COVID 2024 Surge: The Most Accessible Defense
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- Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explains the evidence and mechanisms behind sunlight as a first line of defense against a new surge of COVID in 2024. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: www.medcram.com/
(This video was recorded on August 29th, 2024)
Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at www.medcram.com/
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
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Why do you list long-Covid, but not CFS/ME, which is more prevalent?
Have you tested Ivermectin on patients?
@5:20 WOW this why they (Not Big Pharma) are using Near-Infrared against Dementia. Now I understand in can reach the mitochondria in the brain.
Much less studied until COVID, im.jsb damaged, 4years in, was pre med, totally unaware of nr/cfs until I got COVID, hear u with my heart@@joeboxter3635
@@moirabaggett9501 He is not a Veterinarian.
The guy in the hospital who got better after going outside probably also benefited psychologically from being in the sun. It's a little harder to think you're dying when you are feeling the light of life on your skin.
It's funny isn't it, for hundreds of thousands of years we evolved to live outdoors among vegetation. Who'd have thought returning to the habitat we have evolved to thrive in would bring us good health!
It's cheerful😊
It provides free energy body systems love that.
Remember how tuberculosis patients used to be put outside in the sun?
You can even find a photo of patients out in the sun in the middle of winter. "You're cold? Too bad, the sun is your medicine."
I thought it was because UV light kills TB so you dont have to isolate.
Additionally, methylene blue was given intravenously before the sunlight exposure. look it up
I recall reading that's how the 1918 flu patients were eventually treated when other measures weren't working. It was called open-air therapy. Patients and staff did much better being outside or in a porch where there was sunshine. I think Kellogg also used this method at his sanitarium in Michigan.
Yes, and hospitals often had something called a solarium just for that purpose.
I love how this dude, with all of his experience and expertise with critically ill patients, will drop videos about the most simple things we can do to improve our health and explain them in ways that are driven by data and evidence based practice.
Been following you since 2017, much love and respect 👊
I have a shortlist of people who I trust implicitly ... Roger Seheult is at the top.
@@waynehiebert3801 100%
Agree 💯
@@waynehiebert3801perhaps you need a trip down memory lane - go back 3 years and have a review of what Roger was promoting / defending then. - No mention of Vit D , infrared, fitness, exercise, fresh air etc etc etc then - he was too busy firstly defending experimental jabs and then trying to deny that said jabs have anything to do with global excess deaths etc etc 🙄🙄😡
Bringing all the info to a lay person & making it understood is a gift, beside his medical skills.
I have been an ICU nurse and will always be at heart and I’m currently a family nurse practitioner… it’s important to stay professional, but intensivists and pulmonologists such as yourself are both heroes and inspirations.
Thank you. Where I practice we have a strong team approach that appreciates the role of the ICU nurse, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, physical therapist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, social worker, and chaplain. Even case manager. 
When we stand in front of the patient’s room with the family included, there’s nothing that beats that approach 
This is so weird. I am 72. I have had all the Covid shots. But my son came home for a while and brought Covid with him. We all got it . Me the worse. I had to go to the hospital because my throat was so bad I could hardly swallow. I woke up today not feeling to great. I decided I needed to go out and sit in the sun. I felt so much better after being outside. Then I came in and saw this video. I have always opened my window and let sun and air in. Even in the winter. That is how I was raised. My grandmother, Mother and everyone before them believed in sun and fresh air. I think you were brilliant to take this man out into the light and air. I hope more studies are done too. Even though, in reality, they aren’t need. We’ve known this for a very long time. But, lots of business, pharmaceutical companies etc. would argue with that. Great video !
Good point: it appears the trials have progressed to the point of adding recommendations for getting modest amounts of sunlight when the patient's records do not contraindicate it. It sure seems to be in the "can't hurt, might help" regime.
indoor air pollution from heating/cooking was a big problem in the old days
@@firstlast-pt5pp
It still is as houses are so well insulated.
The vaccines damage your immunity and put you at higher risk of acquiring COVID-19. Make sure your Vitamin D level is high normal.
First, while I respect everyone’s to choose, no one by now, knowing the risks of the mRNA vaccine should ever get another shot. That being said, I never got the vaccine. My husband got vaccinated and boostered. I never got Covid despite being exposed to it several times. However, my husband has had it several times. Plus, at 64, he’s someone who has neve4 been sick but now he’s on 5 PRESCRIPTION meds because of a heart issue. The cardiac nurse said she’s sure he’s vaccine injured.
