Light & circadian rhythms are critical to metabolic health

Check out my talk from Albury Regenerate Summit 👉 https://youtu.be/vgrFpPusSKU?si=UsBLIwRRlV5Vp1hg

Yes and make deliberate sun exposure on the skin, titrated to skin type/ancestry and ambient ultraviolet conditions, a part of daily regular health practice

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT & DIABETES

How the modern artificial light environment is contributing to the epidemic of metabolic dysfunction.

My talk from Regenerate Albury 2024

Check it out 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3NEmbaH0So

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Sydney Summit - March 22nd at Scots Church 🔥

We have secured the iconic heritage listed Sydney church for our first-ever REGENERATE Sydney event. This amazing auditorium fits a huge congregation and will be the perfect venue to hear the message of truth in food and health!

We have three powerful ladies speakingin Rachel Ward, Natalie West and Belinda Fetke plus Dr Anthony Chaffee and yours truly.

It is shaping up to be a great day.

We are hosting our 4th Regenerate Decentralised health event in March both Sydney, NSW & Melbourne, VIC

It is based on 3 pillars of optimal health

- applied circadian & quantum biology

- ancestral nutrition (carnivore, locavire)

- regenerative farming

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Grab in person ticket - https://www.regenerateaus.com/collections/regenerate-march-2025

Grab a livestream ticket - https://www.regenerateaus.com/products/livestream-ticket-regenerate-melbourne

For those in Australia we have a civil response organisation called the State Emergency Service, abbreviated to ‘SES’

When I counsel patients on what foods should make up the bulk of their diet, I use the same acronym

S - STEAK (or any other red meat)

E - EGGS

S - SEAFOOD

I then add two more critical meta rules:

1. Source as locally as possible. This rule solves for myriad food supply problems from transparency, provenance but most importantly provides coherence in mitochondrial food & environment (light & temperature) input signals

2. Only eat during daylight hours. This ensures food intake is optimised to circadian clocks, and prevents peripheral gut clock desynchronisation of eating late at night. A large breakfast of protein & fat soon after waking & AM sunlight viewing is most optimal to promote leptin sensitivity, lipolysis & optimal circadian health.

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In the latest podcast episode I talk with Roudy Nassif on how light controls metabolism

If you’re trying to lose weight or reverse diabetes without paying attention to light you are battling uphill

👉 https://youtu.be/GK6hYlwx6bs?si=c2HclXYgMAFVxrDN

Melanocortin receptor mutations underly key human monogenic obesity disorders

POMC gene is ancient, at least 500 million years old.

It is a key total-body regulatory system regulating an incredibly diverse set of bodily functions.

It’s key cleavage products include

- adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

- alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (a-MSH)

- beta lipotropin

- beta endorphin

As well as b-MSH, y-MSH & CLIP

Leptin resistance = weight loss resistance

Disordered circadian light signals and insulation from ambient temperature cues is a shortcut to leptin resistance

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) physiology explains why environmental signals of LIGHT & TEMPERATURE are key to metabolic health and weight loss

Here’s a brief overview🧵

Catch my interview with Prof Guy on the Regenerative Health Podcast

https://youtu.be/deqhjqknFtU?si=zKQPy_eO4IjZLkzl

Quantum biological processes are occurring in biology

They govern the key functions of your mitochondria, the energy-producing (transforming) organelles in your cells

Insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction is simply a form of mitochondrial inefficiency

To understand metabolic dysfunction, we therefore have to understand the body at a quantum level

This excellent new book by Prof Geoffrey Guy, founder of the Guy Foundation, is a great place to start your learning journey.

UV light signals the brain through the eyes to make POMC peptide hormones that regulate skin tanning, mood, satiety/energy balance, immune health and blood pressure. When we wear sunglasses we are depriving the body of these essential compounds.

Thank you mate

I often use a Carnivore diet in my clinical practice for a variety of indications. This is an excellent overview of common questions 👇

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Optimal health starts with viewing the sunrise with eyes and skin in the game meaning no sunglasses and minimal clothing.

Why? Light is the most powerful ‘zeitgeiber’ or ‘time giver’ which informs your circadian clocks of time of day.

These clocks run all bodily processes, including metabolism, fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and insulin secretion.

Optimal metabolic health is naturally downstream of optimal circadian health.

Last weekend I hosted Australia’s first retreat dedicated to applied circadian biology in the Byron Bay hinterland, NSW. There were

✅ sunrises

✅ grounding

✅ primal movement

✅ sauna & cold plunge

✅ yoga & mediation

✅ coal-grilled meats & low-carb meals

Plus 6 hours of instruction from yours truly about how to thrive in this modern blue-lit world.

True decentralized health education.

To find out about next retreat (potential Costa Rica retreat July 2025) sign up to my email list: https://www.drmaxgulhane.com/