If you want to understand why sunlight works and more details, please watch this video that goes into the details of the physiology of sunlight and healing ruclips.net/video/SXfOtQkHlig/видео.htmlsi=QOZ89phQhSFA7u6l Also join us at Medcram.com for more continuing medical education videos 
OMG... Wonderful!!! This case made me cry when the recovery happened. I'm going to make sure I get outside as much as possible so I can stay healthy. Thank you so much Dr. Seheult. You're right, the drug companies won't fund the studies, but it saves lives.
My Great - Grandmother used to bundle up her kids when they were sick in winter. She then put them on the porch so the sunlight shone in their faces. An old wives tale coming true! 😊
@@valerieannegagnon8803Those grannies knew. 😉 It’s also 2 of the essential elements in Florence Nightengale’s Environmental Theory of Nursing. My professor would have been proud I still remember that.
Thank you! I just came outside to sit in the sun while listening to this. I contracted Covid the first week of September 2024. I have had a lingering cough and congestion since then. I'll be out here getting all the sunshine I can soak up. I started listening to your RUclips lectures at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I believe the information I learned from you kept me from getting Covid sooner! Im so thankful for the Antiviral meds that are now available to me in 2024. Im not sure I would have survived in 2020. Good work Doctor 🌞🌞🌞 I can't say thank you enough!!!
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@@nedmilburn This is Canada, British Columbia. Teen is at a special hospital called BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. *No* this is not 'Merica there is not the same demonstrative power by insurance companies nor privatized health care within the province (some other provinces-territories do have both). Providence Health Care is the main overseer in BC then Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc.
@@nedmilburn The teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. This is not like south of the border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies and in BC there is not two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
I was born in 1952 and raised on my father’s farm in Fresno, CA. It was very sunny there, and we earned a living outside in the sun. When my dad retired his skin was burned permanently dark. He was a 100% Swedish man, originally fair skinned. When his friends passed by our farm and saw him outside, they’d pull over and talk. I listened to all their stories. We attended social gatherings. I listened to my parents talk. The time around 1960 saw a lot of men die of heart disease. But I don’t remember anyone getting cancer. Women got cancer. Men who worked in the sun didn’t.
This is amazing and so very true, we tend to hibernate like bears some what afraid of how cold it is. But notice many people in close quarters getting sick. It's important to spend time outdoors, take a brisk walk, even 15 or 20 minutes, it's sunny and beautiful out, blue sky, it's cold, just bundle up & step outdoors, it could even help if your feeling a little down.
You really buried the lede with that video title! I'm glad I tuned in. Made me think about the time I took a patient off our Stepdown unit outside for some sunshine. Not as a specific treatment medically, but only because she was stuck in insurance company hell and unable to discharge from the hospital because of it. Trying to imagine doing that w/ a full BiPAP setup sounds incredibly intense. I'm thrilled there exists a medical facility that allowed the labor resources to make that happen for that child.
What an incredible case history and story! I hope that Amy's son continues to improve! Yet another video that I must send off to my cousin (M.D.) for viewing! Thanks Doc and I hope that all is well with you and your family. I am in total agreement with you about getting out in the sun! 👍👍☀☀
I want to share another story, my personal story. I'll be 60 in two more months. About 25 years ago I was living in my friend's basement where it was really dark with no sunlight. I had a 400 Watt Metal Halide light and a dwarf banana tree growing beside my bed and a timer for the light which I used basically as an Alarm clock to wake up to, it was on until I went to bed, it was kind of like the sun rising as the light warmed up and became brighter. All that winter I was in a cheerful mood despite living in an otherwise dark basement during the cold Canadian winters. I didn't know about Vitamin D at the time. I wonder if this helped my body to create it's own Vitamin D? I suspect so now and possible got more benefit from the other wavelengths as a Metal Halide produces a Full Spectrum. These light are used for growing plants. I'm now thinking of buying another one to use in my dark bedroom so I can reap the same benefits again.
Guard your eyes. They cause eye cancer. But in short doses, why not. There are UVB avian lights that don't use the electricity and ballast needed by metal halide.
I think the winter holidays have a lot to answer for. Christmas is incredibly stressful. Preexisting heart disease and squabbling relatives don't go together well. Being pressured to eat and drink gluttonously so as not to hurt somebody's feelings doesn't help. Feeling forced to overspend might push up blood pressure. Travelling in crowded planes is a great way to pick up germs you normally would never have encountered.
@@beeeb8831 Oh, for sure! I work in an Urgent Care and we see an uptick in gout, anxiety and of course viral illnesses around the holidays. It’s hard to know because the decrease in light occurs simultaneously with those holidays.
Actually, the biggest risk of contagion in commercial flights is from contaminated surfaces; the second biggest is closeness of seat neighbors. The air is quite heavily recirculated through a HEPA filter, and refreshed by bleed air from one of the engines.
@@MNP208 I've known for a couple decades that my gout flares are from failure to drink enough water... and not in the form of Diet Coke! However, it could be that more sunlight would at least help. After all, besides drinking boring water, control is in the form of anti-inflammatories. Now that I know sunshine is anti-inflammatory I may have to change my ways. Darn it!
Lots of people like the herbal Bach Remedies but the original treatments require the patients to actually go out in the morning in order to pick their own ingredients. I am curious to know if perhaps there is more benefit for using the early morning hours of sunlight. They recommended just after the dew was drying. The flowers themselves are more potent being collected at this time of day perhaps we are as well? I don't know of any studies on this subject but do find it interesting. There is still a Bach Institute that does do some studies but are more plant related if your interested. There may also be some relation to air quality during the morning hours and it's relationship to vegetation.