What I learned during Long Covid was the importance of light and infrared light-getting outside for the sunrise and sunset. I have done it every day since then, and at 70, I still fall to sleep right on time quickly, and sleep well until sunrise. I learned from your initial video (Light is Medicine) and my entire life has changed. I have a sleep app on my watch and I score very high every night. I have contracted COVID 19 twice since then, but quickly recovered those times. The first time was pure hell, but after 4 months, I recovered and learned so much about how to get back to health through the supplements (NAC, Vitamin D3 and K2, Super B complex and more),, fresh whole food diet even when I'm not hungry,, lots of quality protein, sauna, and the superstar (I believe) being light. Gentle exercise like Pilates and Yoga were what I did through Long Covid, and I noticed that while I had extreme fatigue, I still had enough strength after a month or so to do resistance training. I also went outside barefoot and touched the plants and trees to ground while being in the sunlight.
Great personal experience! May I ask why you continued to catch Covid? You seem to know what’s healthy, and seemingly wouldn’t want to make your long Covid worse. Did you stop wearing your mask indoors? Are you in a senior facility where spread is high? I haven’t caught it once. I can’t imagine having Covid several times, especially long Covid!
COVID is a political warfare tool.
Excellent! Tu, I'm I NE, so no sun in winter, looking into red light, sitting by a window w modern glass wont help🙏💕
Thanks for sharing. I’ve found that when I get a video on a great topic for health, I ALWAYS go to the comments because what people share are just as important to support their experience with the science presented. Keep commenting, there is great value to us viewers.
Sunlight, grounding, and supplements saved me as well.
That patient's story was incredible and it is so powerful that I had some tears of joy. Dr. Seheult, you are such a very good doctor and care about your patients.
It brings tears to my eye just remembering his story. 👍
@@Medcram I was especially struck by his question "How long do I have to live?" In retrospect, the best answer would have been, "In one week we will know." That progression in O2 requirements must have been weighing on your mind. If you had not been there....
@@MedcramMy daughter was so grateful you were her pulmonologist at San Gogornio when she had Covid and her lung collapsed. You saved her life and she’s able to continue raising her four children. God bless you ❤
@@flagmichael It was. Nothing makes me more anxious is to see someone at the end of their "oxygen rope". We can't go much higher than 35 liters/min of 100% oxygen.
The problem is there’s no ICD10 code to bill for sunlight treatment.
NF-H2He-450-1 exposure to H-to-He nuclear fusion reactor at a distance of on Astronautical Unit (1 AU) 😂
@@ttcc5273 That's creative!
@@ttcc5273😂😂😂
I was instantly reminded of putting my newborn daughters bassinet near a window to allow the sun to help cure her jaundice
Sadly NIR doesn't penetrate windows.
Near-infrared light passes through clear glass and will reflect off metal surfaces, including mirrors.
I think it depends on the type of glass, no? ,@@vin5388
Definitely depends on the type of window. As stated, clear glass and single pane, it sure does. If you have Low-E double or triple pane then not so much. UV for vitamin D is a different story - general need sun high in the sky and skin exposed, UV does not penetrate. Thank you Dr S!
@@vin5388 it does i cant sit by windows with lupus mine is avoid sunlight just have vitamin d
When I worked as an ICU nurse, I remember asking to take my long ICU patients outside. It made such a difference- decreased ICU psychosis and anxiety among other things. It was a lot of work to transport them but it was a noticeable difference.
I’d love to hear your stories! Please email us at medcram.com and tell them I asked you, or share them here!
For a little over a month I have been working three nights a week at a 24 hour convenience store. I will be 72 years old this month, and I have been quite overweight since I retired five years ago. The job is demanding, causing me to lose 13 pounds so far with my tattletale watch recording 8000-12000 steps per day when I work. After the first week of dragging myself around the house I began taking 30-45 minute walks with my 17 yo grandson. Conversation, exercise, sunlight, scenery, balance of activity and rest, social interaction... I would never have guessed it would help _this_ much!
Next month I have an appointment with my PCP; I will be interested in reviewing my blood pressure medications. My BP has been consistently low for a few weeks now. Maybe there is something to "healthy living."
I remember being sick as a child, with a cold or tummy bug. When I sat outside in the sun I felt much better and seemed to recover quicker.
This is just another reason why long hospital admissions don't support patient's recovery or long term physical and mental health.
My wife, who spent most of her nursing career in elder care, often despaired over institutionalization of patients who were still functional. They go in alive and almost invariably do not come out alive.
@@flagmichael The first causalities of the pandemic were the nursing homes.
Sunlight exposure is yet another reason to play more golf. Thanks Dr. S, I will make sure to let my wife know whenever she gives me “that look” whenever I want to play.
Come play golf.
Many courses around Sunset Beach NC.
