Sweetness Built on Suffering: The Hidden History of Sugar
The suffering caused by processed sugar began with brutal production practices and human exploitation, and over time evolved into something quieter but also seriously disturbing and troubling—relentless marketing, corporate greed, and systemic normalization despite mounting evidence of harm.
In the 18th century, sugar commanded greater global demand and higher commercial value than even cotton. But by the 19th century—especially after Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793—cotton production surged and eventually surpassed sugar as the dominant slave-produced export commodity in the United States. Both industries were built on enslaved labor. Both reshaped global trade. And both reveal how powerful consumer demand can override moral restraint.
Today, sugar is no longer visibly tied to plantation brutality in everyday awareness, yet it remains deeply embedded in economic systems and food culture. Despite decades of scientific evidence linking excessive sugar intake to immune suppression, inflammation, metabolic disease, and cardiovascular risk, it continues to be aggressively manufactured, marketed, and normalized.
The Explosive Rise of Sugar Consumption
Over the last century, sugar consumption has increased at a pace unprecedented in human history.
In the early 1900s, the average American consumed roughly 15–20 pounds of added sugar per year. By the late 20th century, that number had climbed dramatically—reaching well over 100 pounds per person annually at its peak. The rise accelerated after World War II with industrial food processing, government-subsidized high-fructose corn syrup production, and the mass marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages.
This was not a gradual dietary evolution. It was a rapid transformation within just a few generations.
What was once rare became constant. What was once seasonal became daily. What was once earned became effortless.
Even with modest recent declines, modern sugar intake remains multiple times higher than pre-industrial norms. The immune system did not evolve for this level of exposure.
The Modern Saturation of Sugar
Processed sugar is no longer an occasional indulgence. It is structurally embedded into the modern food environment.
It appears in breakfast cereals, coffee drinks, yogurts, condiments, breads, snack bars, sports drinks, and foods labeled “low-fat” or even “healthy.” Children are introduced to high-sugar diets early. Adults consume it daily—often unknowingly—especially in liquid form.
The issue is not a single dessert. It is frequency. It is normalization. It is saturation.
And the biological cost begins quickly.
What Happens to Your Immune System After Sugar?
When large amounts of simple sugar—glucose, fructose, sucrose—enter the bloodstream, blood sugar rises sharply. Insulin surges. This metabolic response is familiar.
Less familiar is what happens to immune cells.
Within hours of consuming high amounts of simple sugars, neutrophils—frontline immune cells responsible for engulfing and destroying bacteria—become less effective. Their ability to perform phagocytosis declines. The cells remain present. Their numbers do not decrease. But their functional capacity is impaired.
This suppression can last up to five hours after a single high-sugar intake.
If sugar is consumed multiple times throughout the day, these windows of reduced immune function can overlap. The immune system may rarely return to full efficiency before the next spike occurs.
This is measurable physiology.
Not All Carbohydrates Are the Same
Whole foods contain fiber, water, and phytonutrients that slow glucose absorption and stabilize blood sugar. Ultra-processed sugars are stripped of these buffering components. They flood the bloodstream rapidly, altering immune cell metabolism and redox balance.
Speed matters. Dose matters. Structure matters.
Sugar and Inflammation
The impact of sugar extends beyond short-term immune suppression.
Repeated glucose spikes trigger repeated insulin surges. Over time, this pattern promotes insulin resistance—a state characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation and altered immune regulation.
High sugar intake is associated with elevated inflammatory markers. Chronic inflammation disrupts immune coordination and contributes to metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease.
Sugar also affects the gut microbiome. Excess simple sugars can shift microbial populations and reduce diversity. Because much of immune regulation occurs through gut-associated lymphoid tissue, microbiome disruption can further weaken immune resilience.
The effects compound:
Acute immune suppression
Oxidative stress
Chronic inflammation
Microbiome imbalance
Metabolic dysfunction
Layer upon layer.
Sugar and Its Hidden Identity
Sugar rarely presents itself clearly on ingredient labels. Much of its power lies in disguise. Manufacturers often use alternative names that sound technical, natural, or harmless. This allows sugar to appear multiple times in an ingredient list without being recognized as the dominant additive.