Could this explain why COVID morbidity and mortality in most tropical and especially African countries was much lower than what the specialists had predicted?
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
Possibly part of the reason, but as I recall, because of the common use of meds like ivermectin for diseases like malaria, there was also a theory along those lines. There are so many environmental, etc differences and of course, Africa is huge with diverse societies, geography, and ethnicity - would be a huge, but worthy, study imo.
I've said this before on this channel. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My Father died on my birthday February 1st. 2020, I think of COVID-19. He had Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, was 86, was already on the way out, got sick with a virus, went to the hospital got over that virus, but contracted another virus in the hospital was released. The Doctor said he won't be coming back to the hospital, I told the Doctor that I wouldn't be surprised if he died on my Birthday one week ahead and he did on February 1st. 2020. At least we got to go to his funeral service, so I figured this was my Birthday present.
The enormous surge in North American COVID-19 deaths in winter of 2019/20 (for three months it knocked heart disease out of the #1 killer slot for the first time since... almost ever) should have our attention.
In the Fraser Health Region (BC's Fraser Valley near Vancouver) where the teenager lived there is a very dense population of poultry farms...there are approximately 850 regulated commercial poultry producers in British Columbia. Eighty percent of production occurs in the Fraser Valley. By October 2023 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed 52 farms have been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in B.C. Since January 2024 an additional 28 poultry farms have been infected by avian flu. Back in 2004 more than 19 million poultry birds raised in the Fraser Valley were culled due to avian flu. Despite the knowledge that having this level of density of poultry farms invites infection moving from one farm to another the government never recommended a reduction in the number of poultry farms in the Fraser Valley.
There is so much data that links vitamin D and sunlight with improved immunity and positive health outcomes overall. And yet, very few people with letters beside their name take these findings and basic observations seriously.
They'll just tell you "Healthy people have high Vit D. Vitamin D doesn't make you healthy." And the sad part is that that is sort of correct, which is enough for them to fully turn off their brain.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
Dr Seheult's video, "The Vitamin D Paradox in COVID-19 and Why It Predicts But Doesn't Always Protect," is about how Vitamin D levels may be primarily an indicator of the amount of sunlight the person is getting. It will likely take a while to sort out cause and effect.
Great information! Thanks for sharing this Dr. Seheult! So happy to hear the 15 yo boy had his health improved 🙏. Hopefully the boy from BC will recover 🙏
That case study was super interesting cause the firefly emits blue, and multi wavelength near infrared but sun light at hours of dose had a bigger impact. Nice to see data that an incandesant heat lamp has similar impact to LEDs. I Just finished my session under my Philips 250w cause im sick and there's no natural sun in London today 😊
I'm a 77 yo female. During Covid couldn't take vaccine because of allergies. Up to this time have never had Covid. Live in the desert SW with sun all year. Have always gone outside for at least 20 minutes a day. Am also whole food plant-based. I'm doing all I can for good health and hooray! it's working.
I believe in the sunlight study Being a doctor for 15 years I also wonder if it has something to do with staying closed indoors and re-breathing the virus over and over again
Thank you so much for being a doctor who wants to help people! Too many sell their soul to the devil and do everything they can to just make more money by keeping people sick! P.S. I watched all ads to support you!
I had H1N1 in 2009 was so sick was 9mo pregnant - my son almost didn’t make it - his heart crashed two times - my white cells I think- they said were crazier than they’d ever seen. He made it I made it. Thanks again to my five Dr at “The Presidents hospital” in the dc area!!!!
Vitamin D and zinc are the prime most potent vitamin and mineral to combat virus infections and those who have low levels of both suffer severe complications!! They enhance acquired immunity that works with innate immunity
What a spectacular story Doc. If there were funding for this, sunlight spaces in hospitals could make a comeback. Also, do we know if there’s a more robust way to do artificial sunlight spaces in cold climates? Like large room sizes?
The benefits of fresh air and sunlight are well-known and has been used before. I believe the goal of the 2020 shutdown "stay-home" orders was to increase mortality. The 1918-19 flu pandemic came at a time when doctors were called away to treat soldiers and nurses were the primary care. Boston hospitals were full & resorted to "open-air" tent hospitals which coincidentally provided lots of fresh air & sunshine. The Tent Hospitals saw greater recovery rates.
@@kya9895I disagree with the theory of intentionally increasing mortality. Global birth rates have been declining for decades. There is no need to intentionally increase mortality. We have enough wars in the world for that.
@@Spaceystace Believe as you will. WHY has global birth rates declined? WHY has all-cause-death (excluding battle) INCREASED over the past 4-years? WHY do we see "TURBO-CANCERS" now?
My father is 83 and was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis one year ago. He was very sick in November 2023 as he lives in London. He was on antibiotics and then travelled to India for 4 months. His health seriously improved within days of arrival. The same thing happened again this year with a chest infection and antibiotics two weeks ago. He’s now in India, feeling much better and looking forward to 4 months of sunshine as opposed to cold, dark days in London.
Your videos on the benefits of sunlight including near infra red rays are a great public service. The remarkable and well nigh miraculous effects of sunlight on this teenager indeed deserve to be widely known and shared. Thank you for taking the effort. Particularly valuable was the knowledge in an earlier video that when UVB rays for vitamin D production are greater, the near infra red are less, *and vice versa* so basically sunlight at any time of the day has benefits, obviously taking care not to get sunburned or damaging the skin with excessive UVB. So I infer. Thanks again.
I am from a Mediterranean country living in California, I sit outside in the sun ten minutes every day during the year and in winter also. I know it’s important for vitamin D I am older and people do that in Spain.
