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Affordable Red LED light therapy

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

Zero Kelvin = True Red? Would an object at Absolute Zero emit any light at all? Pure colors don't land on the Color Corrected Temperature (CCT or Kelvin) scale. It would be null. Another basic physics blunder from "quantum health" marketers.

Reference:
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[Rupali Chadha, M.D.🩺 @RupaliChadhaMD]

I got asked a lot this weekend about my skincare routine as an almost 47 year old. I won’t gate keep.

1. Eat your skincare. Oysters, a solid oyster supplement (Saturée) because we aren’t all billionaires, works. This is copper peptide… GHK-Cu and more! Eat foods that promote collagen and elastin.
2. Elevai serum. It has penetrating and stable GHK-Cu PLUS day zero exosomes from ethically donated chord blood. Best on the market. It also has 6 other components, so it’s a one stop shop.
3. Red and NIR red light in the AM. I love @GembaRed as the frequencies are evidence based and low EMF, low intensity.
4. Balance gut microbiome (whether that means a high-quality yogurt for probiotics and or high-quality post biotics like ghee with butyric acid).
5. NAC if tolerated… it turns into glutathione. Potent antioxidant, even skin tone:

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

New Video! Is there ALWAYS heat with Red Light Therapy? Or NEVER any heat? We explore how molecular level heating is an important mechanism, but doesn't necessarily create an increase in tissue temperature.

https://t.co/IwVJMz3xem

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

The top RLT influencers now admit that LED Panels were not clinical grade, and obviously they had to make up a lot of claims with zero evidence to fill in the gaps in their initial books and blogs. So, what did these humble learners get wrong? They are too shy to say.

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

The Red Light Therapy trend started almost 10 years ago with popular brands and their influencers. The Dunning Krueger Effect caused these new learners to make confident false claims in their books and blogs. It has been GembaRed's work that thanklessly cleaned it up.

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

New Blog! Here are the top 10 myths that we have busted in the Red Light Therapy industry:

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[GembaRed @GembaRed]

Does Sugar Supercharge Red Light Therapy? We investigate in our latest blog!

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[Jonathan Jarecki @Jonathanjarecki]

YOUR RED LIGHT PANEL MAY BE DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

More intensity is not always better.

Lower intensity over longer exposure is the ONLY evidence based conclusion, hence why that is what we receive naturally from the sun.

[no.mind @the_no_mind]

Many red light therapy devices produce 5-10x the intensity of natural sunlight.

That's not a feature. It's a problem.

Dr. Alexander Wunsch — the first researcher to publish a peer-reviewed full-body photobiomodulation study (2012):

“A lot of companies or manufacturers, they just go for the highest intensity possible. And here, from my point of view, this can be a problem.”

The industry problem: a lot of manufacturers chase maximum intensity.

Sometimes 10x the spectral irradiance found in natural sunlight at specific wavelengths.

This is the wrong optimization target.

Here's why:

In sunlight, all wavelengths are entangled. Intensity at one wavelength is always proportional to the others.

The system evolved within this relationship.

When you isolate one wavelength and amplify it 10-20x — you decouple it from the system it evolved within.

Wunsch: "When we put out or take out certain wavelengths and amplify them by a factor of 10, we cannot be sure that our protective mechanisms are still capable of handling these powers."

No thermal warning signal fires.

Your biology has no alarm for this type of overdose.

The intensity window problem:

Biological systems have intensity windows — ranges within which light produces a beneficial response.

Exceed those windows and more intensity does not mean more benefit.

Past a certain threshold, stronger intensity no longer means better effect.

Wunsch: "If you shoot over these windows it does not mean that the stronger and stronger and stronger intensity means that you have a better and better and better effect."

The skin regeneration trap:

High-intensity red light can produce rapid cosmetic results — fewer fine lines and wrinkles, improved skin texture.

This works short-term.

The mechanism: acute inflammation triggers accelerated cell turnover.

Wunsch: "For example, skin regeneration, rejuvenation, if you want to have a short effect, then you can use very high intensities. You will create a subtle inflammation, inflammatory response, and you can measure less fine lines and wrinkles, but it will backfire.

There will be a backlash after a certain while. You cannot pull or activate the inflammatory reaction as often as you want because replacement of cells goes along with shortening of telomeres."

The problem: each cycle of inflammation-mediated cell replacement shortens telomeres.

The cosmetic benefit is real. The backlash is deferred — not avoided.

What photobiomodulation actually means:

Photo — light.
Bio — life.
Modulation — bringing back to balance.

Not maximization. Modulation.

Wunsch: "You should not expect gigantic effects from photobiomodulation because photobiomodulation is normalization. You will bring back balance and coordination into the system."

"The ideal treatment is kind of subliminal."

Not the highest wattage panel you can find.

The industry sells maximization.

The biology requires modulation.

Nature is always your first and best option.

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

New study successfully improved adult asthma with either exercise or Photobiomodulation+Exercise. The addition of RLT improved muscle strength and respiratory markers.

https://t.co/h2qStjCwFU

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

New podcast featuring Professor Glen Jeffery. Finally restoring sanity back to this industry recommending low intensity and ambient infrared lighting.

https://t.co/kUVDEMQ83f

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

Red Light Therapy dosing calculator! Figure out proper energy, exposure time, and more!

Since 2020 we have hosted the world's first freely accessible dosing calculator. No email collection, no restrictions. Just tools and science to help everyone.

https://t.co/mD8gKgqxEN

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

Can you have too much Red Light Therapy? Explore this topic in one of our most popular blogs rattles the industry.

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[GembaRed @GembaRed]

@hubermanlab Halogen work light.

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

How many times can we zoom in to see what is really happening in Red Light Therapy?

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

Incandescent 250W Red Heat Lamps aren't just for warmth, but they provide essential infrared spectrum for metabolism. Just ask any reptile keeper or chicken farmer.

[Peter Anthony Cowan @living_energy]

In 2006, I accidentally ran a red light experiment on my chickens.

We left town for Christmas during a cold spell and put them in the garage with a 250W red bulb from the feed store (the only bulb they had left).

Came back to an explosion of eggs. We'd used regular bulbs before to no effect.

I started shining it on myself while I worked. At first for the warmth, then as evening lighting because my eyes felt better. Soon my sleep improved. Found some obscure NASA wound-healing research on Google and a world of "cold lasers" and never looked back.

That was 20 years ago. Welcome to the party, Nature.

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

What do some of the top researchers use according to this new article by nature?

Incandescent bulbs, LED panels, helmets, and masks.

[nature @Nature]

A growing body of legitimate science has been exploring the benefits of red light therapy for several conditions, from ADHD, to retinal degeneration, to dermatology

https://t.co/XZ4oet5VNE

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

The irony of this story is that Joovv has been a sponsor of the 49ers since 2020.

If they even used it, it seems Red Light Therapy cannot offset the harm of chronic ELF exposure.

Or, at the very least, it is bad branding to be the sponsor of one of the most injury prone teams.

[Peter Anthony Cowan @living_energy]

Low-frequency electromagnetic fields can degrade collagen, weaken tendons, and cause soft-tissue damage at levels regulators call "safe."

We have a real world case study proving this:

An NFL team whose practice facility sits next to a massive electrical substation.

THREAD 🧵

https://t.co/4AFRlmqgZv

[GembaRed @GembaRed]

What is the optimal intensity for Red Light Therapy? Well, first we need to prove that there CAN BE an optimal intensity. Most influencers insist that the best intensity is the highest that you can afford as long at it doesn't burn you.

https://t.co/WqhCB1mc5L