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When using it for the brain, are there big differences between red vs. near-infrared light? And does the light penetrate through hair and skull? NIR will get through the skull more effectively, so for the brain specifically, near-infrared is going to be superior. Neither near-infrared nor red light will penetrate effectively through hair, so you don’t want to shine it on the hairy parts of your head, but the forehead, back of the neck, and ear areas are all good.
VieLight also makes a product called VieLight Neuro which is a much higher power device with multiple light points around the skull. (It can be placed to emit light through the hair follicles directly on the skin, so the hair doesn’t block the light). The VieLight Neuro may very well be the best product for treating the brain specifically. We don’t know for sure, as there are no studies comparing it to LED lights, but it looks to be a great product.
Q: I’ve heard of NEAR-infrared saunas. What do you think of these?
There is really no such thing as a purely near-infrared sauna—i.e. a sauna that only emits near-infrared and no far-infrared. If a sauna did that, it would not be a sauna at all, because it wouldn’t be hot (it would be room temperature).
What these companies who are selling “near-infrared saunas” are actually selling is far-infrared (i.e. heat) that also includes a source of near-infrared light (for example, the heat bulbs I discussed earlier in this book).
There are sauna options which do include near-infrared and truly do act as sauna and get hot. Of these options, the top choices are Sunlighten’s mPulse saunas, Clearlight’s full spectrum saunas and the SaunaSpace Pocket Sauna.
Remember, it’s quite a bit more expensive to get one of these saunas (roughly 10x more money) compared to just a red/NIR light device, so I generally don’t push for people to go purchase a home sauna,
What device do I personally use? I have both a Red Rush360 and a Platinum BIO600. Both are excellent lights that I highly recommend.
Using these two powerful lights simultaneously, I can basically treat my entire body (or any area I want to treat) in less than 5 minutes. Typically, I use these two lights while lying on the ground and have one on either side of me at 6”-24” away. I either lay on my back or my side, and this way, I can treat both sides of my body at once or the front and back of my body at once. I typically use it for anti-aging purposes on the skin, enhancing the effects of exercise (muscle gain, performance, and recovery), fat loss, preventing hair loss, as well as treating any injuries that I get from
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About the Author Ari Whitten is a #1 best-selling author and the creator of the Energy Blueprint system. He is an energy and fatigue specialist who focuses on taking an evidence-based approach to energy enhancement. He is also a nutrition and lifestyle expert with a Bachelor of Science from San Diego State University in Kinesiology. He holds two advanced certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and recently completed coursework for his PhD in Clinical Psychology, an education which rounds out all aspects—nutrition, fitness, and psychology—of his approach to optimal health.
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