Lots of nice things here!
😁😁
Lol
Maybe she wants you to take her yo the beach or to the park? You need 20 minutes, not 5 hours. Unhappy wife doesn't mean a happy life.
@@rdallas81Yes get that daylight by playing golf and exercise by refusing the golf cart. A double whammy!!!
I retired from a 30 year career in landscaping. Outside every day. Never got Covid / Flu despite exposure. I shared excellent health with my co-workers. In retirement, my hobby is gardening and I continue my good health. If someone could study all of us with outdoor careers / hobbies , that should surely show the benefits of light.
They practically locked people in the house,then blocked off the walking trails and access to beaches ,where people could actually enjoy being outside ,in the sun..I myself when I have been sick ,crave laying in the sun,now I guess my body is telling me what I need..Thx😊
What a crying shame. Best wishes from NZ.
Inconvenient Truth
We weren't locked in, I took long walks with my dogs every day.
@@lindaflesch7303exactly. I worked as a Contact Tracer for my county public health during Covid. I always told people to get outside! No one was keeping them from being out in their own yard or walking down their street/road. So many thought they had to stay indoors. It was so sad.
@@lindaflesch7303maybe you weren't,but all the parks and beaches were closed in our state and this cause people to all go out in the street to walk.. causing more congestion than if we had just been allowed to go to all available parks. My street looked like a street in NY. I'll never forget it.
I'm an FNP and been telling my patients this for at least 15 years. Since your channel came online, I tell them and refer them here often. Thank you Dr. Seheult.
Drying clothes on a clothesline is quite heathtful. Learned that 50 years ago. Thanks Roger.
How does that help?
I have to pause this video for a while for this comment.
It makes perfect sense to me now as to why our old folks soak us under the sun esp. during the morning here in the Philippines. In school, our teachers back the 90's allow us to play under the sun between 9:30 AM & 10 AM during our recess.
Cheers & mabuhay, from my end--the Philippines!
I had COVID last week and sat outside in the sun for at least a couple of hours each day. The illness was not that severe (I am unvaxxed) and I recovered quickly. Who knows how it would have gone otherwise, but it felt like it helped.
Same here ( the unjibby jabby joo) lots otlf sun, vitamin C, and outside air.
Have not been sick in years.
Have not missed a single day of work.
😊
that means your actually tested ?! Those tests killed me in march 2020 -- had covid when it was actually severe (so were the five gee towers going on and on), and I got worse every week with every swab they forced me to get, and I refused the vent which is why I was still alive. Covid stopped being severe in spring 2020. you'd be fine, after 2020 anyway..... I'm a nurse, and all we had to do with treat this as we always did before it had a name.....treat the symptoms with anti inflammatories, antihistamines, etc. I got nothing, and got worse from the swabs. No need to test, which is dangerous ...more than the thing itself. Just keep the d levels, up, sleep early and well, eat well with our seed oils, get sun, be joyful, be grateful, and then pop some de wormer if you think it's 'something'...but not a good idea for many reasons to stick up and back which is dark spirited. It's not a vax so can we pease stop referring it to as such? I'm not shot-up either, and never got suck since 2020, and wasn't even sick with the flu, ever, in 24 years of nursing and I should be because I have "genetic issues"....nope )
They told me to rest the whole time! I've been laying around today is day 7 with covid and I feel so bad! Might go in the sun tomorrow
@@shainaroark3955 Hopefully, fresh air and sunshine are helpful. Is this your first infection?
I got COVID during this summer surge 3 weeks ago and while I was at home recovering I sat outside in the sun for 30 minutes and I feel that this therapy plus rest helped in my recovery journey.
I wish I had tried that.
The strain of covid going around now is milder, that helps. It took me 5 days to recover. But yes I was on vacation and got plenty of sun.
@@hectorvazquez7929 Glad you thought to do that. Hope you are feeling well now.
There's so few things these days that are so clear when looking at the evidence. This is really incredible stuff that keeps being shown over and over. It's so easy and free!
I'm going to tell all my friends and family about this, as well as share this with my doctor. :) Thank you!
I think the major agriculture businesses have created our current sun paranoia. No RCT'S SUPPORT IT. Considering they blame our sun (life source) for associations based on informant (usually unreliable) data. The sun is our LIFE SOURCE. AVOID IT AT YOUR PERIL. Don't burn but gradual moderate sun (direct) is BENEFICIAL. No sun has serious health implications.
In Cambridge, UK we were taking Covid patients out into the sunlight during the first wave. No idea if it was a part of the trial or not. Patients on beds.
That’s amazing. Who decided that? Would love to know more!