Here are 15 common names for sugar that often go unnoticed:
High fructose corn syrup
Maltodextrin
Dextrose
Fructose
Glucose syrup
Corn syrup solids
Invert sugar
Evaporated cane juice
Barley malt
Rice syrup
Agave nectar
Fruit juice concentrate
Cane crystals
Brown rice syrup
Sorghum syrup
Some of these sound natural. Some sound scientific. Some sound healthier than table sugar. Biochemically, they are rapidly absorbed carbohydrates that elevate blood glucose and stimulate insulin.
It is also important to consider artificial sweeteners, often marketed as “sugar-free” solutions. Substances such as aspartame (found in products like Equal) and saccharin (sold as Sweet’N Low) do not raise blood glucose in the same way as sugar, but they are not metabolically neutral. Emerging research suggests artificial sweeteners may alter gut microbiota, influence insulin signaling, and perpetuate cravings for intense sweetness. While they reduce calories, they may maintain dependence on sweetness and disrupt metabolic regulation in subtler ways.
Sugar does not need to appear as white crystals to exert its effects. It can be hidden, dissolved, renamed, or chemically substituted. The biological outcome remains tied to sweetness exposure and metabolic signaling.
The Frequency Trap
A single high-sugar intake can suppress immune performance for several hours. But in modern dietary patterns, sugar is consumed repeatedly throughout the day.
This creates overlapping periods of immune suppression. The body rarely experiences metabolic rest.
Liquid sugar is particularly concerning. Sugar-sweetened beverages produce rapid absorption and sharp glucose spikes. Reducing or eliminating these beverages alone can significantly lower total sugar exposure.
Practical adjustments matter:
Replace juice with whole fruit
Choose unsweetened coffee or tea
Read labels carefully
Reduce ultra-processed snacks
Allow longer intervals between meals
These are not extreme measures. They are protective strategies.
The Biological Mismatch
For most of human history, sugar was scarce and seasonal. Today, it is cheap, constant, and heavily promoted.
The immune system evolved under conditions of metabolic rhythm—periods of feeding and fasting, balanced nutrient intake, and lower glycemic variability. It did not evolve under continuous sugar exposure.
When sweetness becomes constant rather than occasional, immune performance is repeatedly disrupted. Over time, this creates a mismatch between human physiology and modern consumption patterns.
The historical moral darkness of sugar was visible in chains and ships. The modern darkness is quieter. It is packaged attractively, marketed aggressively, and normalized culturally—even as consumption remains historically unprecedented.
A Serious Warning
This is not an argument for panic. It is an argument for awareness.
Occasional sugar consumption is not catastrophic in an otherwise metabolically healthy individual. The human body is resilient. The danger lies in chronic exposure, frequency, and normalization.
Processed sugar offers immediate pleasure. But biologically, it carries a cost—immune suppression, inflammatory signaling, metabolic strain. These changes may not be dramatic in a single moment, but they accumulate.
History teaches us that demand can blind societies to consequence. Sugar once fueled economies built on human exploitation. Today, it fuels an industry built on metabolic vulnerability, exploitation, corporate greed, and the normalization of preventable chronic disease.
It has always carried a human price—first paid by those exploited in its production, and now increasingly paid by the consumers whose health bears the burden.
Mushrooms, Medicine, and the Quiet Intelligence of Nature
Mushrooms occupy a strange and beautiful place in the story of life. Neither plant nor animal, they form a third kingdom—Fungi—whose role in Earth’s biology is so foundational that without them, complex life as we know it would likely not exist. Long before forests rose skyward, before animals walked on land, fungi were already here, patiently engineering the planet’s transition from bare rock to living soil.
In recent decades, mushrooms have also stepped into the scientific spotlight for another reason: their profound interactions with the immune system and their emerging relevance in cancer research. This is not mystical speculation—it is grounded in biochemistry, immunology, and evolutionary logic. Fungi have spent hundreds of millions of years defending themselves against bacteria, viruses, and environmental stressors. In doing so, they evolved molecular strategies that modern science is only beginning to understand.
To study mushrooms is to study Earth’s original survival engineers.
