Jonathan Jarecki

And, you know, growing up, that was sort of my mindset.

It was like, there wasn't really...

thoughts about like going to the doctor or medication like that stuff because like quite frankly and obviously this is very anecdotal this is my my story but also you know i have three older siblings my mom also she's 61 and really one of the healthiest 61 year olds i've probably ever met in my life shout out to your mom

It was very prominent to me that the things that you do in your life, what you put in your body, what you put on your body, what you surround your body with, it has an effect both long-term and short-term on your health.

I didn't really get into light until about

a year and a half ago uh light was always you know my mom always my mom always told us you know get outside you know go play outside in the grass in the sunshine uh but i started really getting into the science and it was just uh what got me so passionate about the science was that uh just over three years ago um my dad actually passed away that changed a lot in my life but one of the things was

focusing more on health.

I was, you know, still healthy, but it was really, I was just listening to whatever my mom said, taking it for her word.

You know, she was right in many cases, but it was taking it for her word.

And, you know, I was believing these things without, you know, really knowing the science behind it.

So I was like, if I have these beliefs, I should probably, you know, figure out like, if this is, is this true?

You know, obviously I saw it in my life to be true, but I wanted to see like, is the science actually there?

So I started reading books, started listening to podcasts, starting diving into the literature.

And I was seeing that there is so much science to back all this stuff up.

So right now I'm a college student.

I'm a pre-med student on the pre-med track, majoring in biology, minoring in neuroscience.

And I have this huge passion for translating books.

the science, because that's what I love.

I just love reading research.

And, you know, through my academic endeavors, you know, I'm learning as I go in terms of like how to read research and like all these things.