Red Light Therapy Reduces Blood Glucose and Increases Metabolic Rate

(This video was recorded on September 27th, 2023)

He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

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[Medcram]

I asked the study author to compare their intervention to sunlight. He stated that the device gives about 17mw/cm2 at 50cm and the sun is about 3mW/cm2 in the wavelength range so 5.5x more intense at that wavelength approximately. However, he also stated that he's seen the same switch at 2 min (just as good as 20 minutes). It seems to be like a switch that goes off with enough exposure and there is no dose-response curve meaning that more time or intensity doesn't mean a bigger drop in glucose. I've asked him for commercial product recommendations and I'll see what he says. For more information and continuing medical education on vital topics, such as EKG, and congestive heart failure to name a few go to medcram.com today.

[rangerdoc]

As a species we used to sit around a fire every night, getting a heavy dose of near-IR & red light. Crazy how much our lives have changed in just the last 100 years.

[Eric-zowo]

0:38: 🌞 Exposure to sunlight can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce diabetic profiles.
4:22: 🔋 The video explains the process of cellular respiration, where acetic acid is converted into acetelCOA and enters the citric acid cycle, producing ATP and high-powered electrons that are passed on to the electron transport chain to make water.
13:08: 📊 The video discusses the results of a study comparing blood glucose levels between a placebo group and an intervention group.
8:20: ✨ Nonpharmaceutical, noninvasive optical interventions can be used to support blood glucose level management in humans.
16:11: 🔬 Exposure to certain frequencies of light from the sun can improve mitochondrial function and metabolic health.
Recap by Tammy AI

[Gundog]

I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. I bought a red light device and have noticed the improvement of my symptoms when o have used it consistently.

[rebeccawoolfolk]

This is so intriguing to me. In 1995 I moved from Kansas to the Virgin Islands for a job. I weighed 165 lbs. I was there for 18 months. I didn't have access to a scale, but I knew I was losing weight, because I had to buy new clothes.

When I got home, I was astonished to find out I weighed 122 lbs. I hadn't actively cut calories. I wasn't hungry. I actually exercised far less, and my diet was worse in the VI.

When I came back home, I immediately started gaining weight again even though I was trying not to. Very quickly I was back to my original weight (and now I'm much more than that!)

I've spent years puzzling over this. The only other changes I can think of are more sunlight and saltier air.

[lc]

I have been a historically poor sleeper my whole life. Watching your videos on light have transformed my sleeping. I rarely have difficulty sleeping now. Many thanks

[Bob_Adkins]

Many old doctors and grandmothers used to recommend sunlight and fresh air for sickly people, so maybe they were right!

[tassey]

Great information. Started watching you during Covid and without any training past High School Science have learned a lot about cellular biology. I was looking at the diagram with all the letters and thought, "I can't believe I am following all of this!" But the point about how badly we are affected by separating ourselves from nature and light is so important. I have made the effort to get out more. Luckily, I am retired and live in north Florida, so no excuses here. You are really on to something. But since nobody will make money, it may be really hard to get the message out.

[ElizabethMillerTX]

Before the pandemic, I had figured out that I had dysautonomia/POTS and that sunlight/light hygeine helped dramatically. Watching so many new people struggle from dysautonomia/POTS and other complications of the spike protien, on top of my own aggravations from it, has been sort of traumatizing. I wanted awareness, but not via millions of new sufferers. I wanted enlightenment, not enfrightenment. Your light series has been the best medicine for that frustration and remains my favorite pandemic silver lining. Thanks, y'all!

[garyssimo]

I watch about 6 functional medicine MDs and DCs here on u tube and Dr. Roger is by far my favorite. We are creatures of the light
for sure. Thanks for another great talk! I let my real estate license expire and work my old tukus off as a gardener now and never been happier or healthier. Not getting rich....
getting healthy and happy cause health is wealth. Will tell my Kaiser D.O. about you. Someday I will meet her as its been 20 years since last blood work and maybe im due again.

[khcarrydaily]

A friend is a type 2 diabetic, she tried red light therapy once for weight loss, she noticed a week later that she didn't need as much insulin. She regularly does red light therapy now and the amount on insulin she needs has gone from 18 to 24 units a day down to 4 units a day. Her doctor told her that her pancreas is now producing a small amount of insulin where it wasn't before.

[JenniB]

I'm a night worker and don't get enough sunlight. My red light therapy device arrived in the post yesterday, so hopefully that helps

[ayershov]

Thank you ! From the practical point of view, it would be very useful to get some recommendations for in-home therapy devices. Not specific brands (I understand you can't do that), but categorized by design details such as: panels vs. suspended light-bulb, wavelength, power...I searched for this information, but couldn't find an independent and serious review.

[gavtalk]

The moral of so many of these "stories" (research papers) is - Try to imagine how humans lived for the last few thousands years, and follow about 90% of it.

Be outside.
Occasional meat only, occasional sugar and oil.
Live kind of like a pauper.
Live slower.
More social interaction everywhere - the street, the train, office, homes.
Cook basically all your meals.
Don't over sanitise and clean everything.
Walk everywhere.
Buy less and work less.
Etc

[vin]

Thanks so much !! Just purchased a panel and after I showed this to my wife, she didn't give me any flak!She trusts your opinion much more than the ER doc she is married too. Could you please do an analysis of the Nature study regarding long COVID and lab findings? Thanks so much for all you do - it's so helpful top so many!

[IIVVBlues]

I've retired to southern AZ. No shortage of sun here. I do feel better when I have a chance to get outside and I have not only lost weight, but my blood sugar level is lower. This all makes total sense to me. The internet is a wonderful source of information. Thank you for posting this.

[marie-joelleraussou]

That is a new addition to my knowledge about red and near red light lamps. If you live in Northen Europe, going out in sunlight from mid October is a dream which never comes true. Redlight and nearread lamps make sense to have

[Szymuszka]

I have bought it some time ago and the one thing that I have noticed is that my migraines (that I was getting regularly) are no longer coming back. I might have incidentally a little bit of a headache but nothing that lasts longer than an hour or two. Before I had headaches of many hours of days (with each month one bout of a migraine of 3 days). I hae also noticed that my levels of energy are slightly higher. Three interesting facts: when my family member was sick with flu with a lot of coughing I set it up for her - and after half an hour she stopped coughing constantly (to only once every couple of minutes a slight cough). So it dit something to her lungs that the production of phlegm was was much slower. Second thing, actually a warning too, I have heavy menstrual bleeding and I am usually in a lot of pain. I thought I could use this light on my lower abdomen. But the pain was not better because of this - and my period lasted longer and I got even a lot of pain afterwards (a couple of days). So I cannot recommend if for that purposes. Third of all, I had allergies and inflammation in my body my whole life and it is normal for my to have enlaged lymphatic knots (mainly under my jaw). After using this light it completely went away which was shocking to my. For the first time in my life I could really squeeze my neck without wincing,

[enidcronin]

I have just ordered a red lamp as I live in the UK. When it gets to December we are lucky to get 6 hours of sunlight and invariably many winter days are cloudy or raining. I have got my Hba1c down to 5.5 (at my worst it was 12). That dropped from 5.9 in the three months from May to September whereby I was out walking in the sun. After hearing this I think having a red lamp will only be beneficial even though I will continue to walk but of course I am more covered due to the temperature dropping. Thank you for explaining this clearly. I had heard of the benefits of red light but didn't know why now I know.

[YashoShasho]

It also stimulates hair growth and hair will grow faster, for example, after chemo. It also helps with relaxation. Personally, it helped me tremendously during my cancer treatment. All my hair grew back normal.