The Two-Mile Mushroom: Earth’s Largest Living Organism
Hidden beneath the forests of eastern Oregon lies one of the most astonishing biological facts ever discovered. Beneath the trees of Malheur National Forest, scientists identified a single fungal organism stretching nearly two miles across, covering more than 3.4 square miles, and estimated to be over 2,000 years old.
This organism—commonly known as the Humongous Fungus—is a single genetic individual, composed not of a towering structure but of a vast underground mycelial network. What appears above ground as scattered mushrooms is merely the fruiting body. The true organism lives below, silently exchanging nutrients, sensing its environment, and adapting across centuries.
This discovery shattered assumptions about size, age, and individuality in biology. It also revealed a deeper truth: fungi are network-based lifeforms, optimized not for speed or dominance, but for persistence, communication, and resilience. These same properties—distributed intelligence, adaptability, and immune modulation—are precisely what make mushrooms so interesting in modern medicine.
Before Trees, There Were Mushrooms
It may come as a surprise, but fungi colonized land before trees. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth’s surface was largely barren rock. Fungi were among the first organisms capable of breaking down minerals, secreting organic acids that slowly transformed stone into soil.
These early fungi partnered with primitive plants, forming symbiotic relationships that allowed plants to survive on land. Without fungi, roots could not access nutrients. Without roots, forests could not form. Without forests, Earth’s atmosphere would not have stabilized oxygen levels in a way that supports animal life.
In this sense, mushrooms are not accessories to ecosystems—they are architects of habitability. Their mycelial webs function as biological internet systems, redistributing carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and signaling molecules across entire landscapes. Modern forests are not just collections of trees; they are fungal-tree superorganisms.
This evolutionary role matters when we consider mushrooms and human health. The immune system itself is an ancient, pattern-recognition network. It should not surprise us that compounds evolved to coordinate ecosystems can also influence immune coherence in the human body.
Mushrooms and Cancer: Immune Intelligence, Not Magic
When mushrooms are discussed in the context of cancer, it is crucial to be precise. Mushrooms are not chemotherapeutic agents in the conventional sense, and they are not cures. Their significance lies elsewhere: in immune modulation.
Many medicinal mushrooms contain beta-glucans and related polysaccharides—complex sugars that interact with immune receptors such as macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and T-cells. Rather than attacking cancer cells directly, these compounds help the immune system recognize, coordinate, and respond more effectively.
Cancer, in many cases, is not simply uncontrolled growth—it is a failure of immune surveillance. Tumor cells learn to hide, suppress signaling, or exploit regulatory pathways. Mushroom-derived compounds appear to work by restoring immune pattern recognition, increasing communication between immune cells, and improving the body’s ability to respond appropriately.
This is why mushrooms are often studied as adjuncts—supportive agents used alongside conventional therapies, not replacements. Their role is regulatory, not aggressive. They help the system remember how to do what it evolved to do.
Amazing Facts About Mushrooms
Largest organism on Earth – A single fungus in Oregon outweighs blue whales and spans miles underground
Biological recyclers – Fungi can digest lignin, plastics, petroleum, and even radioactive waste
Immune educators – Mushroom compounds “train” immune cells rather than overstimulating them
Longevity specialists – Many mushrooms produce antioxidants and stress-response molecules that protect DNA and mitochondria
Ecosystem mediators – Over 90% of plants depend on fungal partnerships to survive
Mushrooms thrive not by domination, but by cooperation—an evolutionary strategy increasingly relevant to complex diseases.
Top 3 Mushrooms for Immune Support
1. Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) – Rich in PSK and PSP polysaccharides studied for immune activation and adjunct cancer support; widely researched for enhancing immune responsiveness
2. Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) – Known as the “mushroom of immortality,” reishi supports immune balance, stress modulation, and inflammatory regulation rather than simple stimulation
3. Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) – Contains lentinan, a beta-glucan shown to enhance T-cell function and innate immune coordination
Each of these mushrooms works best not as an isolated pill, but as part of a broader strategy that respects nutrition, circadian rhythm, stress regulation, and metabolic health.
