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Is Red Light Therapy Safe to Use?
I wanted to clarify something about red light, in regards to what I learned recently from Dr Jack Kruse. So I wanted to write this up to share but also some new perspectives. Is Red Light Therapy Safe to Use? Here's What Actually Matters This is one of the most common questions in our community. People see a red light panel and immediately wonder if it's doing something harmful. Is it disrupting hormones. Is it messing with sleep. Is it safe to use every day. Short answer: yes, it's safe. Long answer: the real question isn't "is red light safe," it's "when and why are you using it." Summer Rule: Get Outside First Right now it's summer. The sun is up early, setting late, and full-spectrum sunlight is sitting right outside your door for free. If you have access to real sunlight, that always wins over a panel. Sunlight isn't just red and near-infrared. It carries the full spectrum your mitochondria evolved to use, along with UV that drives vitamin D production, nitric oxide release, and skin health in ways no panel replicates. Red light panels exist to fill the gap when the sun isn't available. In winter, at high latitudes, or if you're stuck inside all day, that's when a panel earns its keep. In summer, your first move should be outside, barefoot if you can, skin exposed, before you reach for a device. Why Red Light at Night Doesn't Blunt Melatonin Here's the part that confuses most people. They think any bright light at night is a melatonin killer. That's true for white light, blue light, and most LED lighting. It is not true for red light. Melatonin suppression isn't about how bright a light is. It's about wavelength. Your eyes have a specific receptor, melanopsin, sitting in the retinal ganglion cells. Melanopsin is tuned almost exclusively to blue-green wavelengths, in the 460 to 490 nanometer range. That's the signal your brain reads as "it's daytime, hold off on melatonin." Red and near-infrared light sit way outside that range, typically 630 to 850 nanometers. Melanopsin barely responds to it. So even if a red light panel is pumping out a high lux reading, one of those old-school light meters, your brain's melatonin machinery doesn't register it as daytime. You can use red light in the evening, even at what looks like high intensity, and your circadian signaling stays intact.
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Thank you for the clarification! Very helpful.
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What health advice did you follow for years before realizing it was working against your biology? Drop it below πŸ‘‡πŸ» Someone here needs to hear they’re not crazy.
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Intermittent fasting for 9 years-coffee with mct oil and butter for breakfast and first meal after 2p. I initially lost 25 lbs. and had tons of energy throughout those years not realizing the β€œenergy” was increased cortisol. It literally wrecked me.
The NEVER talked about side of Iron & Anemia
Check out our Mineral Method Guide in the classroom tab. 🎁 It’s marked down to 50% OFF! If you want to do a Full Monte Iron Panel click HERE. If you want more support, click HERE. Let’s set a time to chat so we can find the best path for you. Any questions about this video, comment belowπŸ‘‡πŸ»
The NEVER talked about side of Iron & Anemia
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Thank you for this. Very helpful. My husband is dealing with low iron and I’m dealing with high histamines and so this information was very eye opening.
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Kristina Ruth
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wife, mom to 4, mom in love to 3, grandmommy to 4; β€œretired” CM home educator of 25y; nature journaling rather inconsistently since 2000 πŸ©·πŸ’™πŸ’›

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