Bryan G

Founder of the UK’s top red light therapy biz. I help people use red light therapy properly.

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

What's The Difference Between Incandescent Chicken Bulbs And Those Expensive Red Light Therapy Panels?

I've seen people posting about incandescent heat lamps that have been available for decades at about $20 each.

They want to know if it's basically the same as “those expensive red light therapy panels?”

Incandescent bulbs are not photobiomodulation…

Here's the truth…

In this thread, we’ll get into the weeds on the major differences between them…

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@achillesx Hey!

Remember me?

The guy you promised to make content for if I paid you and sent you free stuff?

Glad you’re still enjoying the products.

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@maglady3525 Great, I’m glad you found my posts useful.

Yes, the toothbrushes do seem cool, but I’m not completely up-to-date with the science and the effectiveness of them.

Definitely worth a try though…

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

7 Things Nobody Tells Women In Menopause About Red Light Therapy

Women of menopause age keep telling me the same thing.

They bought a device, they've been using it for months, and they're not sure it's doing anything.

Red light therapy works!

Most of them are just not using it the best way.

Here are 7 things the people who get results do differently.

1. Distance Matters More Than You Think

The classic "6 inches for 20 minutes" rule is a good, general start.

But what most people don't realise is that the correct distance depends entirely on what you're trying to achieve.

For something like your face and eyes, you only need a gentle session, so you can be further away from your light.

For deep tissue stuff like stiff joints or aching shoulders you need to be much closer to the device, so more of the light penetrates deeper into your tissues.

For most handheld devices, you might actually be better off with the direct contact method.

Touching the device to your skin, to minimise reflection and maximise penetration.

2. Timing Is Everything

Using red light therapy at any time of the day is a good idea.

But if you really want to get the most out of it, use it as close to sunrise and sunset as possible.

Humans have evolved for millions of years getting the majority of our red and infrared light from the sun at sunrise and sunset.

Using red light at sunrise, followed by bright light, will leave you feeling energised and ready to face the day.

Using red light around sunset, followed by very low light and darkness, will leave you relaxed and sleepy, ready for bed.

Don't use red light therapy directly before bed.

Some people do struggle to sleep if they use red light therapy too close to bedtime.

Start with about 3 to 4 hours before sleep.

If sleep is the thing you're trying to sort out, this one matters more than anything else on this list.

3. Stop Combining It With Everything Else

There's some good evidence that red light therapy works well alongside certain topical or ingestible antioxidants.

Things like methylene blue and copper peptides.

But I don't recommend stacking it with other vigorous physical hacks. Things like sauna or ice baths.

These 3 are all so great on their own that they should be kept separate, so the biological processes each one stimulates has time to do its work before being interrupted by the next thing.

I recommend leaving a gap of at least 6 hours between an ice bath, a sauna and red light therapy.

If you're doing all three in the same morning, you're probably cancelling out some of the benefit of each.

4. Try The Proximal Priority Technique

Some interesting work has been done where Japanese researchers found better results by shining red light closer to the brain before anywhere else.

Specifically, they radiate the sides of the neck, where the main blood flow arteries are and also the back of the skull where the brain connects into the spine.

The idea is that the brain is in control of all bodily processes, including healing.

By priming the brain and nervous system as a whole, you may improve results further down the line.

5. It's Not Dangerous For Your Eyes.

Many people assume that because of the brightness, red light therapy is dangerous for your eyes.

The research points the other way.

Red and near infrared light is absorbed by the mitochondria in your eyes and used to create cellular energy and decrease inflammation.

Just by reading this post, you're getting a high amount of blue and green light into your eyes and brain.

Blue and green light is high energy and demands a lot of work from the mitochondria in your eyes. That can leave your eyes feeling tired and irritated.

Red and near infrared light is the exact opposite of that.

SIMPLE RULE: If it hurts your eyes move the light further away until you can gaze in the direction of it without any pain.

6. It's Not Just For Winter

Most people assume red light therapy really matters during winter, when good sunshine is rare.

And that's true. In winter it puts back a lot of what you'd normally be getting from the sun.

But it's worth using in summer as well.

In the summertime, if you use it before you go out into the sun, it primes your cells to receive UV light later in the day.

If you do spend too much time in the sun, use red light therapy afterwards to help soothe the redness and the inflammation.

7. The Wavelengths Matter, And Here's What Each One Does

Light is measured in nanometres, and every type of light coming from the sun has a corresponding number that identifies it.

Red light therapy technically uses two types of light.

Red light in the 600nm range.

