's website. Intuitively, I think he's right about the importance of the flow of electrons through the electron transport chain (I'm currently reading The Mitochondriac Manifesto after you used the term Mitochondriac in something I read). But light is not the main input, just one of many. Pollack's idea that we breathe electrons is the major contributor. Which is why lung function is the best predictor of mortality. And why currently VO2Max is viewed as the best metric of health status.
The atmosphere is with us 100% of the time (or we quickly die). Light is only with us part of the day, and is affected by weather and seasonality. And light can only penetrate so far in the human body. So how do the cells in the deepest parts of our bodies get the electrons they need? If light is the key, what is the distribution network?
The circulation system transports the electrons that we breathe to every cell in the body. How well it does that is based upon lung capacity/function and the health of our blood (and lymph, since we need to eliminate waste and toxins).
Personally, I think at some point we'll find that muscle contraction and movement has a piezoelectric effect, which will also add electrons to the system. And that is part of why exercise and movement are so beneficial to health. (I just purchased a book about a technique for strength training that is said to increase energy storage, as opposed to depleting energy in reps-to-exhaustion training.)
The fact that so many people catch colds when we move indoors and are exposed to indoor heating attests to the importance of breathing electrons. Heating introduces increased positive charge into the atmosphere (as does smoking and any particulate pollution), which means the supply of electrons is disrupted, at least until we adapt to our seasonal situation. There's a disruption in the electron supply network, so cells don't function as efficiently. For some of us, that's enough to trigger symptoms that we call a disease.
What would be the most appropriate color used in a hospital setting?
There is definitely a clear intellectual lineage from Hippocrates (c. 460-370 BCE) to Galen (129-c. 210 CE) to Ibn Sina/Avicenna (980-1037 CE). This represents one of the most important chains of medical knowledge transmission in history.
The progression worked roughly like this:
1. Hippocrates established the foundational framework of humoral theory and empirical medical observation
2. Galen significantly expanded, systematized and added to Hippocratic medicine over 500 years later, including more detailed theories about physiology and treatment
3. Ibn Sina, working another 800 years after Galen, synthesized and further developed this Greco-Roman medical tradition while adding his own observations and theoretical refinements
This transmission was made possible by:
- The preservation and translation of Greek medical texts into Arabic, particularly during the Abbasid Translation Movement (8th-10th centuries)
- The Islamic Golden Age's emphasis on preserving and building upon classical knowledge
- Ibn Sina's exceptional ability to systematize and expand upon this inherited knowledge
The passage you quoted about colors and humors is a great example of how medical knowledge evolved along this chain.
This is so fascinating. At USC Keck medical center the staff all wear red scrubs. I have had to undergo procedures there. That color bothered me. It concerns me even more now that I know that people often bleed out during and after surgery.