This article is like the sunlight illuminating you and pepping you up when you stand in your balcony in the morning. It covers several branches of science in one sweep. Worth reading it over and over again and illuminate one’s awareness. We can now very well appreciate that why in many ancient cultures, some still thriving, sun and sunlight were at the centre of whole health. Theoretically, if body has built itself sufficiently completely, with food mainly of course, sunlight can perhaps drive most of the photon movements that are essential for life to keep ticking smoothly.
I am actually from India, now 80, a PhD in organic chemistry, long retired as an industry R&D professional. Medicinal chemistry reading is my personal retirement pursuit. You would have known that our ancient mythology is huge, well organised and well preserved too. Replete with hundreds of thousands of stories, anecdotes with messages for humanity. As school boys, when we used to read or hear many of them, we always used to wonder how the many sages and saints ( Rishi as they are called in Indian languages) used to spend days and months on end on penance and meditation in the open. As we grew up, we understood it was mainly sunlight ( and air). Your concise article has spontaneously opened up that understanding to a great detail. The impeccable science to the delight of people of science like me. Another point. Most of these saints and sages took to their life of austerity, penance and meditation after they grew up, as adults. Not many as young children. The build up of the physical body was essential before one could relegate food as the energy giver for life and let light run the non stop photon cycles in the body. I would not wonder now, after reading you, how some saints in those mythologies are said to have lived for thousand years. The photo biological chemistry had always existed. Perhaps understood too.
From what I have read, sun also structures the water in the body, and structured water is basically what most of the water in our body is, especially the fascia. I whole heartedly agree with your premise.
indeed, we do not move or spill free water. The closest thing we have to pure water in the body is probably in the cerebrospinal fluid, but even that is crystalline.
I just did a test of Fung's theory that all you need is fasting (to correct your fasting insulin). I fasted every other day for a month, and about a third of the second month via three and four day fasts. I gained weight and my insulin test came in worse. :-)
Fasting is not enough, IMO. Now I have added sun and sleep, and more motion. I think this recipe will work.
Thought-provoking and well-framed piece! I really appreciated how you elevated light from a background environmental factor to a central biological signal. The question itself, whether light might rival or even outweigh diet in importance, immediately challenges conventional health hierarchies and invites a more systems-level view of physiology.
What stood out to me most was the emphasis on circadian biology. Light is one of the most powerful regulators of hormonal timing, sleep architecture, metabolic signaling, and even immune function, yet it’s often under-discussed compared to nutrition. Your argument highlights how misalignment between environmental light exposure and internal circadian rhythms can have wide-ranging downstream effects. One aspect that might further strengthen the piece would be to more clearly define how these factors interact rather than compete; light and diet are deeply intertwined, particularly through timing of food intake, insulin sensitivity, and peripheral clock regulation. That added nuance could help frame the question less as a hierarchy and more as an integrated system.
Such a compelling and valuable read. Thank you for bringing attention to a foundational but often overlooked driver of health!
You’ve written some wonderful articles on Light. The science on this one is above my light-deprived brain cells, but you make the detailed info almost understandable! 😊
I was a child of the 1950s and a teenager in the 60s. As children, my siblings and I spent most of our time outdoors, much of it climbing trees and small hills. The early 60s were a time of “beach blanket” movies. Everyone slathered sun-tanning lotion on, not sunscreen. Getting a good tan was a goal. I don’t remember ever getting more than a light sunburn. I have never bought into the sun is bad and causes cancer narrative.
I view Sunlight as power/energy, communication, and nutrition. It is the primary food, isn’t it?
We are electromagnetic Light beings. The Energy/Power that runs our bodies are Light, Sound/Vibration, Magnetism, and Water.
I believe the way the business of medicine has programmed us to look at biology and how our bodies work is very limited and often inaccurate.
Being healthy used to be relatively simple. It is much more complicated now. I believe what is wrong with our health is basically caused by toxins and “bad vibes.” Electromagnetic and sound pollution; light that is wrong; poisoned air, water, and food; as well as pharmaceutical drugs. The skies are filthy and hazy and block out sunlight frequencies we need.
Plants need light, water, and minerals to grow. They are harvested before they’ve had the sunlight exposure they require to express their full nutrition. We use animal products and meat, usually from animals that are not fed correctly, often not actually on the earth, and without sunlight. Chickens are kept in artificial lighting situations to increase egg laying. Plants, animals, and we humans also need darkness. I love your articles on melatonin! Very helpful to me.
For those who are confused - and yes, this can be very confusing, a good first step would be to seek out and listen to a few hours of Jack Kruse. It doesn't take long to realize that he understands some things that no-one in modern medicine dares to speak, much less to investigate. What happens when Jack Kruse's theories produce a "cure." Nothing. Nobody cares about cures. People who cure are freaks, kooks. And that's how medicine views Kruse.
I have to be honest… this was so exciting to me at first, but I didn’t understand anything. It was totally over my head. What’s the take-home for the non-medical person reading this?
This article is like the sunlight illuminating you and pepping you up when you stand in your balcony in the morning. It covers several branches of science in one sweep. Worth reading it over and over again and illuminate one’s awareness. We can now very well appreciate that why in many ancient cultures, some still thriving, sun and sunlight were at the centre of whole health. Theoretically, if body has built itself sufficiently completely, with food mainly of course, sunlight can perhaps drive most of the photon movements that are essential for life to keep ticking smoothly.
Thank you!
It’s funny you should mention that, but much of the thoughts i’ve shared here will be expanded upon for my book!