In addition to light, is it possible he had exposure to other natural fungi that helped controlled the infection by out competing it or checking its growth?
VERY interesting. I would be interested in links to define: 1) the spectrum of light that is beneficial for respiratory vs other sites of infection and or the immune system 2) the mechanisms of action, is the light active directly through the skin or is it the optic nerve the transmit singles onwards to the organ or immune system. So far my search has only found local use of light for and on wounds, or for seasonal affective disorder.
Such an incredible story! Great point about the need for research of outdoor therapy in locations where feasible and light therapy devices in places where there is basically no NIR to be had December-February (like Seattle/all of Canada!). In general we need so much more research into non-proprietary therapies of all kinds!
From the Public Health Agency of Canada "...virus is related to the avian influenza H5N1 viruses from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in British Columbia (Influenza A (H5N1), clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1)."
Your telling me they haven't told you all about the cure. Sheesh. And these Drs went to college. It's now impossible for me to ever get the flu again. These colleges are messed up.
It seems like it's the lowest during summer, when kids are not in school. Kids are carriers of all kinds of illnesses and they take them home to their parents and grandparents. Also, during the summer, a parent usually has to stay home with the children, reducing their exposure at work as well.
Thank you, Dr. Seheult, your advice really helped me in times of the COVID pandemic and now. I got COVID this summer (tested positive with a home test), and I recovered very well staying out in the sunlight for 1-2 hours per day. Then, this month I got flu-like symptoms , and I recovered much quicker doing the same. Also, unlike other years when I got the flu, I experienced very little sensitivity to smoke and perfume post-recovery. In past years I would get irritated and still cough for 1-2 weeks afterwards.
60 y.o. diabetic with asthma here that just had covid for the first time. I continued my regular daily red light therapy but with increased focus on the head and chest. while the fever, sore throat, body aches, and headaches were rough, I never had any lung issues and recovered just fine. Unfortunately, allergies limit how much time I can spend outside, but the sunlight seemed to help my husband and son recover well too.
The RUclips channels that give information about light, sunlight and being outdoors are very important. People who work in offices from 18 to 72 without enough sunlight. Is it a wonder we aren't very well!
Very interesting presentation. This is absolutely fascinating data. Wow, an incredible new vector of data. Congratulations to the young boy. Long life and more sunlight
Just FYI, I'm subscribed with notifications and YT hasn't been showing me when you post a new video, today was the first time in months; even when I paid for premium, I had to search.
OUTSTANDING NEWS !!! Keep the data flowing Doc....I have the Amazon "Outdoor LED 10 watt IR 940nm, 120 degree angle light for $22" I told you about, setup in the living room shining on Mom and myself during our Netflix movie each night.
Have you recommended to the Canadian physicians to get this boy either out into the available sunlight or to have them create a 940nm light source for his treatment?
I am from Albuquerque, NM. We get a lot of sunny days here, but it is currently very cold, so when we go outside, we bundle up. Only our face and hands are exposed to the sunlight. Is that enough skin exposure? BTW, I am two years out from battling breast cancer and my 84 year old father battled lung cancer one year ago. Both of us, currently cancer free and trying to remain cancer free.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
Medcram has a video about how far into the human body near-infra red light can penetrate. From memory it takes about two layers of denim before most of the infra-red is stopped. This was based on testing done for the high-tech screening scanners used at some airports - unfortunately I don't think they tested heavy quilted jackets or snow pants
Dr. Seheult -- Does a sunny room help or is it being fully outside that's potentially helping here? Are these patients that improved in rooms that have any natural light? Very little? I'm just wondering...Thank you for providing so much helpful information through the years!
Go watch his long form Video on light.He made it about a year ago. In it he describes different ways of getting enough light, what to look for etc, time of day etc. To answer your question there are devices. Like with everything else beware of of the seller. That's way I advise you take the time to watch the full program, he does not recommend any specific device. He provides the info so you can judge if the device actually has the feature that are needed.
What a great story! How did the mother find you? The patient clearly had better understanding of his needs than the doctors (intuitively). Are any of the lamps a possible intervention for the Canadian lad, in the absence of natural sunlight at the moment?
How about using an infrared light? Just got an LED one. And what about cold therapy? Lots of people promoting ice baths. I couldn't take that, but maybe cold showers. Tried hot baths but it appears it triggers a very long rash with me.
Just got a "Better than Sunlight" UVB/IR/NIR light as I live in Minnesota and November has been very dreary. Just used it in the Healing Mode where UVB is turned off.
Can someone please explain: how much of the body needs to be exposed? The picture at 13:00 only shows the back of the patient so it’s hard to tell. Thank you. 🙏
I live in England where we have limited sunlight indeed this time of year. Even on a gloomy day, I suspect that there is at least some ?NIR benefit, because walks so good. I also wonder about the specific benefits of walking through woodlands. Is it psychogenic? Is it phytokines? On a gloomy day going from field to woods feels wildly good. Why how?
Es handelt sich um TERPENE welche durch die Nadelbäume abgegeben werden. Diese regen das immunsystem enorm an . Diesen Effekt kann man auch mit guten ätherischen Ölen erzielen. Fichte Tanne, zirbe, föhre....
That might just be the fresh air, blood flow, change of scenery, and basic benefits of exercise; endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, etc. Sunlight needs time to metabolize into the bulk of the vitamin D our body uses, which typically takes 12 to 24 hours. Although there may be some immediate reactions and benefits to NIR as well, seems worth investigating.
I believe he did a video on benefits of walking in the forest. It’s called forest bathing. Sweden I believe did a study that he mentions in an older video and why it’s beneficial.
