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What is Quantum Health & Biology with Meredith Oke

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Healthy Red Light, Your Circadian Rhythm, and more Quantum Biology:

SPECIAL Timing Note: We originally recorded this episode in October 2021. Thank you in advance as we catch up on episode releases since our host, Scott Mulvaney, started returning from his time off to finish writing and self-publishing his inspirational first book, “So You Want To Be A Hotshot” on Amazon.

Meredith Oke is an Executive Coach and the co-founder of QuantumHealth.TV, the world’s first video streaming channel focused on decentralizing health education. She’s also a founding member of the Quantum Biology Collective, an organization that supports and encourages health practitioners to incorporate quantum and circadian biology into their work with clients and patients.

Quote: “How one encounters reality is a choice” – Martin Heidegger

Meredith has lived and worked on three continents, and has helped clients from all over the world – from Hong Kong banks to French business schools to American stay-at-home parents.
She’s deeply studied personal and professional development, parenting strategies and a range of spiritual growth practices.
She began her career working in media, covering entertainment and interviewing movie stars, before she shifted into communications and coaching. Meredith is married with three children, and is a proud global nomad.

Today’s Guest & Resource Links:

@quantumhealthtv
IG: @quantumhealthtv
Facebook: QuantumHealthTV
linkedin.com/in/meredithkellyoke
QuantumHealthTV

Our Mentioned Influencers:

Dr. Jack Kruse

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Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

11:00 – The absolute most all encompassing aspect of that is the light that we’re under. So if it’s not totally dark, when you’re sleeping, your body knows. Our bodies, even if you’re covering your eyes, your body can tell that the light is there, because every single cell in our body is being programmed by that light. So I’ve done all these things and then like drinking a Red Bull before you go to bed, right?

21:50 – One of the things I was learning was the importance of being in the sun for making vitamin D. I knew you couldn’t make vitamin D in the winter and a lot of places, but I’d never thought much about it beyond that. I gave my kids a supplement, because the pediatrician told me to and that was kind of it. So I downloaded the D minder app, which tells you where the sun is in the sky, and it geo locates you and tells you how much vitamin D you can make on that day, depending on where you are.

32:15 – I love it. That’s beautiful, Scott, and that’s exactly it, right? It goes back to what we were saying before. You can take really good care of yourself. But then if you go to bed in a pile of asbestos, everything you’ve done that day is not going to save you right. So it’s if not taking care of our light is like I would say as toxic as sleeping in a pile of asbestos.

40:45 – You do want to be getting some blue light during the day. That’s the reason the darker the lenses, the more blue light is being blocked. There is no blue light in nature after sunset. There is blue light present in nature, during the day, especially around high noon. However, the natural light that you get from the sun, while it contains some of the blue spectrum, you never get just the blue on its own. It’s always balanced out with some orange and some yellow and some red. I mean, it’s the Sci Fi like it’s not blue. So high noon, when you when it’s like that really bright, intense light, that’s when you have the most blue light present and the least red and then sunrise and sunset. Obviously, it flips around and the blue almost disappears. So if you were nighttime blue blockers during the day, you’re still messing up your circadian rhythm. Because you’re, you’re telling it there’s no blue light, which will trick your body, it’ll make you sleepy.

50:20 – I have my red light on. So if there’s decent quality and then this, I like that. So that’s from a company called EMR tech. Yet these are those nice little lens. So it’s not like a full red light panel where you can lay in front of it. and do your whole body. They do have those too.

01:10:00 – Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

I’m gonna go back to when I was at when I asked the doctors, when this type of information would make it into med school. And they said if if it ever does, it’ll be another 15-20 years. And what I’ve realized through my research is there’s something called the translational gap, when new information or a new discovery is validated and real. But there’s, there’s a lag between when it has been discovered, like say penicillin, and when it’s something that’s actively prescribed through the medical system. And we’re in that gap right now with this type of information. And that gap is being filled with things like this podcast, and listening to this podcast and having mentors like you, and being people who are willing to take a risk and do their own research. We’re shifting the paradigm and closing that gap faster, if it would you and maybe wouldn’t even ever get closed. So I just want to say that what you do, and the people who listen to this podcast, it really matters.

