FIRE

"The fire ritual is to spend every morning in the sun, and every evening in darkness. Balance the light and the dark in your life. Balance the light and the dark in your mind."

RESOURCES

Books

Tools

VIDEOS

Holick M. Sunlight and Your Health: An EnLIGHTening Perspective. University of California Television. January 7, 2015.

ARTICLES

Research

Bedrosian TA, Nelson RJ. Timing of light exposure affects mood and brain circuits. Transl Psychiatry. 2017;7(1):e1017.
Green A, Cohen-zion M, Haim A, Dagan Y. Evening light exposure to computer screens disrupts human sleep, biological rhythms, and attention abilities. Chronobiol Int. 2017;34(7):855-865.
Cho Y, Ryu SH, Lee BR, Kim KH, Lee E, Choi J. Effects of artificial light at night on human health: A literature review of observational and experimental studies applied to exposure assessment. Chronobiol Int. 2015;32(9):1294-310.
Fernandez DC, Fogerson PM, Lazzerini ospri L, et al. Light Affects Mood and Learning through Distinct Retina-Brain Pathways. Cell. 2018.
Lindqvist PG. The Winding Path Towards an Inverse Relationship Between Sun Exposure and All-cause Mortality. Anticancer Res. 2018;38(2):1173-1178.
Lindqvist PG, Epstein E, Nielsen K, Landin-olsson M, Ingvar C, Olsson H. Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort. J Intern Med. 2016;280(4):375-87.
Hoel DG, Berwick M, de Gruijl FR, Holick MF. The risks and benefits of sun exposure 2016. Dermato-endocrinology. ; 8(1):e1248325.
Barolet D, Christiaens F, Hamblin MR. Infrared and skin: Friend or foe. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology. 2016; 155:78-85.
Slominski AT, Zmijewski MA, Plonka PM, Szaflarski JP, Paus R. How UV Light Touches the Brain and Endocrine System Through Skin, and Why. Endocrinology. 2018;159(5):1992-2007.