@@MedcramI will try to find out and let you know
@@Medcramso, this is what I found ( I am a nurse). The reason was twofold, 1. For the families to be able to see their loved ones, there was no visits in hospital during pandemic. 2. For patients wellbeing, especially if they were already out of sedation.
Also, ICU still takes patients to the garden, even when on ventilator, as long as they are stable haemodynamically. Portable ventilator. Airway trained doctors, physios and nurse. Emergency transfer equipment
I was former president of the Battle Creek Adventist Hospital, and worked a lot on the historical material. In 2019 Dr. Kellogg had all the patients spending two hours a day in the sunlight.
Yes he did. Also had them doing hydrotherapy.
ruclips.net/video/oRkxH56LqCo/видео.htmlsi=cFsZ87QIZMbLs2ir
@@Medcram Hippocrates prescriptions for health- massage therapy, food, hydrotherapy and heliotherapy. Western medicine, at its roots, is very wholistic. Allopathic "modern" medicine is not Western medicine at all!! Thanks for giving me something to share with friends and family.
Need to get more info from you. Email Medcram and ask them to patch you through.
Been following you since dr berg had you on this channel !! Love all your content!! Thank you for making it simple to understand for us non drs.
My pleasure!
Dr. Seheult and Dr Kyle:
Thank you for pouring through the latest scientific literature and presenting us with the latest research on Covid-19 therapies. What a wonderful gift from God that the sunlight (which is free) can have such a dramatic effect in helping patients so significantly. I love all your lectures; you guys make difficult content to understand so easy to grasp. The best MD teachers. God bless you both and your loved ones! ❤
When I was young, hospitals would wheel patients outside or into a sun room to get sunlight and fresh air everyday. Doctors used to prescribe it except for when I got measles and had to stay in darkness to protect my eyes. Then years later I go to a different hospital and was surprised to find no sunroom or patio for patients and the patient windows not only did not open, but seemed to have a dark tint on them not allowing any sun or fresh air into the room. People seemed a lot sicker then too. And nurses no longer dressed like a nurse with pride and patient care seemed to go down the tubes too. Now you go into the hospital and cannot even get a cup of water. Hardly ever see any personnel (can't call them nurses because I doubt that are any left). No wonder people drop dead so often and hospitals are such dreary places now with dark colors, dark windows and low lights. Bring back the old days of bright and cheery hospital rooms, bright sunlight and sun rooms and real nurses in wearing white and your own doctor overseeing your care!!
Good thing Governor Newsom of California closed all of the parks and beaches in California. You didn’t even need this study to know just being healthy increases your chance of survival to Covid. These studies amplify that knowledge with a root cause.
They just didn't know any better
@@lindaflesch7303I totally agree. But any doctor could have told him that outdoors is where to be.
@@lindaflesch7303 All you had to do is see how they handled the 1917 pandemic.
Dear Doctor, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do. And for free at that!!!
This whole sun exposure thing might explain why COVID rates in Africa never really spiked outside of South Africa ... sun exposure in the rest of the continent's population would have been higher than in other parts of the world where people either have shorter periods of direct sun or spend less time in the sun for other reasons.
It also suggests why COVID spikes in FL in the summer, which is when Floridians are least likely to be outside and most likely to be inside to catch AC.
Totally amazing. I’ve known this for quite some time. I work from home and I make sure to go outside and just a pair shorts with no shirt in my backyard and I get about 15 minutes of sun every day and I tell everyone I know to do the same, especially if they’re sick to get outside and get in the sun so you have the most skin exposure. I live in Michigan, so I also bought a red light therapy device to use in the winter. thank you for the great message.
Love this article! I am a bad sleeper so I’ve found an article about infrared light that helps with sleeping and it does! Also I’m very privileged to live in a house with a big garden! So we take daily walks through the garden and enjoy the fresh air! Also hanging my washing out in the sun to dry and specially my bedding, hmmmm, I always to my husband, smell the sunlight! Yes, God gave us this awesome bright light in the sky to help with diseases and lifting moods and sterilizing our clothes and bedding! Thanks dr S❤
It is so good to see a video on RUclips that is based on proper medical science and not fads or other forms of rubbish. From an Australian doctor
You are a gift to humanity!!!
How about trying to create policy that not only endorses light exposure, but also endorse purified air in buildings. Since covid is disabling and here to stay, it would make sense to incorporate that.
They should mandate and give money to all schools to have purified air. They should have outdoor garden classes at every elementary school.
@@5amiann wouldn’t that be wonderful?
