12/11/2025
As a Naturopathic student, we are to write a research paper on an area of interest each year of school which must increase in length as we progress in knowledge.
Year 1, I knew I wanted to discuss Light as a Nutrient because it was something I'd been already going deep on for the last couple of years in my free time. I did not know where this would take me.
After writing my first year's paper, I couldn't just stop. I continued this topic in a much more in-depth look which covers in total 3 years worth of research papers. This is where "Light from a Naturopathic Perspective" came from.
On top of the 2-3 years of prior research, I spent most of my free time from homework reading research papers, listening to lectures, podcasts, taking notes, and spinning my mind on how this all works together. It was exhausting and frustrating, but I loved every minute of it. Then the trick was putting it on paper in a way that actually made sense to anyone, not just a Naturopath.
There is nothing but passion and drive for truth in this paper. It is not perfect, or peer-edited, but in a world of AI-written-everything, I think it is refreshing to see things from a human mind.
I may add to this still before publishing it as an official book because this is still only scratching the surface.
You will not view light and health the same after you read this.
The link below is to a Google Doc; however, if reading on a phone the formatting is completely screwed up. Feel free to message me or comment your email for a PDF version.
READ HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pT3TyL7VpRt5wDkjOmdmUAoslQFfzWfd/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110474685092186582083&rtpof=true&sd=true