About this episode
Turn online alignment into an offline community — join us at TheWayFwrd.com to connect with like-minded people near you.Block harmful blue light during the day and at night, optimize your biology with RA Optics. Their lenses are developed with leading experts, using advanced light-filtering technology, and their handcrafted frames offer both quality and style. Check out raoptics.com/twf10 and get 10% off your order.We obsess over food and supplements. Meanwhile, the light we live under every day is quietly wrecking our biology.In this episode, I sit down with Matt Maruca, founder and CEO of Ra Optics, to discuss how artificial light, blue light, and disrupted circadian rhythm quietly impact energy, sleep, and long-term health. Matt shares how a years-long personal health journey led him to study circadian biology and the essential role light plays in human physiology.We explore why modern indoor environments are so biologically mismatched, how LED lighting and screens affect mitochondrial health, and why sunlight is powerful but not something to mindlessly overdo. Matt also explains how light influences hormones, mental health, and recovery, and why most wellness conversations miss this entirely.You’ll Learn:[00:00:00] Introduction[00:08:02] Matt’s childhood health struggles, and the discovery that changed everything[00:12:23] Diet alone can't fix your health, so what is at the root of chronic disease?[00:16:34] The fourth phase of water inside your cells and why 40% of sunlight is designed specifically to structure it[00:18:33] The devolution of artificial light — from fire-like incandescents to blue-heavy, infrared-stripped “junk light” LEDs[00:39:16] Blue light, your circadian rhythm and mental illness[00:45:22] Why "more sun is better" is wrong[00:57:15] How a chance encounter at an event turned a garage tinting operation into Ra Optics