Conclusion: The Wisdom Beneath Our Feet
Mushrooms are reminders that intelligence does not always look like speed, conquest, or visibility. Sometimes it looks like patience. Sometimes it lives underground. Sometimes it waits thousands of years, quietly holding ecosystems together.
From shaping Earth’s earliest soils, to forming the largest living organism on the planet, to offering modern science new ways to understand immune coherence and cancer resilience, fungi stand at the crossroads of biology, medicine, and philosophy.
1. Introduction – Different Microbiomes? – What is the Probiotic-Based Immune System?
The immune system has many names, and these days, the common term is the microbiome. Did you know that we have many microbiomes throughout the body?
The microbiome literally means the small living environment or domain. A microbiome is a small universe of living flora or bacteria in different parts of our body. It is specialized for the different areas and accordingly, it has different sets of flora to do different tasks. The key is a proper balance and abundance of friendly bacteria everywhere. Here are three main examples.
Skin Microbiome:
The skin microbiome includes key bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, Propionibacterium acnes, and **Corynebacterium species**, which protect against pathogens and regulate skin health. Disruptions can lead to acne, eczema, and infections. The skin microbiome interacts with the gut and mouth microbiomes and influences mental health via the gut-skin-brain axis.
Gut Microbiome:
The gut microbiome is a vast, living ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms—mostly bacteria, along with fungi, viruses, and spores—that inhabit your intestines. They work together to digest food, create essential vitamins, produce neurotransmitters, strengthen immunity, and maintain overall health.
Key Microbial Groups:
Bacteroides – Break down complex carbohydrates and plant fibers into short-chain fatty acids (like acetate and propionate) that nourish intestinal cells and support metabolism.
Lactobacillus – Help digest lactose, produce lactic acid, and keep harmful microbes under control by maintaining an acidic environment in the gut.
Lactobacillus plantarum – A particularly resilient species that helps protect the intestinal barrier, reduce inflammation, and support nutrient absorption, especially of amino acids and minerals.
Bifidobacterium – Among the first microbes to colonize the infant gut; they digest oligosaccharides, produce B-vitamins, and strengthen immune tolerance while preventing infection by pathogens.
Spore-based bacteria (e.g., Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus coagulans) – Form protective spores that survive stomach acid, aid fiber digestion, and help repopulate the gut after antibiotic use.
Akkermansia muciniphila – Lives in the gut’s mucus layer, supporting barrier integrity, insulin sensitivity, and balanced weight regulation.
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii – One of the most beneficial and abundant species; produces anti-inflammatory compounds and protects against disorders like Crohn’s disease and colitis.
Saccharomyces boulardii(beneficial yeast) – A temporary resident that does not colonize the gut but helps restore balance after antibiotics, reduces diarrhea, inhibits pathogens, and strengthens the gut barrier.
Functions of a Healthy Gut Microbiome:
Digestion – Breaks down fibers, starches, and proteins into absorbable nutrients and short-chain fatty acids that fuel intestinal cells.
Immunity – Trains the immune system, prevents infections, and balances inflammation throughout the body.
Vitamin Production – Synthesizes vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, and K, which are vital for metabolism, nerve health, and blood function.
Neurotransmitter Production – Gut microbes produce key brain chemicals such as serotonin (mood and calmness), dopamine (motivation and pleasure), GABA (relaxation), and acetylcholine (memory and learning). These communicate with the brain through the gut-brain axis, influencing mood, sleep, and cognition.
Gut-Brain Axis – Enables constant two-way communication between the gut and brain through the vagus nerve, hormones, and microbial metabolites — forming the biological basis for the “gut feeling.”
Whole-Body Balance – Interconnected with the skin and oral microbiomes, helping regulate inflammation, nutrient flow, and immune strength across the body.
When Things Go Wrong:
Disruption of this delicate ecosystem — caused by poor diet, chronic stress, toxins, or antibiotic overuse — can lead to inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, insulin resistance, skin disorders, and even depression and anxiety due to disrupted neurotransmitter balance.
In essence:
The gut microbiome is like an inner rainforest — diverse, self-regulating, and essential to life. When it thrives, your entire body and mind flourish.