The most effective are believed to be 630, 660 and 670nm.

Red light is visible and works mostly on the outside of your body.

Skin, hair, eyes, mood, sleep.

Near infrared light in the 800 nm range.

The most effective appear to be 810, 830 and 850nm.

Near infrared is invisible and works mostly on things on the inside.

Muscles, joints, bones, organs.

If your device only has one wavelength, you're only getting half of it.

For most women in midlife that's the whole problem.
The skin need sthe 600s.

The stiff joints need the 800s.

Get a device that has at least one red and one near infrared wavelength.
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Read more about how red light therapy can support you during menopause.

https://t.co/FduiEkHkio

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@Lorri_J_ Amazing! thanks for your support! Where do you live?

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@PragmaticNurse Problem is that “olive oil” probably ain’t “olive oil”

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Wondering about this?

https://t.co/5kE0JhmaFb

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@BlueLightDiet Fantastic reminder.

I just wrote a piece about 7 ways to get more infrared light, definitely worth a read 🫶🏻

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Infrared light is the most important wavelength your body needs.

And if you're not getting enough, things start to break down.

A 2024 study from University College London, led by Professor Glen Jeffery, showed infrared light passes straight through your body.

On the way It gets absorbed by your mitochondria, and studies show

✅ it supports an increase in cellular energy

✅ promotes natural anti inflammatories

✅ and increases blood flow.

But here's the problem.

Modern indoor life has almost zero infrared.

Your screens have zero.

Your office has zero.

Every bulb in your house has zero.

So if you spend your days inside, your cells are almsot ceretainly deficient in infrared light..

I'm going to give you 7 ways to get more infrared light in your life.

Most of them are easy and free.

1. Sunshine.

Nothing beats it.

Get 20 minutes outside with skin exposed, especially around sunrise and sunset, when infrared is highest.

2. Plants.

Almost nobody knows this.

Green leaves reflect infrared light onto you, even when you are in the shade.

So that's another amazing reason to spend more time in nature.

3. Make fires.

Fireplaces, campfires, whatever you can. Dont burn anything down.

The infrared spectrum from flames is some of the best there is.

It's calming for your nervous system and may even help with sleep, that's why you feel sleepy after staring into a campfire for a couple of hours.

4. Heat lamps.

Also also known as Chicken lamps and these are actually a type of incandescent bulb.

These give you a huge spectrum of infrared very similar to the Sun and fire.

They are however not true red light therapy because they get very hot and red light therapy doesn't work when your tissue gets very hot.

5. Swap your LED bulbs for incandescent.

Incandescents have a spectrum almost identical to fire.

Because these bulbs give off such a natural spectrum of light, they are the safest form of indoor lighting.

I know incandescents are difficult to get in most countries, but if you search online and also on places like Facebook marketplace you can still find some.

I actually use oven bulbs which are still freely available everywhere.

6. Red light therapy.

A fantastic supplement to natural sunlight.

Red light therapy panels deliver specific wavelengths of red and near infrared light.

The same as what's coming from the sun.

It's these two wavelength of light specifically that your mitochondria are able to absorb and use for cellular energy production.

Our Advantage panels are your best option if you want to top up your daily light dose.

They have two kinds of red light and three kinds of near infrared light.

7. Infrared saunas.

This is another great way to get a healthy dose of infrared light.

It's not the same infrared light that you get from red light therapy, which is near infrared light.

Infrared sauna mostly uses far infrared light which heats up the water inside your body and makes you sweat.

Make sure you get enough infrared light every single day.

Ps - USA warehouse opening soon with some crazy offers.

Drop 🇺🇸 if you want to be on the waiting list.

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Infrared light is the most important wavelength your body needs.

And if you're not getting enough, things start to break down.

A 2024 study from University College London, led by Professor Glen Jeffery, showed infrared light passes straight through your body.

On the way It gets absorbed by your mitochondria, and studies show

✅ it supports an increase in cellular energy

✅ promotes natural anti inflammatories

✅ and increases blood flow.

But here's the problem.

Modern indoor life has almost zero infrared.

Your screens have zero.

Your office has zero.

Every bulb in your house has zero.

So if you spend your days inside, your cells are almsot ceretainly deficient in infrared light..

I'm going to give you 7 ways to get more infrared light in your life.

Most of them are easy and free.

1. Sunshine.

Nothing beats it.

Get 20 minutes outside with skin exposed, especially around sunrise and sunset, when infrared is highest.

2. Plants.

Almost nobody knows this.

Green leaves reflect infrared light onto you, even when you are in the shade.

