Steven Murphy: The Light Above Your Desk Is Not Biologically Neutral
Steven Murphy, Medical Director of Concierge Medical Associates, posted on LinkedIn:
”If a longevity scientist told you your lighting was silently undermining your mitochondria, you’d raise an eyebrow. When the claim comes from a retinal physiologist whose lab can watch mitochondria fail under LED wavelengths in real time, you pay attention. Dr. Glen Jeffrey work forces us to confront a simple truth: biology expects sunlight, not circuitry.
Most people think of light as decoration or workplace ergonomics. But new research suggests it’s far more consequential.
It matters for metabolic health, cognitive performance, circadian stability, visual aging, and long-term longevity planning. In other words, the light above your desk is not neutral. It’s a daily biological input.
If you work in healthcare, longevity, wellness, biotech, architecture, education, or any field concerned with human performance, the emerging science on lighting and mitochondrial function deserves your attention.
I’ll be writing more on this soon, especially practical changes that cost almost nothing but can meaningfully improve cellular health.
For now, enjoy my recap on the Andrew Huberman podcast and my own personal musings.
Concierge Medical Associates has partnered with The Well Home and Gautam Gulati, MD, MBA, MPH, CID to help our patients navigate this mess in the home and we should all be re-evaluating the “energy efficiency” craze and how it hampers our own Energy in exchange for savings.”
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