Mouth Microbiome:
The mouth microbiome includes Streptococcus mutans, Porphyromonas gingivalis*, and Fusobacterium nucleatum, which maintain oral health and initiate digestion. Disruptions can lead to dental caries, gum disease, and systemic infections. The microbiome interacts with the gut and skin microbiomes and affects overall and brain health via the oral-gut-brain axis.
Remember, with a healthy mouth microbiome and nutrition, 70% or more of cavities fix themselves
70% of our immune system is in the gut, and that is our first line of defense against pathogens, and each microbiome has its job, but that is the most important.
We also have immune cells for pathogens or infections. The infrastructure that produces immune cells production and transport, is in the blood and the bone marrow. such as the red and white blood cells and the platelets. These cells are produced in the bone marrow.
2. Interconnections and Brain Relation – the Gut-Brain Axis
All three microbiomes (skin, gut, and mouth) are interconnected, influencing each other’s health and the body’s overall well-being through immune modulation and metabolic pathways. These microbiomes communicate with the brain. The gut communicates by way of the the vagus nerve, thereby performing immune signaling. A healthy balance in these microbiomes is crucial for maintaining not just localized organ health but also systemic and neurological health, reflecting the intricate web of interactions within the human body.
Fermented Foods
3. Seven Advanced Points to understand, for Supporting our Microbiomes
1. Taking medical antibiotics kills all the flora in the gut, and compromises your immune system long-term.
2. Doctors suggest not taking probiotics when taking antibiotics since they will neutralize them. But, if you take spore-based probiotics, a special advanced probiotic, they do not negatively impact the antibiotics and will work to balance the gut even when taking antibiotics. Natto fermented foods and specific spore-based products from microbiomelabs.com are excellent sources and choices.
3. The best way to boost the immune system is with natural fermented foods since they are loaded with live probiotics, just like the ones in our own gut. And, even if there are only a few strains in the probiotic food, it still enhances the health of the microbiome and increases the diversity even beyond the consumed strains.
4. Some bad flora hide in their particular microbiome to avoid being detected. They create a biofilm. For the reproductive area, to combat persistent UTI infections, I recommend a 3-part natural remedy that addresses the microbiome and the biofilm issue. It is uqora.com and I have used it successfully with patients for many years.
5. Fiber is the food of probiotics. Therefore, the more fiber you eat, the more you feed your microbiome, the less inflammation you have, and the less disease you have, since 70% of disease is caused by inflammation
6. Sunlight is good for the microbiome. I recommend that people with gut issues expose their belly to the sun.
7. Improving the gut microbiome can improve mood and positively benefit depression since the gut creates neurotransmitters and happy hormones like serotonin, which are transferred to the brain by way of the gut-brain axis.
In a 2019 study, women with low vitamin D levels who received UVB light therapy showed increased gut microbiome diversity. The gut bacteria composition shifted to resemble that of hunter-gatherer populations with frequent sun exposure.
If you do take antibiotics, there is one group of probiotic products you can take even when you take antibiotics. These are spore-based bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus coagulans and others. They form protective spores that survive antibiotics, stomach acid, aid fiber digestion, and help repopulate the gut after antibiotic use.
PART #1 – INTRODUCTION – What is Disease and Inflammation
What is Disease?
Answer:
Deficiency
Toxicity
The result is inflammation
Did you know that 70-80% of diseases are caused by inflammation?
Disease occurs when the weak parts of the body, either individually or systemically, break down, and disease begins.
For cancer, it is similar, but specifically, it is a deficiency of oxygen and a result of inflammation as well.
Remember, more inflammation in the body leads to more disease, and eventually, there is less oxygen in the body, and an increased risk of cancer.
What is inflammation?
Inflammation is a biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, [deficiencies], or irritants. It is characterized by heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
In simple terms, it means
the body is under attack
It is mounting a response to the attack or survival challenge
Short term, it can recover
In the long term, it causes a breakdown in the body and eventual disease
If most diseases and even cancer can be related to inflammation, then it is important to be able to track that. Other markers are good and very specific, like cancer markers, but the best way to track body health is through markers of inflammation.