So that's another amazing reason to spend more time in nature.

3. Make fires.

Fireplaces, campfires, whatever you can. Dont burn anything down.

The infrared spectrum from flames is some of the best there is.

It's calming for your nervous system and may even help with sleep, that's why you feel sleepy after staring into a campfire for a couple of hours.

4. Heat lamps.

Also also known as Chicken lamps and these are actually a type of incandescent bulb.

These give you a huge spectrum of infrared very similar to the Sun and fire.

They are however not true red light therapy because they get very hot and red light therapy doesn't work when your tissue gets very hot.

5. Swap your LED bulbs for incandescent.

Incandescents have a spectrum almost identical to fire.

Because these bulbs give off such a natural spectrum of light, they are the safest form of indoor lighting.

I know incandescents are difficult to get in most countries, but if you search online and also on places like Facebook marketplace you can still find some.

I actually use oven bulbs which are still freely available everywhere.

6. Red light therapy.

A fantastic supplement to natural sunlight.

Red light therapy panels deliver specific wavelengths of red and near infrared light.

The same as what's coming from the sun.

It's these two wavelength of light specifically that your mitochondria are able to absorb and use for cellular energy production.

Our Advantage panels are your best option if you want to top up your daily light dose.

They have two kinds of red light and three kinds of near infrared light.

7. Infrared saunas.

This is another great way to get a healthy dose of infrared light.

It's not the same infrared light that you get from red light therapy, which is near infrared light.

Infrared sauna mostly uses far infrared light which heats up the water inside your body and makes you sweat.

Make sure you get enough infrared light every single day.

Ps - USA warehouse opening soon with some crazy offers.

Drop 🇺🇸 if you want to be on the waiting list.

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@AncientHealingX You need a bigger system 😜

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@Thylacinelife3 Good, keep it going!

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Can Red Light Therapy Help Old Eyes?

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@Thylacinelife3 Good! Make sure to report back!

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

If you’re using red light therapy on your eyes, there’s one thing you need to get right! (could be dangerous otherwise)

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Which light do you think is the most dangerous?

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Modern LED lighting is destroying your vision slowly every day…

but I can show you how to protect your eyes immediately.

Research shows red light therapy may help protect your eyes from blue light damage.

Let’s start with the problem.

Natural sunlight is the healthiest light for you beacause its what you have evolved with for millenia!

But the importnat thing to know is sunlight is full of blue light, the same blue light that comes off your screens and damages your eyes...

But you also need to know that in sunlight this blue light is always accompanied by red and infrared light, the same red and infrared light that red light therapy gives you...

Stay with me…

So when you get blue light from the sun you're also getting a big dose of red and infrared light and this balances out the potential damage that the blue light could do to your eyes.

The blue light is very intense on your mitochondria but the red and infrared light helps protect them and create more retinal energy.

So you get the benefits of the blue light from the Sun with the protection of the red and infrared light at the same time…

and this is crucial.

But modern LEDs have zero infrared.

When they invented household LEDs they decided that because you can't see the infrared light there was no point wasting energy producing it in the LEDs.

And now almost 100% of our environment is lit by these LEDs that are high in blue light and have zero infrared light.

So every hour under office lighting or on a screen, your eyes take all the blue with no counterbalance.

That never happened in human history, until about 20 years ago.

That's why we're seeing a sharp increase in vision related problems all over the world

and It's the same reason why your eyes feel destroyed by 5pm.

They're missing the infrared light they evolved with!

So here's you restore that balance immediately today

1. Get natural sunlight soon after waking, and again through the day.

If you're spending long hours on screens or indoors like we all are, taking breaks outside even if it's cloudy it will help refresh and protect your eyes.

2. Like most people, if you can't get enough sunlight every day, try red light therapy.

Remember it has the same beneficial red and infrared light that comes from the Sun.

Use a red light device on your eyes before and after your screen work.

5 minutes is enough.

Pick a distance that's comfortable and doesn't hurt your eyes when you shine it at your face.

If you give your eyes the right kind of light at the right time, you’ll have happy eyes!

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

Red light therapy supports your cells on the mitochondria level.

When your cells absorb this light, three important things happen …

✅Increase in energy production

✅Decrease in inflammation

✅Increase in blood flow

Combined, this is called healing.

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@Starlink Just not in South Africa 😂

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

@Thylacinelife3 @lepetitdrouide Nice.

Which one?

[Bryan G @RedLightRising]

“What’s the BEST Red Light Therapy Protocol?”

I’ll break it down in this video…