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BLUblox, Blue Light, and Aussie Health

Scott Mulvaney — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Sleep Health, Eye Health, Infertility, Fatigue, and Blue Light Blockers with Andy Mant:

In 2011, Andy began gaining a lot of weight, struggling with chronic fatigue, and always lacking energy. Traditional dietary approaches only worked to a certain degree. After stumbling across light and its relation to the body, Andy has since become a leading figure in managing light to improve health and wellbeing. Today, he is busy educating others on the science behind how light affects our diet, hormones, sleep, and even fertility, what we can do to take control and ultimately attain optimal wellness and health.

Top 3 Hot Point Takeaways:

Put your health first.
Ways to fight chronic fatigue.
Blue light’s negative impacts, along with green light.

Today’s Resource Links from the Podcast:

https://www.blublox.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BLUblox/

https://twitter.com/blublox1

IG: @blubloxofficial

Our Mentioned Influencers:

Mito-Hacker Dr. Jack Kruse – https://jackkruse.com/

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Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

10:00 – So let me just think about sleep critically and so I dived into the literature and just found a lot of studies out there that show that specific frequencies of light after dark was messing up our sleep. A lot of the blue light frequencies are the focus but also the green light as well.

20:00 – If someone sat in an office and there’s artificial light on, you can’t just put an app on. LED lights or progressive lights that are in your office are quite damaging. You have to take the appropriate action and wear blue light protection over your eyes as well in the office space. A lot of people want to wear yellow lenses in offices, but some companies don’t allow it. They think they are sunglasses and advise that you can’t wear those. They have no right though to determine your eye health. They’re not sunglasses, so push back.

30:00 – Ultimately, artificial light, light after dark aka after sunset is an inevitable thing these days. People don’t want to just come home and sit around the campfire and talk to people. They want to watch the tele aka television or they might want to work on their laptops. Blue and green light are affecting us all these days and many people just say, well, I’ve got apps on my smartphones and all that.

40:00 – So then what we did was we took 450 and we eliminated everything below it. So 100% is from 400 to 450, we completely eradicated that, and then we left 450 to 495 of the blue spectrum pretty much intact. So these are daytime glasses

50:00 – I’m one of these guys that when I make a decision, I’m all in. I’m committed and I know that there are people out here hearing and watching this that aren’t wired that way. But I have to remind people too that you can become wired that way you can get there tomorrow. It just starts by committing to make a decision.

01:01:11 – Final Words

Our Final Words of the Show:

I guess the final word for me is that we’re an education brand first and that we just so happen to sell some products that can help with that education. We want people to not just rush out and buy glasses from anyone. We want people to research the science, have a look at the studies, have a look at the blogs that I’m writing, listen to the podcasts I’ve been on. Then make your own decisions as to whether you feel you need these glasses or what glasses you need.

I don’t want BLUblox to feel like it’s in the industry, at the moment, as a company that’s just selling blue light glasses. I want to come across as this empowering sort of organization that educates people and actually has passion behind its’ products and its not just run by an entrepreneur trying to make a quick buck. I’m someone that wants to help and give back to those not just in need but those who have the ability to help themselves by listening and thinking critically about certain aspects of life and in this instance, obviously that starts with light.

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158: Vulnerable Strength, Blue Blockers, and the No Alcohol Challenge

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Swanwick Sleep and Swannies Blue Blockers Founder:

James Swanwick is an Australian-American investor, entrepreneur, speaker, former SportsCenter anchor on ESPN and host of The James Swanwick Show podcast. He is the CEO of Swanwick Sleep and creator of blue-light blocking glasses (blue blockers) Swannies, which helps people sleep better; and the author of The 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge, which helps people reduce or quit alcohol. Forbes listed James as one of 25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015. Swanwick has interviewed celebrities including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”02:33″] Celebrate competitors and the competition that breeds better entrepreneurial success.
[spp-timestamp time=”04:01″] Dave Asprey, his own blue blocking glasses, his instrumental movement three to four years ago to put butter in your coffee.
[spp-timestamp time=”06:38″] Let me tell you, kids are actually the most susceptible to the dangers of blue light. As we age, our eyes actually develop more of a barrier to blue light. When we’re very young, our eyes haven’t developed as much. That blue light that has been emitted from an iPad or TV screen or cell phone is literally hitting their eyes. We don’t know exactly what damage it’s doing.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:17″] Even if you got seven or eight hours of sleep, your sleep quality was compromised from blue light. I have not actually limited my screen time, my screen use if anything has increased. However, I protect my eyes with these glasses while I’m using it. I got to tell you, Scott, I sleep flawlessly. I mean for a 42-year-old man, I’m sleeping as good as I’m sure 40 something man can sleep.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:45″] Geeking out on Dr. Jack Kruse.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:30″] Ten, twenty, or thirty years from now, we are going to look back to this time and realize that putting a phone to our ear and using WiFi was actually just disintegrating our brain and messing with our neurology. All of this causing irreparable damage, just like when people first smoked cigarettes, they didn’t really realize it was it was bad for your health.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:00″] I’ve had people challenge me a lot. In fact, my voice is busted at the moment, you can probably hear it’s a little bit creaky. I’ve been at a self-development seminar for five days, where they broke me down and made me cry in front of 50 people.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:28″] One thing that I’ve been able to grow with, this is not self-promotion, is this level of vulnerability that we reach as a man. This is not to take anything away from the ladies. We as men are afraid to show that softer side or that vulnerable side.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:45″] I would imagine them saying just stop being a pussy, dude. I gotta say, I don’t want to say I’m drinking the Kool-Aid, but I will say that I am certainly embracing going deep, getting triggered, and bringing up some nasty, awkward stuff for the sole purpose of growth. So far, it’s working. It’s not pretty. It’s messy. But I have to say that it’s working.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:27″] Our job description in relationships has changed. It used to be, go out, hunt, kill, and provide, Be tough, deal with the stuff and take care of business. They’re demanding more of us and that more is vulnerability and emotions. It’s challenging and it’s messy sometimes.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:06″] If we’re not getting out of our comfort zones, if we’re not challenging ourselves, if we’re not taking risks and risking failure, we’re not learning. We’re not gaining either, you’re just paused.

[spp-tweet tweet=”Just Do It and Do It Now! @JamesSwanwick “]

[spp-timestamp time=”42:30″] I think we’re reaching new levels of growth and that’s actually more exciting. Be a little selfish about that. What if you grow and you attract even more success because you stop being a douche bag and you treat people like you want to be treated?
[spp-timestamp time=”52:40″] No alcohol challenge. I looked in the mirror and I was a weathered man, I had wrinkles. I’d put on about 25 pounds in the course of a year, which isn’t a huge amount, but it’s, it’s noticeable. I had little fat rolls, kind of like hanging over my little inflammatory storage.
[spp-timestamp time=”54:45″] I don’t think you can necessarily get better looking. It’s just that your body can finally unleash your true self. You look the way nature intended you to look.
[spp-timestamp time=”57:14″] I have this program called 30 days, no alcohol challenge. I don’t tell people to quit drinking. I just encourage people to quit drinking for 30 days. I put about almost 10,000 people through this. Now, in three years, since I’ve had this program, most people at the end of 30 days do go back to drinking. However, they go back at a far reduced rate than before. So they’re now no longer relying on alcohol to relieve stress. They no longer are relying on alcohol to social and realize they now have a better relationship with alcohol.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:02:08″] Alcohol affects you all over and shows up in your skin, it dehydrates your body’s biggest organ, which is your skin. All of these women and men around the world are spending all of this money on moisturizers, face anti-aging, all that stuff. If you want to reduce wrinkles and reduce the site visible signs of aging, quit drinking. It’s so simple, just drink a bunch of water.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:10:47″] Are you getting into fights or not saving money to invest. There are all of these little things, incremental things. It’s not that alcohol is the devil but if it’s slowing you down just a little bit, explore that.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:19:20″] Final Words

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Final Words:

Just Do It… and… Do It Now!

Just do it: despite fear and despite challenges.

Do it now: not tomorrow, or the next day, do it now.

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145: Eye Love Cares, Coffee, and Blue Light with Travis Zigler

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Coffee Lovers, Blue Light Blockers and the Eye Love Cares Foundation With Travis Zigler:

Dr. Travis Zigler graduated in 2010 from The Ohio State University College of Optometry with Magna Cum Laude honors. He is the founder of Eye Love, whose mission is to end preventable blindness. Dr. Travis and his wife, Dr. Jenna Zigler, use the profits from Eye Love to fund free and low-cost clinics in Jamaica. They also started a charity called the Eye Love Cares Foundation, which provides exams, glasses and sunglasses for those in need, free education, and scholarships for students that align with their mission. Dr. Travis enjoys traveling to Jamaica, training for marathons, and playing the ukulele while he drinks his morning coffee (French press… mmmm). Let’s not forget their blue light blocker glasses!