I work in an ER where we board many mental health patients for weeks or months until they are admitted or have found suitable placement. There are no windows in the ED and patients aren't aloud to leave due to elopement risk. I have wondered how much that has affected their mental health.😢
My mental and physical health would be overflowing with joy, no joke! I have Xeroderma Pigmentosum and have finally got my windows blocked out. I can now function because sunlight was getting in and harming me. I could do 2 windows a month and finally finished the project. I feel so much better! I know a man who had his house built without windows because he has XP. I'm jealous of people who can tolerate sun, I just have my fun at night!
Surely they could be brought to a room even one at a time even every second day with light and windows that they could sit next to and be even watched for 15 minutes
@@Coogi622like a vampire 😢 .
I have light sensitivity due to SLE and I also do much at night like a vampire 😊
@@yvonne3903 Too bad nothing much is open at night anymore but I go flashlight hiking and find fun, otherwise never getting out of the box would be depressing as hell.
@@yvonne3903
I had to look up SLE, so obviously I don't know anything about it.
I then looked up "SLE vitamin D" because or it's effect on other autoimmune diseases.
Check out how some controversial doctors utilizes vitamin D3 for MS. That's what I would do if I had any autoimmune disease.
I myself aim for blood levels of 50 -- 100 ng/ml of 25(OH)D, and require 10'000 IU to get there. That's a dose for someone healthy, though.
It's hard to believe that hospitals don't usually come with a garden or park for the patients to roam around, on foot or in a wheel chair. Instead too many rot in their beds in dim light and watch television. And why doctors don't prescribe sun bathing, gym, swimming and hiking in the woods to their overweight patients with diabetes and hypertension? This works way better than all the chronic prescriptions that people receive for years and years without getting any health improvements.
Responsible health insurance companies should sponsor this for their own benefit - as it saves lives and healthcare costs. When I lived in the UK, my fees for the gym and swimming club were mostly covered by the health insurance and the corporation I worked for. When I was a kid I was sent to a convalescence place for kids in the Alps in Germany after I had had whupping cough. During the 6 week stay, which was during winter, we not only "had to" play outside in the snow when the weather was good enough, but also were held to take an early afternoon nap under big blankets outside in the sun.
I'm now 71, I never got Covid even though I refused to take any "boosters" after the 2 initial doses. Instead I heeded the recommendations: Vitamin D3, zinc, magnesium, vitamin C, cold showers to make you chill, and spend as much time as you can outside, bike or hike in the forest. Boost and harden your immune system, and adore the sun. There is a reason it's been a god or goddess in all ancient religions.
God’s disinfectant☀️🙂☀️
Been following you since Covid and you are a doctor with integrity and passion and I appreciate doctors like you. The amount of bad experience I had, then I see there are still docs like you, who are still passionate about their patients, really thank you ❤
My father had laugh when I arranged a seat under mango tree to improve his health.He is 79 years. My parents think me a quake.
Such good information. God is so good...He has given us everything we need to stay healthy - we just need to use it
💜🙏💜
A million Americans died of COVID
When I had Omicron in Sept 2022, I made a point to sit out in the sun for 30 minutes in the afternoons as soon as I could (after 2 days of feeling like I had the flu). Within a couple days of afternoon sun, the illness was basically over except being tired and then loss of sense of smell. I always took D3 supplements too. Went to the doc a few weeks later, D3 came in at 62. I'm in WA State - latitude too high to get much D3 most of the year.
I'm a respiratory therapist and curious, Is this continuous exposure to the sun, or a cumulative exposure throughout the day light hours. Also any difference between sunrise vs sunset.
Not sure if you've seen this already, but I think he covers it here. ruclips.net/video/5YV_iKnzDRg/видео.htmlsi=F3cXhZBrXRTi3qa_I do remember that early morning sun is the best.
Fantastic video!!! Thank you. I'm a sunshine worshiper. I'm a geezer and was born in an old sanatorium. One side of the building was a balcony for patients to get out in the sun. I've always believed in the old ways of opening blinds, windows, doors and getting outside in the sun.
Me too. After 70 years of gradual but steady sun exposure my skin is like a 20year old's. No sun equals a shorter, uglier & less healthy life.
How about sun damage, skin cancer? Do you wear sunscreen?
@@gskyle4822 I had a lot of sun exposure on my arms since I was a child but not so much in middle age. I have had two squamous carcinomas removed from my right forearm in my 60s, nothing else since then. (Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.) Just my guess: there is an ideal range of sun exposure that probably varies from person to person.
@@flagmichael Its a double edge sword, sun damage is real, esp sun exposure during noon time. But that's also when you get max Vit D production. I wish Medcram would give some guidance on the topic of sunscreen.