Walking, especially in wooded areas has, benefits from the various chemical, & micro-organisms given off by trees especially. There are several research papers on this from Japan where they prescribe forest bathing-walking in forested areas. I also think it feel wildly good because that is where we evolved for millions of years. It's our natural home. Once we crawled out of the sea we were little creatures who hide under the plants while the dinosaurs roamed the earth. We then spent millions of years swinging in the trees. Trees cradled us and provided food as they still do today. Nuts provide healthy fats, vitamins & protein, & even sugars (maple syrup).
Thanks so much for your dedication and clarity. ! Such a heart-warming story to help make the sunlight topic memorable. I wonder how exposure to a full spectrum light indoors compares with an equal amount of exposure to actual sunlight outdoors. And what about sunlight exposure through a window?
These are all good questions. A general idea in terms of the amount of lights in a room inside is about 100 lux. But outside on a bright sunny day it can be 100,000 lux.
Thank you Doctor Roger....i do not want to say anything publicly, but both Colin and i so appreciate you telling us. We still are careful with masks etc. Thank you for caring. Carolyn and Colin Hogarth Canada. Say hi to dr. Mike for us. Bless that mans insight. ❤
About 20 years ago I had a dr that weote a prescription for 30 mins of sunlight a day. It really helped me to stop and take an actual break during the daily grind. Del sol is good for the soul.
I walk a lot outside. I've notice when I continue to walk in the winter I never get a cold. Maybe this is why. Would infrared saunas do the same work as natural sunlight?
It would be interesting to see what the vitamin D levels were, and whether they changed along with the sunlight exposure. It is autumn where I live, and overcast and raining most of the time. I get out when it's not raining, mostly because I have work to do, and it reduces depression. I also supplement vitamin D (5000 IU) daily. I'm old and pretty healthy.
If you want to understand why sunlight works and more details, please watch this video that goes into the details of the physiology of sunlight and healing
ruclips.net/video/SXfOtQkHlig/видео.htmlsi=QOZ89phQhSFA7u6l
Also join us at Medcram.com for more continuing medical education videos 
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4 part series on RUclips about GOF on H5N1.
They even talk about 80% mortality rate!
A huge thank you to, Amy, for allowing her son's story to be told. Praying for his health to continue to improve.
Yes. I cannot imagine having to live through that type of an experience. And then having to relive it in telling the story.
She’s a hero in my book’
OMG... Wonderful!!! This case made me cry when the recovery happened. I'm going to make sure I get outside as much as possible so I can stay healthy. Thank you so much Dr. Seheult. You're right, the drug companies won't fund the studies, but it saves lives.
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My Great - Grandmother used to bundle up her kids when they were sick in winter. She then put them on the porch so the sunlight shone in their faces. An old wives tale coming true! 😊
same with mine! Are you French Canadian ?
@@valerieannegagnon8803Those grannies knew. 😉 It’s also 2 of the essential elements in Florence Nightengale’s Environmental Theory of Nursing. My professor would have been proud I still remember that.
@ No, she was Croatian!
As did my mother. She was from Germany.
We used to do that with tuberculosis patients in sanatoria before isoniazid.
Thank you! I just came outside to sit in the sun while listening to this. I contracted Covid the first week of September 2024. I have had a lingering cough and congestion since then. I'll be out here getting all the sunshine I can soak up. I started listening to your RUclips lectures at the very beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I believe the information I learned from you kept me from getting Covid sooner! Im so thankful for the Antiviral meds that are now available to me in 2024. Im not sure I would have survived in 2020. Good work Doctor 🌞🌞🌞 I can't say thank you enough!!!
For those who care about their health and what goes on behind the scenes, 'Health and Beauty Mastery' is a must-read. Dr. Julian Bannett exposes shocking facts about the industry that everyone should know. I can’t look at health advice the same way again!
I got it, truly a good book
Great info! I forwarded this to my son who is in his first year ICU Fellowship in Texas. ❤
Hopefully, the hospital admins, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies don't pressure him to be silent regarding topics like this.
@@nedmilburn This is Canada, British Columbia. Teen is at a special hospital called BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. *No* this is not 'Merica there is not the same demonstrative power by insurance companies nor privatized health care within the province (some other provinces-territories do have both). Providence Health Care is the main overseer in BC then Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc.
@@nedmilburn The teen is receiving top care via BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
This is not like south of the border where there is demonstrative power held by insurance companies and in BC there is not two tiered health care (i.e. privatized health). Some other provinces-territories do have both. Providence Health Care is the main overseer of all various regional health authorities in BC. Vancouver Coastal Health is under this umbrella and the division for Vancouver city region. This includes the outstanding University of BC of which a great majority of specialists in BC go through/overseen by etc. The Fraser Valley just means it is outlying area (approx. 1.5 hours east of Vancouver city).
@abeach5420 Did you read the original comment to which I responded...? Texas, lad or lass... Texas!
I'm forwarding this to my daughter who is in her third year of pathology residency in North Carolina - she works 9 to 10 hr days and gets no sunlight!
Your presentations are always the absolute best. Thank you. Regards
Many thanks!
I had been waiting for you to address this situation. Thank you.
I was born in 1952 and raised on my father’s farm in Fresno, CA. It was very sunny there, and we earned a living outside in the sun. When my dad retired his skin was burned permanently dark. He was a 100% Swedish man, originally fair skinned. When his friends passed by our farm and saw him outside, they’d pull over and talk. I listened to all their stories. We attended social gatherings. I listened to my parents talk. The time around 1960 saw a lot of men die of heart disease. But I don’t remember anyone getting cancer. Women got cancer. Men who worked in the sun didn’t.
