Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Heart & Circulation
Light and metabolism. It is so cool to see this study show a reduction in body fat AND metabolic regulation. Light ignites the cellular metabolism. Lasers Surg Med. 2015 Oct;47(8):634-42. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22395. Epub 2015 Jul 29. The potential of phototherapy to...
Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Immune System
Blue light is a cleansing light that has been found in many studies to have an anti-pathogenic effect. Here it is shown to be effective in inhibiting growth of Staph bacteria at the RNA level which is exciting because it is the mutation of the RNA that keeps organisms...
Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Tissue Regeneration & Recovery
Lights or Ice to restore muscle after exercise? LIGHTS! Near Infrared and Red Light performed better than ice and lights or ice alone. Light led to “complete recovery to baseline levels” 1 day after high intensity exercise. We have been told for many years...
Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Inch Loss and Metabolism
Shining near infrared light 6 times a month on diabetic, obese mice meant 5 times less inflammation in their belly fat and significantly lower blood glucose levels. More good reasons to shine with light. J Biophotonics. 2016 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201600088. [Epub...
Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Tissue Regeneration & Recovery
Muscle Recovery, Collagen Deposition and LED light therapy. Shining therapeutic LED lights on injured muscle “induced a significant reduction in inflammation and increased the amount of new muscle and collagen fibers.” The wavelength studied was in the...
Nov 28, 2016 | Athletic Performance & Recovery, Brain, Mood & Stress
Exciting to see how deeply Red and Near Infrared light can penetrate into the brain tissue. The authors find promising to use light to support those with Parkinson’s or other neurodegenerative diseases. We have personally seen several people with...
