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Plain-spoken guides to red and near-infrared light therapy from the team that builds the devices.
The Top 4 Books About Red Light Therapy for Better Health
Article at a Glance: LED light therapy has been around for over 40 years. NASA researchers initially used this technology to grow plants in space. They later applied...
Lumens and Lux: What You Need to Know
Light bulb shopping used to be relatively easy. Traditionally, we would replace our light bulbs based on wattage. As governments began phasing out the use of incandescent bulbs,...
Why Red Light Therapy is One of the Best Healing Tools
Article at a Glance: Red light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation or LED light therapy, is considered a safe, painless, non-invasive, and drug-free form of treatment for healing...
How to be More Compassionate with Your Lighting
Article at a Glance: Humans once solely relied on sunlight to illuminate their surroundings. Natural light/dark cycles helped entrain biological rhythms. The history of light, from the discovery...
Infrared and Thermal Energy: Here’s What You Need to Know
Article at a Glance: Infrared radiation (IR) is a type of energy that's invisible to the human eyes. Research suggests that slightly increasing core-body temperature and improving blood...
What Is Junk Light and Why is it Bad for You?
Article at a Glance: Junk light is a common occurrence found in artificial light sources like LEDs and fluorescents. Junk light specifically refers to blue, green, and violet light. We...
Near Infrared Light Therapy: a Magic Pill for Better Health
Article at a Glance: Near-infrared (NIR) light therapy is similar to red light therapy, except it is invisible to the human eye, and it has a deeper...
How Healthy, Signaling Blue Light Boosts Energy and Improves Focus
Article at a Glance: Nearly all facets of life depend on the sun’s energy. The sun produces natural blue light that is responsible for regulating circadian responses. The...
How Bioceramic Materials Support Recovery, Sleep, and More
Article at a Glance: When it comes to relaxation and recovery, blood circulation is very important. The human body is efficient at generating heat but not at retaining...
How to Get Your Light Right While Spending More Time at Home
Article at a Glance: We’re now living in the “Indoor Era” as people are spending more time indoors than ever before. More time at home means more time...
Why Light-Based Technology is Important for Connectivity, Health and More
Article at a Glance: As the world learns to navigate social distancing protocols, the demand for greater access to the Internet, information, and curriculums has grown exponentially. Public...
The Ultimate Guide To Light and Better Health
Article at a Glance: Light is a form of energy that travels in waves and comes from an array of things. Light has been used to heal for...
Why Red Light Therapy is One of the Best Healing Tools
Article at a Glance: Red light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation or LED light therapy, is considered a safe, painless, non-invasive, and drug-free form of treatment for healing...
How to Leverage Light Color to Support Your Circadian Rhythm
Article at a Glance: Color is the appearance of an object with respect to the wavelengths of light that are reflected off of it. Research shows that light is one of...
How to Boost Skin Health and Improve its Appearance
Article at a Glance: Skin is the body’s largest organ, and it’s important to protect it as much as it protects you. Maintaining healthy skin is not only...
LEDs: Are They Really Better for the Environment?
Article at a Glance: Lighting has seen a profound evolution from fire to incandescent, halogens, compact fluorescents, and now LED technology. The light bulb plays an integral part...
Space Day: LED Light Therapy & Blue Blockers Started With Space Exploration
Article at a Glance: National Space Day was first created in the 1990s to commemorate all of the achievements associated with space research and exploration, and to encourage...
5 Easy Ways to Stop Junk Light at Home
Article at a Glance: Junk light is everywhere around us. If you want to stop junk light, you need to sleep in complete darkness by stopping external light...
The Most Effective Nightlight for Promoting Better Sleep
Article at a Glance: Light directly impacts circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. Humans are especially sensitive to blue light; when we are exposed to wavelengths in the blue...
SAD lights, PBM & Circadian Light: What You Need to Know
Article at a Glance: Light is an extremely powerful stimulant and tool for the human body. There are several types of light therapy and lighting solutions – some...
Why Chiropractors Love Light Therapy And Want You To Try It
Article at a Glance: Rather than prescribing drugs or surgery to help relieve pain, chiropractors emphasize the use of natural, non-invasive treatments, such as manual adjustments and/or manipulations of the spine. LED light therapy is...
How Yellow LED Light Therapy Can Help Heal Your Skin
Article at a Glance: Yellow (or amber) LED light therapy encompasses 570nm-620nm and has a shallow penetration level which can be effective for healing a variety of skin...
Circadian Light: What Is It & Why Should You Care?
Article at a Glance: Light directly impacts our visual and non-visual responses. When we don’t get enough exposure to the sky-blue region during the day, and/or if we...
The Best Bulbs for Better Sleep
Article at a glance: Home lighting solutions have seen a huge transformation over the past several decades, the biggest shift being the adoption of LEDs. Many studies have...
Use Light to Improve Recovery Time After Surgery
By Jenna Keane What follows in this blog are the solutions I found through research, talking with my vet, other blogs, and experimentation. I used all facets of...
Near Infrared Light Therapy: a Magic Pill for Better Health
Article at a Glance: Near-infrared (NIR) light therapy is similar to red light therapy, except it is invisible to the human eye, and it has a deeper...
Key Mechanisms of Red and NIR Light for better Cellular Energy and Health
Article at a Glance: Red and Near Infrared (NIR) are considered “bioactive” wavelengths of light. The human body is biologically designed to need these types of light, as...
Proper Lighting Can Improve the Quality of Your Sleep
Article at a Glance: Humans have long relied on the sun's energy as well as fire and candlelight for illumination; however, we now have other technologies that allow...