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This is amazing and so very true, we tend to hibernate like bears some what afraid of how cold it is. But notice many people in close quarters getting sick. It's important to spend time outdoors, take a brisk walk, even 15 or 20 minutes, it's sunny and beautiful out, blue sky, it's cold, just bundle up & step outdoors, it could even help if your feeling a little down.
You really buried the lede with that video title! I'm glad I tuned in. Made me think about the time I took a patient off our Stepdown unit outside for some sunshine. Not as a specific treatment medically, but only because she was stuck in insurance company hell and unable to discharge from the hospital because of it. Trying to imagine doing that w/ a full BiPAP setup sounds incredibly intense. I'm thrilled there exists a medical facility that allowed the labor resources to make that happen for that child.
What an incredible case history and story! I hope that Amy's son continues to improve! Yet another video that I must send off to my cousin (M.D.) for viewing! Thanks Doc and I hope that all is well with you and your family. I am in total agreement with you about getting out in the sun! 👍👍☀☀
I want to share another story, my personal story. I'll be 60 in two more months. About 25 years ago I was living in my friend's basement where it was really dark with no sunlight. I had a 400 Watt Metal Halide light and a dwarf banana tree growing beside my bed and a timer for the light which I used basically as an Alarm clock to wake up to, it was on until I went to bed, it was kind of like the sun rising as the light warmed up and became brighter. All that winter I was in a cheerful mood despite living in an otherwise dark basement during the cold Canadian winters. I didn't know about Vitamin D at the time. I wonder if this helped my body to create it's own Vitamin D? I suspect so now and possible got more benefit from the other wavelengths as a Metal Halide produces a Full Spectrum. These light are used for growing plants. I'm now thinking of buying another one to use in my dark bedroom so I can reap the same benefits again.
Guard your eyes. They cause eye cancer. But in short doses, why not. There are UVB avian lights that don't use the electricity and ballast needed by metal halide.
I think the winter holidays have a lot to answer for. Christmas is incredibly stressful. Preexisting heart disease and squabbling relatives don't go together well. Being pressured to eat and drink gluttonously so as not to hurt somebody's feelings doesn't help. Feeling forced to overspend might push up blood pressure. Travelling in crowded planes is a great way to pick up germs you normally would never have encountered.
@@beeeb8831 Oh, for sure! I work in an Urgent Care and we see an uptick in gout, anxiety and of course viral illnesses around the holidays. It’s hard to know because the decrease in light occurs simultaneously with those holidays.
Actually, the biggest risk of contagion in commercial flights is from contaminated surfaces; the second biggest is closeness of seat neighbors. The air is quite heavily recirculated through a HEPA filter, and refreshed by bleed air from one of the engines.
@@MNP208 I've known for a couple decades that my gout flares are from failure to drink enough water... and not in the form of Diet Coke! However, it could be that more sunlight would at least help. After all, besides drinking boring water, control is in the form of anti-inflammatories. Now that I know sunshine is anti-inflammatory I may have to change my ways. Darn it!
Eating sugar in winter too!! Sharing finger foods too.
Recent politics has increased my feelings of insecurity about 500%.
And it’s not just me.
Thanks for your continuous effort to provide useful and nuanced information to your viewers!
Lots of people like the herbal Bach Remedies but the original treatments require the patients to actually go out in the morning in order to pick their own ingredients. I am curious to know if perhaps there is more benefit for using the early morning hours of sunlight. They recommended just after the dew was drying.
The flowers themselves are more potent being collected at this time of day perhaps we are as well?
I don't know of any studies on this subject but do find it interesting.
There is still a Bach Institute that does do some studies but are more plant related if your interested.
There may also be some relation to air quality during the morning hours and it's relationship to vegetation.
Amazing video. Thank you for all the time and effort that has been put into producing this excellent video.
Thank you very much!
Now, one would like to see time-of-year death statistics from countries around the equator.
Well people at the equator must not get viruses ...
Could this explain why COVID morbidity and mortality in most tropical and especially African countries was much lower than what the specialists had predicted?
Sunny places = more natural vitamin D.
Did you just ask if there’s more sunlight in Africa?
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
that and the fact they aren't fat Americans
Possibly part of the reason, but as I recall, because of the common use of meds like ivermectin for diseases like malaria, there was also a theory along those lines. There are so many environmental, etc differences and of course, Africa is huge with diverse societies, geography, and ethnicity - would be a huge, but worthy, study imo.
Thank you for sharing/teaching these informative posts.
I've said this before on this channel. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My Father died on my birthday February 1st. 2020, I think of COVID-19.
He had Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, was 86, was already on the way out, got sick with a virus, went to the hospital got over that virus, but contracted another virus in the hospital was released. The Doctor said he won't be coming back to the hospital, I told the Doctor that I wouldn't be surprised if he died on my Birthday one week ahead and he did on February 1st. 2020. At least we got to go to his funeral service, so I figured this was my Birthday present.
I'm so sorry for your loss. May your father RIP. ❤ and 🙏
The enormous surge in North American COVID-19 deaths in winter of 2019/20 (for three months it knocked heart disease out of the #1 killer slot for the first time since... almost ever) should have our attention.