PART #2 – Inflammation Markers Defined
In today’s blog post
TITLE: Inflammation Markers – Systemic Analysis for Healing
we go over four major inflammation markers you should always ask your doctor for. These are regular markers taken with blood or urine.
When getting bloodwork, these are some basic tests to ask for to analyze inflammation.
HS-CRP – High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein
SED – Sedimentation Rates
Homocysteine and B12
Melondialdehyde – Cellular Inflammation
Fecal lactoferrin – Bowel Inflammation
#1 – HS-CRP
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a substance produced by the liver in response to inflammation in the body.
The high-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) test specifically detects low levels of CRP, which are often associated with chronic, low-grade inflammation linked to cardiovascular diseases.
Inflammation that triggers CRP production can result from infections, injuries, or chronic conditions such as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, or autoimmune disorders. Elevated CRP levels indicate the presence of systemic inflammation.
#2 – SED Rate
The sedimentation rate (SED rate) test measures how quickly red blood cells settle at the bottom of a test tube over a specific period, typically one hour.
It indirectly indicates the presence of inflammation in the body, as inflammation causes certain proteins, such as fibrinogen, to increase, making red blood cells clump together and settle faster.
Elevated SED rates can result from infections, autoimmune diseases, cancers, or chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. While the test is nonspecific and doesn’t pinpoint the cause of inflammation, it helps monitor disease progression or response to treatment.
#3 – Homocysteine
Homocysteine testing measures the levels of homocysteine, an amino acid in the blood, to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease and certain metabolic or nutritional disorders.
Elevated homocysteine levels, known as hyperhomocysteinemia, can result from deficiencies in vitamin B12, folate, or vitamin B6, as these vitamins are essential for metabolizing homocysteine into other non-harmful compounds.
High levels of homocysteine are associated with increased risks of atherosclerosis, blood clots, and potentially neurodegenerative conditions, making the test valuable for detecting nutritional deficiencies and evaluating cardiovascular health.
Melondialdehyde is sometimes called a meta-oxy test. This test specifically analyzes inflammation on the cellular level and analyses cellular membrane damage. This is a urine test.
Doctors may not be aware of this test or simply not order it for you. It is available.
For your own interests, after searching sources for a long time to get the test on our own, I have found a reasonably priced easy one if your doctor does not order it.
Where to Get a Melondialdehyde Test
If the doctors do not give you the test, get your own, it in inexpensive. Places like Quest Diagnostics probably have it too but seem confused when I ask.
Despite very wide variations of malondialdehyde (MDA) concentrations in biological samples, it is still used as a biomarker of oxidative stress in clinical investigations.
Malondialdehyde (MDA) is the most frequently used biomarker of oxidative stress in many health problems such as cancer, psychiatry, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, or cardiovascular diseases.
#5 – Advanced Gut Inflammation Marker – Fecal Lactoferrin Test
Fecal lactoferrin is a biomarker of severe gastrointestinal inflammation. Gastrointestinal inflammation is associated with increased infiltration of activated neutrophils into the mucosa and increased release of lactoferrin into the gut. Clinical studies have shown that fecal lactoferrin levels in healthy persons are similar to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients but markedly increased in patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Fecal lactoferrin levels are helpful in monitoring disease activity and the efficacy of treatment for IBD.
Part #3 – 12 Tips for Reducing Inflammation
Overall, systemic and cellular detoxification can be targeted with these approaches.
PART #4 – Conclusion – Inflammation Markers are Important
The body is complex and simple at the same time. It has trillions of cells, many organs and glands, and many interconnected systems. But, they have a singular focus, keep us alive. If there is a challenge, all these different resources come to help. One of the first signs of illness or breakdown of the body is inflammation. Everyone should always be following these markers as a baseline for all your health monitoring.
Quantum Biology Lifestyle Medicine Series – Sunlight
Morning Routine – Watch the Sunrise!
Every morning, I watch the sunrise. It is awe-inspiring to see the sun literally move above the horizon right before my very eyes.
Also, I did not know that the sun rises in a different location every day. I thought it was always the same but that is not true. It is east for sure, but it moves across the sky from the left then a little to the right each day, until the solstice, when it does an about face.