My 82 year old dad breezes through every covid infection. He is outside every day on his bicycle 50 years straight. Yesterday he rode 75km, 3,000ft gain on his bike. Always a bit of a tan, hours out in the sun right through the pandemic. Though I'd like to know the effect of sunscreen, long sleeves and our PNW cloudy winter weather on infrared therapy.
75km?
Remember that IR portion of light penetrates through everything including bone. IR light is what you're after, not UV.
@@Vanguardkl - 75 thousand yards. Not at all typical for an 82 year old man.
@@jrstfno - he said 75 kms which, depending on where you live, is very doable particularly if you have an e-bike👍
@@ac6084 So, we should still wear sunscreen which blocks UV. Chemical sunscreen vs mineral sunscreen, wonder if one is better than the other?
In January when I had COViD. I did everything to fight it but the game changer was placing a chair in middle of yard indirect sunlight and with all my might walking to that spot daily, sitting there 15 minutes few times though day…think that is what started to speed up my recovery.
I have been working as a RN in progressive/ critical care for 32 years. This is an excellent video! Excellent advice!
This is essential information and much appreciated. Go out and enjoy the green spaces and nature's light.
These guys are our virtual medical Heroes.
Thank you for the update.
Before c19 we used to wheel my grandmother out into the sunshine. Wish the staff cared more
I went out in the sun instead of getting vaccinated. Worked wonders for my health!
This is wonderful information to add to my arsenal of preventative measures. Thank you! Your work is very appreciated!
If only all doctors cared as much as you. I have alpha one anti trypsin deficiency and found out on the internet I’m at an even higher risk of severe covid. I’m also B12 and vit D deficient. I have EPI and type 2 diabetes causing malabsorption of vitamins and nutrients. Thank you for this♥️
Excellent review. Thanks. The pics of IR going through the hand were instructive.
Problem is, the pharmaceutical industry can’t make money from sunshine, so information about this simple and effective therapy of light exposure won’t see the light of day. (Pardon the pun.)
It's refreshing, some pun intended!, to listen to a Doctor who isn't totally laser focused on lining his/her pockets all the time, here we have a Doc inspiring us to take advantage of something that's FREE. I'm lucky, I moved from a perpetually grey sky country to a tropical one some time ago and walk at least 30-40 mins each day, generally either quite early or not long before dusk as it's soooo hot between 10am and 4pm, BUT, I also make a point in sitting on the South facing yard of my house for maybe 15/20 mins each day, shirtless, to get my daily dose of Vitamin D, guess I'm getting some near IR at the same time although I'm not in a green environment.
IMO They knew what they were doing by taking away inferred lightbulbs.
This video needs to be shared everywhere on Social Media. ❤
I have been on the sunlight bandwagon for a while now. Why is this so controversial? I tell people about the stuff I've learned and felt and they say "I get a lot of sunlight" and continue to sit inside all day long and put on sunscreen every time they go out the door. I don't understand.
Can't thank you enough for all your efforts and keeping us upto date with new findings.
Thank you so much Dr. to remind us how beneficial the morning sunlight is! 🙏🙏
God made mornings for sleeping.
Higher level of Multiple Schlerosis in northern areas too.
immediately went outside and soaked in the sun for 20 minutes
Amazing! I and my hubby with heart failure thank you! I wondered why neither of us slept while hospitalized. Even with sleeping pills, nada! No sun. For weeks, sometimes. He has a light source, but his butt is getting outside, today. For years he hasn't slept well, lack of sun, because of skin cancer??? He can cover up, and still get the infra red he needs! I am soooooo glad I watched this. I will let you guys know for sure, if this helps!! Dr. Sheult is gonna change our sick care models!! Jeannie in Lakeport California
Greetings to Lakeport!
If doing sun exposure I would suggest you check the UV index every time, before you go out, this will let you know the "time to burn". You need to avoid excessive UV exposure for good health too. But this UV index changes with the seasons and with the daytime.
Problem is you need high sun and UV to get the vitamin D benefits.
@@jamessmith1652Just use D3 supplements
@@jamessmith1652 - he's still correct, we need to avoid burning.
@@jrstf what about tanning? It protects but it's also damage right?
@@jamessmith1652
That's exactly what the UV index tells you!
Here in Stockholm the UV index was 3 the first time the sun was above 45°. That was in the middle of May. It took me 3 weeks of 1 h a day exposure to get a reasonable sun burn (without any burning, of course).
In the middle of August, the UV index was back down to 3 again, and that's only around noon.
We don't have enough sun here in Stockholm, Sweden. Only 3 months to get any vitamin D from the sun!