I'm sorry your beloved father had to suffer. And that anniversary is upon you now. Thank you for caring for him. He loves you.😢
In the Fraser Health Region (BC's Fraser Valley near Vancouver) where the teenager lived there is a very dense population of poultry farms...there are approximately 850 regulated commercial poultry producers in British Columbia. Eighty percent of production occurs in the Fraser Valley. By October 2023 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed 52 farms have been infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in B.C. Since January 2024 an additional 28 poultry farms have been infected by avian flu. Back in 2004 more than 19 million poultry birds raised in the Fraser Valley were culled due to avian flu. Despite the knowledge that having this level of density of poultry farms invites infection moving from one farm to another the government never recommended a reduction in the number of poultry farms in the Fraser Valley.
This case had no connection to farm poultry or otherwise. Tracing is ongoing.
H5N1 is nothing more than a "variant" of Influenza A. Go look at the specifics for Audenz, the "vaccine" that already exists for it...
There is so much data that links vitamin D and sunlight with improved immunity and positive health outcomes overall. And yet, very few people with letters beside their name take these findings and basic observations seriously.
They'll just tell you "Healthy people have high Vit D. Vitamin D doesn't make you healthy." And the sad part is that that is sort of correct, which is enough for them to fully turn off their brain.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma
@@FunderDuck Not true. I worked with an endocrinologist. He measured vitamin D levels and often prescribed it!
@ I was more alluding to researchers, health officials, NGOs, and pharmaceutical companies than medical practitioners themselves.
Dr Seheult's video, "The Vitamin D Paradox in COVID-19 and Why It Predicts But Doesn't Always Protect," is about how Vitamin D levels may be primarily an indicator of the amount of sunlight the person is getting. It will likely take a while to sort out cause and effect.
Great presentation! I was blown away by this story and with all the data. Great investigative work.
Much appreciated!
Great information! Thanks for sharing this Dr. Seheult! So happy to hear the 15 yo boy had his health improved 🙏. Hopefully the boy from BC will recover 🙏
The amount of money spent on seasonal flower beds most hospitals could build a solarium with compressed air and O2 outlets!!
That case study was super interesting cause the firefly emits blue, and multi wavelength near infrared but sun light at hours of dose had a bigger impact.
Nice to see data that an incandesant heat lamp has similar impact to LEDs. I Just finished my session under my Philips 250w cause im sick and there's no natural sun in London today 😊
I'm a 77 yo female. During Covid couldn't take vaccine because of allergies. Up to this time have never had Covid. Live in the desert SW with sun all year. Have always gone outside for at least 20 minutes a day. Am also whole food plant-based. I'm doing all I can for good health and hooray! it's working.
Thank you Dr. Seheult. I'm in BC and it would be interesting to know if this video or contents is presented to the BC teen or attending physicians.
I contracted H1N1 in 2009, September in upstate NY. Wasn't right for 3 mos. I'd been avoiding sunlight for years bc of 2 moles removed in the past.
I believe in the sunlight study
Being a doctor for 15 years
I also wonder if it has something to do with staying closed indoors and re-breathing the virus over and over again
Wow. What a battle they had on their hands. Y'all are the real heroes in my book !❤ 🙏
This is absolutely wild honestly! Defintely something to remember for getting sick just in general
Thank you so much for being a doctor who wants to help people! Too many sell their soul to the devil and do everything they can to just make more money by keeping people sick! P.S. I watched all ads to support you!
grateful to have found this information. Life changing.
Grateful to the folks who are figuring out how to not die from all these infections.
Im much older than this young man. I'd rather pass this world in sunlight than darkness. 🌞✌
I had H1N1 in 2009 was so sick was 9mo pregnant - my son almost didn’t make it - his heart crashed two times - my white cells I think- they said were crazier than they’d ever seen. He made it I made it. Thanks again to my five Dr at “The Presidents hospital” in the dc area!!!!
My mother died on December 23rd, from chronic kidney disease, 2 days after the shortest day. She also had pneumonia, but was failing prior to that.
Vitamin D and zinc are the prime most potent vitamin and mineral to combat virus infections and those who have low levels of both suffer severe complications!! They enhance acquired immunity that works with innate immunity
I sit in my yard facing the sun and I try to go barefoot as much as possible. It’s healthy. Check into grounding. I detest shoes.
What a spectacular story Doc. If there were funding for this, sunlight spaces in hospitals could make a comeback. Also, do we know if there’s a more robust way to do artificial sunlight spaces in cold climates? Like large room sizes?
The benefits of fresh air and sunlight are well-known and has been used before. I believe the goal of the 2020 shutdown "stay-home" orders was to increase mortality. The 1918-19 flu pandemic came at a time when doctors were called away to treat soldiers and nurses were the primary care. Boston hospitals were full & resorted to "open-air" tent hospitals which coincidentally provided lots of fresh air & sunshine. The Tent Hospitals saw greater recovery rates.
@@kya9895I disagree with the theory of intentionally increasing mortality. Global birth rates have been declining for decades. There is no need to intentionally increase mortality. We have enough wars in the world for that.
@@Spaceystace Believe as you will.
WHY has global birth rates declined?
WHY has all-cause-death (excluding battle) INCREASED over the past 4-years?
WHY do we see "TURBO-CANCERS" now?
Thank you the world needs to hear this!
My father is 83 and was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis one year ago. He was very sick in November 2023 as he lives in London. He was on antibiotics and then travelled to India for 4 months. His health seriously improved within days of arrival. The same thing happened again this year with a chest infection and antibiotics two weeks ago. He’s now in India, feeling much better and looking forward to 4 months of sunshine as opposed to cold, dark days in London.
Our 80 year old pediatrician always told me “get them outside”
Sunlight strength here in BC now is too weak to do anything possibly. Just get massive red and infrared panels.
