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Architectural Perspective: The Effects of different people that when they are exposed to
Artificial Light and Other Environmental ungrounded fluorescent light, the deltoid shoul-
Factors on Human Health and Behavior der muscle weakens significantly. He pointed out
Dr. John Ott that doctors at NIH have observed that whatever
Lawrence Technological University weakens the deltoid muscle also weakens the
heart.
The late Dr. John Ott started out as a suc- Ott made numerous other discoveries. When
cessful banker who liked to dabble in time-lapse full-spectrum lights were installed in Sarasota
photography at which he was exceptionally good. schools, for example, kids stopped bouncing off
This hobby led to doing some films for Disney. the walls, learning disabilities were reduced,
Much of his more notable work involved time- grades improved and cavity rates decreased. Lab
lapse photography of plants. For a man playing studies showed that retinas work better under
with his hobby in the basement he had a very full-spectrum light, including the dreaded ultra-
elaborate setup. Eventually he left banking to violet light. Sunglasses reduce fertility. He also
pursue the hobby full-time, and this led to some showed that television radiation makes rats—and
interesting discoveries about the effects of light children—go nuts. The rats were blocked from
on plants, animals and people. That is the subject actually seeing the TV so we know they weren’t
of this video. just reacting to TV violence or game shows.
One of Ott's early projects called for pho- Most of this video came from a talk Dr. Ott
tographing pumpkins as they grew. He needed presented at Lawrence Technological Univer-
to do this indoors under controlled conditions. sity in October 1988 to a class of architecture
There was one problem. They wouldn’t grow. students. They were interested in how to design
After ruling out bad seeds, inadequate fertilizer healthy buildings instead of sick buildings. A
and camera shyness, he changed the fluorescent subset of this information is covered in the video
lights which produced a lot of yellow frequency Exploring the Spectrum by Dr. John Ott avail-
light for a light bulb that produced more blue able at www.naturalenergyworks.net. Whether
frequency. Problem solved. In other plants he or not you believe everything he says, he makes
found a correlation between virus susceptibility a good case that optimal health depends not only
and light frequencies. Someone might want to on good, full-spectrum nutrition, but good, full-
study that in humans as well. spectrum light as well. My thumb lights UP for
When Ott became involved in a project this video.
photographing chinchillas, he made one of many
Optimal interesting (some might say bizarre) discoveries. Dying to Have Known
health At the beginning the chinchillas were consistent- Written and produced by Steve Kroschel
ly producing a vast majority of male offspring.
depends not When he changed the frequency of the light, they The Gerson therapy for cancer treatment has
only on good, started producing mostly female offspring. What always been controversial and continues to be. In
full-spectrum makes this a little stranger is that he changed the this video an investigator interviews numerous
light ten days after conception. This phenomenon people on both sides of the subject. Naturally
nutrition, but could have intriguing implications for someone Charlotte Gerson, daughter and assistant of Dr.
on good, full- like a dairy farmer, for example, who wants more Max Gerson, developer of the therapy, is intro-
spectrum light heifers than bulls or egg producers who want duced early on. As you might guess, she is favor-
more hens than cocks.
able to the Gerson therapy. Shortly after that, Dr.
as well. Dr. Ott demonstrated several times with Dean Edell asserts that Gerson hasn’t cured any
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