I am actually from India, now 80, a PhD in organic chemistry, long retired as an industry R&D professional. Medicinal chemistry reading is my personal retirement pursuit. You would have known that our ancient mythology is huge, well organised and well preserved too. Replete with hundreds of thousands of stories, anecdotes with messages for humanity. As school boys, when we used to read or hear many of them, we always used to wonder how the many sages and saints ( Rishi as they are called in Indian languages) used to spend days and months on end on penance and meditation in the open. As we grew up, we understood it was mainly sunlight ( and air). Your concise article has spontaneously opened up that understanding to a great detail. The impeccable science to the delight of people of science like me. Another point. Most of these saints and sages took to their life of austerity, penance and meditation after they grew up, as adults. Not many as young children. The build up of the physical body was essential before one could relegate food as the energy giver for life and let light run the non stop photon cycles in the body. I would not wonder now, after reading you, how some saints in those mythologies are said to have lived for thousand years. The photo biological chemistry had always existed. Perhaps understood too.
I worked with uncle Jack before the heart surgery (aortic valve). This is when I started to use red/ infrared light, sunrise,cold…
Ah wonderful, hope it was beneficial
Yes. I had to have the surgery 19 months later. But off meds since 6 months after. Still doing it.
From what I have read, sun also structures the water in the body, and structured water is basically what most of the water in our body is, especially the fascia. I whole heartedly agree with your premise.
indeed, we do not move or spill free water. The closest thing we have to pure water in the body is probably in the cerebrospinal fluid, but even that is crystalline.
I just did a test of Fung's theory that all you need is fasting (to correct your fasting insulin). I fasted every other day for a month, and about a third of the second month via three and four day fasts. I gained weight and my insulin test came in worse. :-)
Fasting is not enough, IMO. Now I have added sun and sleep, and more motion. I think this recipe will work.
Thought-provoking and well-framed piece! I really appreciated how you elevated light from a background environmental factor to a central biological signal. The question itself, whether light might rival or even outweigh diet in importance, immediately challenges conventional health hierarchies and invites a more systems-level view of physiology.
What stood out to me most was the emphasis on circadian biology. Light is one of the most powerful regulators of hormonal timing, sleep architecture, metabolic signaling, and even immune function, yet it’s often under-discussed compared to nutrition. Your argument highlights how misalignment between environmental light exposure and internal circadian rhythms can have wide-ranging downstream effects. One aspect that might further strengthen the piece would be to more clearly define how these factors interact rather than compete; light and diet are deeply intertwined, particularly through timing of food intake, insulin sensitivity, and peripheral clock regulation. That added nuance could help frame the question less as a hierarchy and more as an integrated system.
Such a compelling and valuable read. Thank you for bringing attention to a foundational but often overlooked driver of health!
My pleasure.
I’m still working on it, and hope to make a more compelling, comprehensive, and easier to understand model for everyone to appreciate.
You’ve written some wonderful articles on Light. The science on this one is above my light-deprived brain cells, but you make the detailed info almost understandable! 😊
I was a child of the 1950s and a teenager in the 60s. As children, my siblings and I spent most of our time outdoors, much of it climbing trees and small hills. The early 60s were a time of “beach blanket” movies. Everyone slathered sun-tanning lotion on, not sunscreen. Getting a good tan was a goal. I don’t remember ever getting more than a light sunburn. I have never bought into the sun is bad and causes cancer narrative.
I view Sunlight as power/energy, communication, and nutrition. It is the primary food, isn’t it?
We are electromagnetic Light beings. The Energy/Power that runs our bodies are Light, Sound/Vibration, Magnetism, and Water.
I believe the way the business of medicine has programmed us to look at biology and how our bodies work is very limited and often inaccurate.
Being healthy used to be relatively simple. It is much more complicated now. I believe what is wrong with our health is basically caused by toxins and “bad vibes.” Electromagnetic and sound pollution; light that is wrong; poisoned air, water, and food; as well as pharmaceutical drugs. The skies are filthy and hazy and block out sunlight frequencies we need.
Plants need light, water, and minerals to grow. They are harvested before they’ve had the sunlight exposure they require to express their full nutrition. We use animal products and meat, usually from animals that are not fed correctly, often not actually on the earth, and without sunlight. Chickens are kept in artificial lighting situations to increase egg laying. Plants, animals, and we humans also need darkness. I love your articles on melatonin! Very helpful to me.
Biophotons and food
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvC_U6UJZbg
Dr. Martin Moore-Ede might agree with Dr. Kruse.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dr+martin+moore+ede
Cameron Borg on Substack and on YouTube has some interesting interviews.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ricci+flow+nutrition+podcast
Info on Dinshah Light and Color therapy.
https://substack.com/@coppervortex/p-141162466
…Go into the light!
Perfect. Me 2.
For those who are confused - and yes, this can be very confusing, a good first step would be to seek out and listen to a few hours of Jack Kruse. It doesn't take long to realize that he understands some things that no-one in modern medicine dares to speak, much less to investigate. What happens when Jack Kruse's theories produce a "cure." Nothing. Nobody cares about cures. People who cure are freaks, kooks. And that's how medicine views Kruse.
I have to be honest… this was so exciting to me at first, but I didn’t understand anything. It was totally over my head. What’s the take-home for the non-medical person reading this?
You cannot run an engine on fuel and lubricant alone.
You need ignition.
Photons are the ignition.
Photons are also the synchronizers of multiple engines running simultaneously, periodically, and rhythmically (biological engines).
ie GET OUTSIDE as much as possible without sunscreen or sunglasses
Remnant. Are you familiar prahlad jani?
He's a yogi who lived for years with 0 food and 0 water. Only sunbathing.
CIA observed it happen. He insisted anyone can do this as it's natural.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prahlad_Jani
Btw. In a nutshell.
Is light management as simple as getting plenty of sun throughout the day? And trying to get some sunrise/sunset too? :)
Interesting. Many saints, too, were able to subsist without food.
To answer your question at the end, I think in the modern world it's more complicated than that.