And take Vitamin D
Your videos on the benefits of sunlight including near infra red rays are a great public service. The remarkable and well nigh miraculous effects of sunlight on this teenager indeed deserve to be widely known and shared. Thank you for taking the effort. Particularly valuable was the knowledge in an earlier video that when UVB rays for vitamin D production are greater, the near infra red are less, *and vice versa* so basically sunlight at any time of the day has benefits, obviously taking care not to get sunburned or damaging the skin with excessive UVB. So I infer. Thanks again.
Thank you!
I recall seeing pictures of people in hospitals years ago laying out in the sun to get better.
Wow! This is a pretty terrific find. I got involved in disaster preparations as a result of H5N1 back in the 90s. Very interesting thank you Dr!
I am from a Mediterranean country living in California, I sit outside in the sun ten minutes every day during the year and in winter also. I know it’s important for vitamin D I am older and people do that in Spain.
Amazing Dr S. 🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦
In addition to light, is it possible he had exposure to other natural fungi that helped controlled the infection by out competing it or checking its growth?
VERY interesting. I would be interested in links to define: 1) the spectrum of light that is beneficial for respiratory vs other sites of infection and or the immune system 2) the mechanisms of action, is the light active directly through the skin or is it the optic nerve the transmit singles onwards to the organ or immune system.
So far my search has only found local use of light for and on wounds, or for seasonal affective disorder.
Thank you‼️‼️‼️
Such an incredible story! Great point about the need for research of outdoor therapy in locations where feasible and light therapy devices in places where there is basically no NIR to be had December-February (like Seattle/all of Canada!). In general we need so much more research into non-proprietary therapies of all kinds!
From the Public Health Agency of Canada "...virus is related to the avian influenza H5N1 viruses from the ongoing outbreak in poultry in British Columbia (Influenza A (H5N1), clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1)."
And in the migratory fowl population, which is the likely source for the poultry farms.
Fascinating, thank you
Amazing! Thank you for this!
Glad you liked it!
I was in ICU in March for 8 days with Flu. Almost lost my life when my oxygen went down to 60. Funny thing is I had a FLU shot.
Your blood oxygen reading was 60???
@@gavingerard2053 They probably developed pneumonia due to some other comorbidity.
If you had not had the flu vaccine, you probably would have died. You did not die, so the vaccine worked.
That's called anecdotal
Your telling me they haven't told you all about the cure. Sheesh. And these Drs went to college. It's now impossible for me to ever get the flu again. These colleges are messed up.
It seems like it's the lowest during summer, when kids are not in school. Kids are carriers of all kinds of illnesses and they take them home to their parents and grandparents. Also, during the summer, a parent usually has to stay home with the children, reducing their exposure at work as well.
Except there year round school in many places as well as summer school and colleges on the quarter system that have summer quarters.
Thank you, Dr. Seheult, your advice really helped me in times of the COVID pandemic and now.
I got COVID this summer (tested positive with a home test), and I recovered very well staying out in the sunlight for 1-2 hours per day.
Then, this month I got flu-like symptoms , and I recovered much quicker doing the same.
Also, unlike other years when I got the flu, I experienced very little sensitivity to smoke and perfume post-recovery. In past years I would get irritated and still cough for 1-2 weeks afterwards.
That’s great news. I’m glad that you found this works. I would imagine that everyone would if they did it as well.
60 y.o. diabetic with asthma here that just had covid for the first time. I continued my regular daily red light therapy but with increased focus on the head and chest. while the fever, sore throat, body aches, and headaches were rough, I never had any lung issues and recovered just fine. Unfortunately, allergies limit how much time I can spend outside, but the sunlight seemed to help my husband and son recover well too.
Can you wear a mask to mitigate the allergies? That's what I do, and I don't get the allergy attacks nearly as much.
if the sun was shining we were bundled up and booted outside to play. i still sit in my sunroom and love the sun. God knew what He was doing!
❤ outstandingly informative! Kudos.
Wow thank you for sharing! Informative, educational, and inspiring! More like this (improved outcomes R/T light)!
The RUclips channels that give information about light, sunlight and being outdoors are very important. People who work in offices from 18 to 72 without enough sunlight. Is it a wonder we aren't very well!
Very interesting presentation. This is absolutely fascinating data. Wow, an incredible new vector of data. Congratulations to the young boy. Long life and more sunlight
Snow shoveling sometimes results in heart issues
Just FYI, I'm subscribed with notifications and YT hasn't been showing me when you post a new video, today was the first time in months; even when I paid for premium, I had to search.
Oh wow!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your program .
You are welcome!
OUTSTANDING NEWS !!! Keep the data flowing Doc....I have the Amazon "Outdoor LED 10 watt IR 940nm, 120 degree angle light for $22" I told you about, setup in the living room shining on Mom and myself during our Netflix movie each night.
Have you recommended to the Canadian physicians to get this boy either out into the available sunlight or to have them create a 940nm light source for his treatment?
I am from Albuquerque, NM. We get a lot of sunny days here, but it is currently very cold, so when we go outside, we bundle up. Only our face and hands are exposed to the sunlight. Is that enough skin exposure? BTW, I am two years out from battling breast cancer and my 84 year old father battled lung cancer one year ago. Both of us, currently cancer free and trying to remain cancer free.
@@lookingup9041 wishing you and your family health and happiness!
Good question.
Too bad you your friend b ill g at es wants to block the sun due to global warming. Oh yeah 2 more weeks of lockd own and close the beaches and parks again too to protect grandma . You can also thank frump the guy with the toupee for making it a circus and giving f auci an award before leaving office.
