Does Red Light Therapy stimulate Mitochondria? Not always...

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[Physionic]

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[rossentownsend]

Inconsistencies in effect have been explained by the time .
Tests that were performed in the morning had a much greater effect than test in the afternoon .

[marcelguldemond]

Did you see the explanation on the MedScape channel? The doctor there was talking about how NIR stimulates an enzyme/protein that generates melatonin inside the mitochondria, where the melatonin is a strong antioxidant, thereby helping to reduce oxidative stress on the mitochondria.

[richardburklin]

According to dr. Glen Jeffery the time ofday plays an important role in that the effect of red light or infrared light . exposure needs to occur early in the day. I just thought you might want to look at that.

[DecentGradient]

Great video! I was looking forward to you delving into red light therapy. I developed some kind of eczema about 6 years ago leaving my fingers dry and cracked all of the time. It was a painful nuisance. Nothing was really working so I tried a low powered red light glove. That made it worse. I was about to write off red light, but thought to try one of the expensive high powered name brand panels as a last ditch effort. Within 2 days my hands were healing, and within 2 weeks they were completely clear. I use it every day now and my hands have stayed clear ever since. It's interesting that it correlates with that study you showed first, where low power actually made it worse. There seems to be a goldilocks zone.

It's good to hear some potential explanations as to how it works too. You're right that there's a big lack of information on that front. I knew it worked to heal my hands, but I was curious how exactly. Keep up the excellent videos sir!

[Zoe-sjj]

I bought a panel from Future Form Official. It works well for my skin, and I don't look tired anymore, which I am very happy about.

[ErnestLemmingway]

If you want to learn from the best listen to Jack Kruse. Roger Seheult is also good and Alexis Cowan is becoming a badass.
The guy studying mitochondria the longest is doug wallace and a very important book for understanding our electrical potential is "the body electric " by Robert obecker. Also Gerald Pollock is doing some very important work related to the metabolic structured water within our cells.

[SessleIsosceles]

I have never felt a more repeatable, robust, consistent and efficacious effect for my well being that I have from consistent red light therapy since I started using one a year ago, and at first it felt almost negative like a detox but soon turned into one of the most enjoyable lifestyle staples I've incorporated thus far. The dose makes the poison or the medicine, red light has been no different for me.

[DoctorEyeHealth]

Love it! Thank you so much for going this in depth! 🎉

[thewoodworker]

Anyone looking to further their knowledge, you have to check out Glen Jeffery, Professor of Neuroscience at UCL (University Collage, London), is studying the effect on infra-red radiation on the body. Some of his talks are on YouTube. 👍🏻

[petercandance]

The thing is mice/rats are nocturnal creatures, so in the course of evolution, light in general should have a different effect on mice cells.

[quitwastinmytime]

I'll watch this later but I remember it was only a couple of weeks ago calling you out for not mentioning all the studies about red light. I assume you will make me look foolish but I appreciate that you took a look at it.

[jacobdahl]

Hi again!
In the last video, I asked for more nuances on red-light. It's great that you provided research from another field.
I want to commend you for not always making myth-buster videos, which I see are becoming more popular among, shall we say, longevity influencers (or scientists like you). This actually leaves a more... shal we say positive result.

[christopherebhabha]

Yesterday I used red plus near infra red on the cold sore on my lips, today it’s dried up and it is healing, it is relieving pain on my knees after exercise, lost weight…..7lbs in two weeks, stomach is leaning out, relieves tension at the bottom of my feet. I respond very well to this stuff, I am still learning how to be more effective with it hence I listened to your video. Experience will always top scientific data: there might be other factors why we all respond differently, blood type, genetics, phenotype! As long as it is safe, individuals should monitor and learn from their personal experiences, do not be deterred by scientific data ever. Science is the extrapolation of commonsense into quantifiable data and structures, but commonsense and human intuition is superior to science, ultimately advances in science have to dip into commonsense and intuition to first arrive at an advance that makes no sense, until experiences verify that it makes sense. Dear humans, don’t be afraid, don’t be deterred in your natural curiosities for their in lies our primal power gifted by nature and the original creative intent otherwise known as the spirit or intelligence of God. Intellect is still second place to primal intelligence by which we know things, and understand things intuitively. Intellect is supposed to be an assistant to common primal sense, not its master.

[TCBytom]

One remark. Shutting down ATP production actually may be beneficial in some states through activation AMPK pathway. For instance Belarussians over a decade ago developed method for killing cancer cells with LLT of specific wavelenght (I don't remember exact value), In general you need specific power (typically miliwats per square cm) and specific total energy of irradiation (in joules) to get required results. Typical wavelenght used in practice is 660 nm or 630 nm or 880 nm. In order to avoid harmfull sideeffects power is reducted to max 100mW/cm2 but energy to stimulate is between 1.5 - 10 Jouls per session, for killing pathologica cell - >10J but below <100J. LLLT is used in treating male baldness (alopecia - efficacy about 70%), ulcers, ambliopia....

[rosaflorpuig]

Dr. Verhoeven, please do a video on Trigonelline. And, thank you for everything you do.

[millenniummastering]

One of the most consistent and powerful health and sleep improvements in my life is using a 250 watt full spectrum lamp daily. Been doing it for years and just the improvements in sleep alone vs not doing it are enough. Let alone seeng the healing effects on skin repair from infection damage etc etc. Full spectrum is the way. And so much cheaper.

[GlennHanna]

It feels like quackery. Everybody on YT seems to love it. Your video at least you seem to also want to know why it is said to work. It's one of those things I'll have to try for myself to find out what everyone is raving about.

[trycourage]

Fun introduction, caught my attention right away. Thanks for making these videos fun to watch and easy to follow along with

[jameslmccauleyjr]

My understanding is that effects of NIFR light is not just about energy production. It also increases melatonin production in the mitochondria which reduces ROS thus improving the mitochondria function. What do you say about that?