My window faces east but, the sun was so far to the right, I had to move way over to the left to catch it rising.
I like to multitask so, I watch the sun while bouncing on my rebounder (personal trampoline) or do yoga and experience a true “Sun Salutation”.
Sun Gazing
Did you know you can look into the sun at sunrise? For about 15 minutes or so, at sunrise, when the angle of the sun is around zero degrees to about 10 degrees, the harmful frequencies are not present. It is all about the angle of the sun.
DO NOT look at the sun at noon and after the sun is above about 10 degrees, 15-30 minutes after earth sunrise. Be even more conservative if you see mountains or buildings to your east since that would mean the sunrise to your view, is appearing later but has actually already risen.
Check on the internet or use a great app mycircadian on your phone and it will also give you alerts.
Also, do not worry if it is overcast weather. The amazing power of the sun, with its penetrating waves and particles, is still beneficial.
The Amazing Light Journey from the Sun to our Brain
Step #1 – The sun uses frequencies and communicates with the melanopsin in our eyes, highly light-sensitive nerves.
Step #2 – Then the nerves send signals and messages via the retinohypothalamic (Eye-Hypothalamus) tract to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus of the brain. The SCN is like a light processing computer center.
Step #3 – The SCN, our sun energy receiver device, communicates with the pineal gland and other locations to tell the body to get to work. Everything in the body is managed through this process since every single cell has circadian rhythms and it is told what to do from the SCN.
Our brain literally communicates with the sun from 92 million miles away! Remember, the sun was here first, about 4.5 billion years ago and everything on earth, including humans and plants, are co-creators and recipients of sun energy that was here much longer than when we arrived on the scene. Therefore, we have adapted to this external environment and tapped into it schedules and frequencies.
From the Sun to our Brain
Why look at the Sun?
First, it is fun to watch this massive fireball slowly rise over the horizon. It is quite humbling.
I also want to start my day off right and initialize my body with proper programming and rebooting from the sun.
I want to set my body rhythms, my circadian rhythms and be in sync with the entire universe too, with the frequency encoding especially since we are interconnected with the energies of healing light, the planets, the sun, and universal elements like hydrogen, oxygen, and even an important but not well-discussed element deuterium that we will discuss later.
My location on earth, the time of day, the season, the angle of the sun, is all communicated to my brain with collaboration from the sun to my eyeballs! So, if it is winter, the body is given different instructions than it would if it were summer.
The instructions come in different light frequencies. These light frequencies give different messages and are also healing frequencies too.
Improves sleep by properly turning off melatonin and turning on cortisol
Improves Cellular health and circulation
How Infrared Light Improves Circulation
Deep Penetration of Infrared Light
Infrared light from the sunrise can penetrate up to 8-10 millimeters beneath the skin, reaching capillaries, blood vessels, and even underlying tissues.
This deep interaction stimulates cells and promotes the release of nitric oxide, a molecule essential for blood vessel dilation.
Nitric Oxide Release
Nitric oxide helps relax and expand blood vessels, improving blood flow and reducing vascular resistance.
Enhanced blood circulation ensures better oxygen and nutrient delivery to tissues and organs, supporting overall health.
Reduced Inflammation
The gentle infrared light can reduce inflammation in blood vessels, improving their flexibility and reducing risks of conditions like hypertension.
Improved microcirculation enhances healing in areas where blood flow might otherwise be sluggish.
Cellular Energy Boost
Infrared light stimulates mitochondria in cells to produce more ATP (energy).
This increase in energy improves cellular functions, aiding repair and regeneration in blood vessel linings and surrounding tissues.
Improves Capillary Health
Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels responsible for nutrient and oxygen exchange.
Sunrise infrared light supports capillary efficiency, allowing them to function better in delivering nutrients and removing waste.
Conclusion – Circadian Rhythms for Daily Living
Our bodies have a clear day shift and night shift. Watching the sunrise sunlight emphatically ends the night shift activities managed by melatonin, and starts the daylight shift, managed by cortisol. Enjoy watching the heavenly bodies of the universe as they arrive to give us light and life every morning.
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