348: Andy Mant - How Light Impacts Your Health

Andy Mant (IG: @iamandymant) is the founder and CEO of BLUblox, a company specializing in evidence based advanced light filtering eyewear.

He's a wealth of knowledge on the topic of light and how the right light is essential for thriving and junk light depletes our health.

Andy's company believes in giving and help give the gift of sight to those in need with their buy one donate one glasses campaign.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Andy & his wife Katie turned $1500 into a multimillion dollar company
• Outsourcing tasks to prevent burnout
• Learning from the success & failures of other businesses
• Andy suffered from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) living in Britain
• Caffeine & junk light led to anxiety for Andy
• Watching the sunrise in the morning as a substitute for caffeine
• Swiss water extracted coffee naturally removes the caffeine
• What is your circadian rhythm?
• Scrolling your phone first thing in the morning tells your brain it's midday
• How junk light negatively impacts your eyes (sleep) & skin
• Blue light can trash your mental health
• It's (mostly) time to ditch your sunglasses
• Your eyes contain the highest concentration of DHA & what happens when it reacts with UV light
• Morning sunlight helps you prevent sunburn later in the day
• The 3 different BLUblox lenses
• Not all blue light glasses are created equal
• Is all lost if your eyes are briefly exposed to junk light at night?
• LED lights flicker causing disruption to your neurological system
• How to ideally light your home to help protect yourself from junk light
• Mimic ancestral light environments
• Software to help decrease junk light coming from your computer & cell phone
• Night Shift on your iPhone isn't a perfect solution
• Andy's 5 pillars of Ultimate Health
• Running a business with your life partner

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