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Light, Sun & the Body Clock

Sunlight, cold, seasons and the circadian rhythm — biology that modern life keeps overriding.

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The Cold Season Wellness

The Cold Season

Why colds arrive in October, and what the trials really say about vitamin C, zinc lozenges, vitamin D, honey, elderberry, propolis, nasal sprays, cod…

By Gina Sakic32 min read
The Cornea Remembers: A Month Inside the Strange Freedom of Night Lenses Wellness

The Cornea Remembers: A Month Inside the Strange Freedom of Night Lenses

After thirty-six years of glasses, I tried lenses you wear only while you sleep. A personal account of waking up to clear sight.

By Christian Bertolini10 min read
The Sun Question Wellness

The Sun Question

We have been told the sun is the enemy and sunscreen the shield. The science is more complicated — and some of what we rub into our smallest children…

By Gina Sakic19 min read
Let There Be Light: What Photobiomodulation Tells Us About Our Most Ancient Medicine Wellness

Let There Be Light: What Photobiomodulation Tells Us About Our Most Ancient Medicine

The rapidly growing science of light as medicine — from cytochrome c oxidase to NASA, sunrise to shift work, and the difference between the bulb in y…

By Gina Sakic19 min read
The Biohacking Mirage: Why You Don't Need a Silicon Valley Salary to Fix Your Biology Lifestyle

The Biohacking Mirage: Why You Don't Need a Silicon Valley Salary to Fix Your Biology

From Bryan Johnson's $2M regimen to bare feet on morning grass — Gina Sakic maps the full biohacking hierarchy and finds the best tools were always f…

By Gina Sakic10 min read
Science or Science Fiction? The Controversial Fourth Phase of Water Lifestyle

Science or Science Fiction? The Controversial Fourth Phase of Water

Gina Sakic investigates Gerald Pollack's EZ water theory, the Analemma wand, and the clinical data that sits at the boundary of physics and biology.

By Gina Sakic10 min read