tankasnowgod
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One other factor here, meant to mention it earlier:
In addition to using red light daily, I've been wearing blue-blocking sunglasses for most of the day, and every time I use the computer/phone.
They may also be contributing to the anti-anxiety effects, as they do feel very relaxing. But they're not the primary factor - I started with them first and didn't notice any huge change.
My theory is that many people have chronic blue light toxicity (in addition to PUFA overload and so many other things), in which case overcompensating by blocking blue and focusing on red is warranted. For me, at least, it's working!!
Makes a lot of sense to me. Lots of sunlight + some targeted red light + blocking excess blue from computer screens seems like a very good combination, and I can see why the addition of 2-4 minutes of red light to the other two areas would have great effects.
You totally should get it out again!
If nothing else, maybe just use it in the morning?
Jack Kruse, for all his vanity, had some good info about why doing this could prevent sunburn by 'priming' the skin to receive more light later on.
Thanks for the link, good details here. I wish Red Light Man would just make a dosing calculator on their site, wouldn't be that hard to do.
Tho I disagree with their chart, the one that shows lots of red light being worse than none. If diminishing returns are noticed, a solution might be just to put the light farther away. Might have to experiment with using red light as background lighting throughout the entire day lol.
A lot of the experiments used Low Level Laser light, and the diminishing returns may have been due to heat. I heard a podcast from RLM, and he mentioned that it might not be as simple as the "biphasic dose." After all, even if one area hits saturation of Red Light, the blood flowing through that area can still be picking up the light and/or its effects, and having a systemic positive effect over the body.
And, of course, having the light further away will lower the dose you get considerably. I'm wary of the idea of "overloading" on red light from any of the consumer level devices, as you just aren't getting anywhere near the dose you would from something like 5-10 minutes in a Thorpod, and many are getting excellent results from those.