Why Sunlight Beats Vitamin D | Dr. Roger Seheult

<p>In this episode, my guest is Dr. Roger Seheult, MD, is a physician quadruple board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine, an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University, and the co-founder of MedCram. </p><p></p><p>Today, he explains why vitamin D levels strongly predicted COVID-19 outcomes while vitamin D supplementation largely failed to reproduce the benefit, and makes the case that vitamin D is a marker for sunlight exposure rather than the primary mechanism behind it. He describes the near-infrared portion of sunlight which penetrates through the human body, and the hypothesis that it stimulates melatonin produced inside mitochondria, where it acts as a local antioxidant. We discuss randomized trials of infrared light in hospitalized and ICU patients, why greenery reflects infrared while concrete absorbs it, the Green Heart Louisville tree-planting trial, evidence that bright light at night predicts higher mortality, the NEWSTART framework, the Adventist Health Study, and published research on faith, forgiveness, and health. </p><p><br />FULL SHOW NOTES: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJxnUa3ifCtHbE11v3iQwgTD1-nQD90-PttuS5NN640/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJxnUa3ifCtHbE11v3iQwgTD1-nQD90-PttuS5NN640/edit?usp=sharing</a> <br /></p><p>Sponsor: Solius </p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://shop.solius.com/JONATHANJ" target="_blank">https://shop.solius.com/JONATHANJ</a> </p><p>Code: JONATHANJ   <br /><br />About this guest:</p><p><b>Med Cram: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.medcram.com/" target="_blank">https://www.medcram.com/</a></p><p><b>YouTube: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG-iSMVtWbbwDDXgXXypARQ" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG-iSMVtWbbwDDXgXXypARQ</a> </p><p><b>X: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/rogerseheult?lang=en" target="_blank">https://x.com/rogerseheult?lang=en</a> </p><p><b>Academic Profile: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://llu.edu/academics/faculty/seheult-roger/education" target="_blank">https://llu.edu/academics/faculty/seheult-roger/education</a> </p><p><br />Subscribe to the Newsletter: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jonathanjarecki.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://jonathanjarecki.substack.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Timestamps </p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>02:29 Dr. Roger Seheult</p><p>02:59 Dr. Seheult's Love for Science and Medicine</p><p>10:41 Pillars of Health, "NEWSTART"</p><p>13:11 Sunlight, COVID, Vitamin-D Paradox, Dr. Seheult's Clinical Experience</p><p>17:08 Extra-pineal Melatonin, Antioxidant, COVID, ACE2 Receptor, Red Light</p><p>18:50 Bringing Patients Outside in Sunlight</p><p>20:05 Sponsor: Solius</p><p>25:14 Melatonin, Infrared Light</p><p>27:13 Heliotherapy, Sunlight in Modern Hospitals,  Dr. Rollier, John Harvey Kellogg</p><p>33:18 Mitochondria, Long-Wavelength Light, Metabolism, Light Penetration Depth</p><p>36:03 Greenery, Infrared Light Bath, Longevity, New Data, MiEye</p><p>42:29 Audience Questions</p><p>42:41 Sunlight on Psychological Health</p><p>43:47 Artificial Light at Night, Longevity, Mortality</p><p>47:32 Cloud Coverage, Light Exposure</p><p>49:40 New Paper Being Published with Dr. Seheult, Dr. Jeffery, Dr. Fosbury, &amp; Zimmerman </p><p>50:37 Nutrition</p><p>53:28 Adventist Health Study, Plant-Based Nutrition, Mechanisms of Action, High Protein</p><p>01:01:15 Trust: The Science-Backed Health Benefits of Faith</p><p>01:19:28 Support, YouTube, Spotify &amp; Apple Follow, Reviews &amp; Feedback, Social Media, Substack Newsletter</p>