Medcram has a video about how far into the human body near-infra red light can penetrate. From memory it takes about two layers of denim before most of the infra-red is stopped. This was based on testing done for the high-tech screening scanners used at some airports - unfortunately I don't think they tested heavy quilted jackets or snow pants
Looking for another update. So many more cases in wild, zoo, and dairy and poultry populations just in the last week. 😢
Dr. Seheult -- Does a sunny room help or is it being fully outside that's potentially helping here? Are these patients that improved in rooms that have any natural light? Very little? I'm just wondering...Thank you for providing so much helpful information through the years!
A sunny room does help. But it’s even better if you go outside.
Thank you!
Very interesting info. Thank you as always.
Are there devices that reproduce natural sunlight that can be used in low sunlight areas?
There are infrared light devices, but I don't know enough about them to make any recommendations.
Go watch his long form Video on light.He made it about a year ago. In it he describes different ways of getting enough light, what to look for etc, time of day etc. To answer your question there are devices. Like with everything else beware of of the seller. That's way I advise you take the time to watch the full program, he does not recommend any specific device. He provides the info so you can judge if the device actually has the feature that are needed.
@ thank you 🙏
Yes,NIR (or IR) light panels,look for the ones with 940nm wave length as sugested in this video.
Makes sense to me! I look forward to getting outside everyday.
I love being outside and I live in the west. I mow in November and rake leaves whenever it’s sunny.
What a great story! How did the mother find you? The patient clearly had better understanding of his needs than the doctors (intuitively). Are any of the lamps a possible intervention for the Canadian lad, in the absence of natural sunlight at the moment?
There are grow lights for plants. Why can't they be used for lighting in the room?
How about using an infrared light? Just got an LED one. And what about cold therapy? Lots of people promoting ice baths. I couldn't take that, but maybe cold showers. Tried hot baths but it appears it triggers a very long rash with me.
Just got a "Better than Sunlight" UVB/IR/NIR light as I live in Minnesota and November has been very dreary. Just used it in the Healing Mode where UVB is turned off.
Can someone please explain: how much of the body needs to be exposed? The picture at 13:00 only shows the back of the patient so it’s hard to tell. Thank you. 🙏
You don’t need much exposure. In fact, it goes through clothes. You just need to be outside.
Thank you so much for clarifying!
I live in England where we have limited sunlight indeed this time of year. Even on a gloomy day, I suspect that there is at least some ?NIR benefit, because walks so good.
I also wonder about the specific benefits of walking through woodlands. Is it psychogenic? Is it phytokines? On a gloomy day going from field to woods feels wildly good. Why how?
Es handelt sich um TERPENE welche durch die Nadelbäume abgegeben werden.
Diese regen das immunsystem enorm an .
Diesen Effekt kann man auch mit guten ätherischen Ölen erzielen.
Fichte Tanne, zirbe, föhre....
That might just be the fresh air, blood flow, change of scenery, and basic benefits of exercise; endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, etc. Sunlight needs time to metabolize into the bulk of the vitamin D our body uses, which typically takes 12 to 24 hours. Although there may be some immediate reactions and benefits to NIR as well, seems worth investigating.
I believe he did a video on benefits of walking in the forest. It’s called forest bathing. Sweden I believe did a study that he mentions in an older video and why it’s beneficial.
Walking, especially in wooded areas has, benefits from the various chemical, & micro-organisms given off by trees especially. There are several research papers on this from Japan where they prescribe forest bathing-walking in forested areas. I also think it feel wildly good because that is where we evolved for millions of years. It's our natural home. Once we crawled out of the sea we were little creatures who hide under the plants while the dinosaurs roamed the earth. We then spent millions of years swinging in the trees. Trees cradled us and provided food as they still do today. Nuts provide healthy fats, vitamins & protein, & even sugars (maple syrup).
I would think that the type of lighting in the hospitals themselves compounds with the lack of sunlight to cause even more harm.
Thanks so much for your dedication and clarity. ! Such a heart-warming story to help make the sunlight topic memorable. I wonder how exposure to a full spectrum light indoors compares with an equal amount of exposure to actual sunlight outdoors. And what about sunlight exposure through a window?
These are all good questions. A general idea in terms of the amount of lights in a room inside is about 100 lux. But outside on a bright sunny day it can be 100,000 lux.
Thank you Doctor Roger....i do not want to say anything publicly, but both Colin and i so appreciate you telling us. We still are careful with masks etc. Thank you for caring. Carolyn and Colin Hogarth Canada. Say hi to dr. Mike for us. Bless that mans insight. ❤
About 20 years ago I had a dr that weote a prescription for 30 mins of sunlight a day. It really helped me to stop and take an actual break during the daily grind. Del sol is good for the soul.
I walk a lot outside. I've notice when I continue to walk in the winter I never get a cold. Maybe this is why. Would infrared saunas do the same work as natural sunlight?
Only certain parts of the spectrum (~940nm) have significant effects so it depends of the source light.
Why doesn’t this change all the protocols for everything?
I was always told it helped your body make calcium and that 15 to 20 minutes oer day, at least, is good for depression. GO OUTSIDE !!!
Vitamin D should be checked.
It would be interesting to see what the vitamin D levels were, and whether they changed along with the sunlight exposure. It is autumn where I live, and overcast and raining most of the time. I get out when it's not raining, mostly because I have work to do, and it reduces depression. I also supplement vitamin D (5000 IU) daily. I'm old and pretty healthy.
Thank you! Very informative!!!
My question is did he get a flu shot and did he get the covid shot
New Zealand is a lot colder than most of Australia especially in the South Island. Often it is cloudy all day near the coasts .
Where was this created?
Are people that live at the equator statistically healthier? Are infection numbers the same per month year round?
We found that in c19
www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view/197