Thank you Doctor! This wonderful video completely reenforces everything I have known for so many years. I am 77 years young and NEVER sick. I live on 8 acres of rural property in the Sierra Mountains of Northern California, I am an arborist/tree hugger and addicted to working outside in my organic vegetable garden everyday. I do take Vitamin D3 which is important also, especially as we age.
Thank you so much, for stepping outside the dogma, going above and beyond to help us understand better, how to keep ourselves healthy!!
Your tone - even more so when replying to comments - and your approach to medical science - is one thing that will lead me back to trust. Thank you
Thank YOU!
As always very informative! Thank you Dr S.
I didn’t need a study to know this information. Geesh how do people not know this instinctively.
Our instincts about such things are terribly unreliable.
Unfortunately every new invention or protocol never looks at how it will affect our health. Most are only concerned about whether it makes money.
My sister, who worked in dermatology all her career, has admonished me all my adult life for not wearing sunscreen cream and for being an even mostly clothed sunbather. I love fresh air and water is my go to beverage. I wish all humans were able to have these god given gifts. I really appreciated this video. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
So, what about sunscreen? How do we balance getting enough sun on our skin and yet avoiding skin cancer and premature aging of the skin?
There are two types of sunscreens - chemical and physical. Chemical sunscreens are carcinogenic and many brands have been recalled or banned outright - google ‘banana boat cancer’. Physical sunscreen such as zinc oxide deflect sunlight and can provide better protection but at what cost? Completely blocking sunlight hinders it’s therapeutic benefits. The best thing to do is exposure during the morning before the UV index peaks. Ideal this is between 9am and 11am. For optimal absorption expose the back of the neck, chest and the arms. Sunlight is also necessary for eye health. Children who spend more time outdoors have been found to have better eyesight and less likely to require glasses. I recommend you can research further.
sunscreen is poison....chemicals!
Cover up and limit your time in full sun...
Whoa, loved the "it doesn't require a supply chain." I teach supply chain management and have worked in the field for 20 years, love that a medical doctor used the term. Yep, the sun's supply chain is well beyond our control. Only problem with getting 20 minutes more outside than I normally would... where I live, the air quality has been horrible for weeks because of forest fires. The air is yellow, it smells like burning tires. Are sunshine lamps acceptable instead? The kind that people use when they have seasonal affective disorder?
Yes. They’ll help with depression but not infrared. Sorry about the burning. Thanks for commenting
I never could understand why people were not put out in the sun during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic in 1918, the medical community noted that flu patients around the world who were housed outside in those large tents, and spent time in the sun, seemed to improve more quickly and fully.
Kudos!! Much-needed, much appreciated!
Near infrared - Near Infrared LED vs near infrared incandescent bulb - would there be a difference in efficacy?
Thank you Dr Seheult for sharing this
I got covid for the first time in July (4 vax shots. Infection was 8 months after my last shot). I spent pretty much the majority of every sunny day during my acute phase and about 1 week post symptoms outside in the sun. I have no idea if it helped, as I still have a lingering symptom (tinnitus), but I figure it could easily have been worse. I have no brain fog or respiratory issues. My uncle got COVID for the second time and had to retire early due to long COVID.
While I was sick I took an anti inflammatory (flurbiprofen), vit D, vit c, quercitin, zinc, magnesium, and loratadine. Also, about half a gallon of water a day.
Dealing with the tinnitus has been rough. The first week was the lowest I've felt in my entire life. Things are better now but I have to wear special earplugs if I am around loud noises. Also, while the tinnitus volume has lowered on average, I still get very bad spikes. Overall, my quality of life is still degraded.
COVID is not taken seriously enough and there is no political appetite to better address this endemic stage. Long COVID is going to be a huge drag on the economy in the long run and I fear down the road we are going to regret not taking it seriously on a national level.
Unfortunately people choose to make it political. Including the vaccines. You probably shouldn't have disclosed you've been vaccinated. I think covid ( and everything medical) is complex. Who knows if all the vaccines and everything you did while sick helped, just the vaccines, everything else etc. Add that for a lot of people, covid sticks around as long covid. All the deaths. It's unfortunate people don't take covid seriously and it's political.
@@AutobotSimmer I have no problem disclosing I took the vaccine. I'm not advocating for or against it, it's just context to my personal experience.
In terms of COVID being politicized, that was always going to be unavoidable by nature of it being something that affects the safety of the broader public and thus stability of the nation. It's a fantasy to think it could (or should have) been entirely (absolute terms) left entirely to personal choice.