Eye Love’s long-term mission and vision:

A portion of profits from Eye Love sales is donated to the Eye Love Cares Foundation and funds are then used to provide glasses, sunglasses, and eye exams for those who cannot afford to obtain proper eye care. In the future, the Foundation will be used to fund permanent free and low-cost clinics in both the US and Jamaica, and it is our goal to also provide optometry scholarships for students who have an interest in eyecare mission work.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:30″] Introduction
[spp-timestamp time=”07:50″] Free blood testing thanks to donating blood regularly.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:00″] Prosthetic eyes made of hydroxyapatite.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:10″] Say no to Visine, stop shrinking your blood vessels, use quality eye drops until you can find the root cause of your dry eye syndrome.

[spp-timestamp time=”12:30″] Dry Eye is an inflammation symptom to a broader concern going on in the body.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:45″] Western Medicine is only 100-200 years old. Whereas Eastern Medicine is thousands of years old. Eastern Medicine is about finding the root cause of the problem and addressing that. Western Medicine is more about finding a way to fix a symptom with medication which causes even more side effects.
[spp-timestamp time=”17:45″] Cellular Cleansing. What is really breakfast? Learning about “Breaking Your Fasted State” after waking.
[spp-timestamp time=”21:40″] The USA is not setting a great example on health to the rest of the world.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:40″] Obesity can definitely be tied to education and income here in the USA.
[spp-timestamp time=”24:30″] In Travis’ book, he states, it is not up to your doctor to HEAL your dry eye. It is up to you and you alone.
[spp-timestamp time=”30:00″] Geeking out on our mutual love for the french press, coffee, and more.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:00″] Fatty Coffee with Kerrygold Butter, Coconut Oil, etc. No Sugar!
[spp-timestamp time=”34:45″] Plugging local passion from Kayla Sampson and her South Carolina based coffee biz, Palmetto State of Mind.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:00″] Differentiating the Eye Love brands.
[spp-timestamp time=”39:10″] People can’t drive, they can’t get to the bigger cities.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:00″] Make as much money as you can, so you can give back once you’re comfortable to do so.
[spp-timestamp time=”44:35″] Building MASH style, one week, eye clinics in Jamaica and turning them into a more sustainable model.
[spp-timestamp time=”45:20″] Solving preventable blindness.

A Quote from Travis’ Mentor:

A man with definiteness of purpose goes through life and watches how the world steps aside and then even comes beside and helps him with his aims.

[spp-timestamp time=”48:50″] The nationwide program for infants under 12 months, check out the Infantsee Exam.
[spp-timestamp time=”52:00″] Travis’ glasses, introducing Blue Blocker glasses for during the day. Launching 30% blue blockers plus photochromic when you go outside!
[spp-timestamp time=”53:35″] The HOT and SEXY reason for Blue Blocking for Blue Light.
[spp-timestamp time=”54:00″] Naturally increasing melatonin production which helps you enter REM sleep.
[spp-timestamp time=”55:10″] Connecting our Blue Light discussion back to our Episode 51 with the famous Dr. Jack Kruse.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:00:10″] Exposure to Blue Light increases your risk for Macular Degeneration.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:06:30″] The Dry Eye Syndrome Support Community on Facebook which includes Facebook LIVE interactions.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:15:10″] Final Words

Travis’s favorite quote:

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi

[spp-tweet tweet=”Quoted with #TravisZigler Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. #Gandhi @LIVETHEFUEL “]

Links and Resources:

New Blue Blockers Now On Amazon – Eye Love’s New Blue Blockers!

People Mentioned:

Eye Love Blue Blockers

Final Words:

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi

This quote all encompasses everything you need to do in your life. Every day is a blessing and a gift. You never know if you are going to be here tomorrow. Live like it’s your last one… go spend time with your loved ones. Travis reads every day and summarizes what he reads every single day.

This quote from Gandhi has been his lifelong favorite quote since he was 17 years old, and he still follows it today.

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