The question was always going to be, what was the right thing to do? Clearly, our politicians got a lot wrong and now few trust them (deservedly in many respects) to get this stage right. Ignorance is bliss, but we still pay the price.
yeah, you should of gotten the all the boosters like the rest of us.
tinnitus is likely vagus nerve inflammation
@@ex8280 First 2 rounds were two shots? I forget, it feels like a lifetime ago. Regardless, I've gotten 1 booster or round a year since this started. I had absolutely no reaction to them so I saw no reason to stop. I barely had a sore arm.
I walk outside in the late morning for 40 minutes 4 days a week year round. I've been doing that for 7 years and in that time have never had influenza or COVID19.
Dr S, please, what about near infra-red light and persistent cloud cover? I live in the PNW (Seattle area) where cloudy days are more common than sunny days. So, (At least we have plenty of trees :-) )
so much appreciation for commitment and exceptionalism from this channel.
I am surprised Dr. Seheult has not had anything to say about trying the commonly available red/near IR therapy lights being sold by many companies now. Many of them are capable of producing dosages of 150 mW/cm2 or more and have been finding many therapeutic uses. If red/near IR light is the prescription, then these should be useful, right?
I believe he did a video on lights
Wow. As an elderly person who has been nearsighted since 10, plagued with floaters, and just spent a fortune on Neurolens Glasses Technology, while doing Red Light Therapy on my eyes. In the past 8 weeks, I've noticed that I'm having difficulty seeing clearly with these fancy Neurolens. I cannot stop blinking and rubbing my eyes...
Then I listened carefully to Dr. Seheult's quick comment on improvements in vision with RLT on 70 year old's, and I'm wondering if instead of my vision getting worse, maybe it is getting better??!! That would be both amazing and frustrating.
What red light therapy did you do?
@@crisl9079 I bought a small unit maide by deektrion.
Many thanks for the message regarding LED light side-effects to society. Look at the likely wintertime benefits of incandescent lights: light and heat with large helpings of infrared and near infrared wavelengths. Having the right lights at the right time of year makes too much sense. I'd love to see a controlled study of wintertime use of incandescent lighting and reported health. You sir are a true credit to medicine.
What is good to use? I missed this podcast
@@lindaflesch7303 Incandescent lights (the old hot filament type) emit the near-infrared wavelength light that likely help our health when not getting enough outside sunlight derived near-infrared light.
I had Covid recently. It was like a cold. I found that a motorcycle ride helped me feel better. Perhaps it was the sunlight?? On the other hand, a bike ride always makes me feel good.
Wow,love your lectures,so informative and easy to understand!
Brilliant, thank you for getting this important information out!
After the first two weeks of trying to flatten the curve. I stopped caring about COVID. I did like being able to work from home for a year though before I retired. Save me 150 mi a day. And 3 hours a day. 😎
By the way, I'm 70 and 18 months ago had an 11-hour long marathon open heart surgery. I'm doing great. Never wore a mask except for a short time while on an airline flight. Drove all over the country. Seattle to Chicago to fort Lauderdale to the southern tip of Texas, and even Phoenix. Some of them multiple trips. No mask, no COVID. Definitely no vaccine. Sadly, my friend that had to get the MRNA vaccine to visit her father in the hospital a couple of years ago, with no cancer in her family, and a clean bill of health from a breast cancer exam a few months before, got breast cancer. She died 4 days ago.
Make of it what you will. We and her doctors did.
Stay away from hospitals, pharmacies and medics, if at all possible.
Why?
They're not reliable to diseases they know nothing about
Excellent, thank you ! 🙏🏼
Infrared saunas? Would they have same effects and benefits as the sun?
I have to wonder if wearing Sunglasses could possibly be not as good as we think.
More outdoor play has been linked to better vision in children. Those who spend more time playing outdoors are less likely to have poor vision.
Marvelous! Your infectious enthusiasm has inspired me to brave the world outside in spite of my fear of asthma flares. I can prevent them so I can enjoy a 30 minute morning visit to my land and countryside beyond. I already do the hot/cold shower routine. Thank you. And thank you and all the others out there for realizing and incorporating the practical treatments from our past. Bravo!
I love this video! Thank you! Please let us know how we can help.
Spread the word
I will, but specific ways to communicate would be good. For a while, most of my posts about Covid were probably shadow banned on Facebook, for instance. I got no response, and I doubt many people saw them. That might not be the case anymore. 🤷
@@helenreich713 Perhaps use terms like "evidenced based". I'm not sure.
T q so much Dr Seheult. This information is very precious.
Exactly why the sun is being blocked?
Hospitals need solariums. When I was hospitalized, I asked my bed be placed next to the window.
I’m commenting whilst only having watched half the video. Solid work as usual!