Andrew Huberman· PhD
Red light, because it's long wavelength light, longer literally as opposed to a short wavelength light, can penetrate through things like skin and can indeed change mitochondria.
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Red light, because it's long wavelength light, longer literally as opposed to a short wavelength light, can penetrate through things like skin and can indeed change mitochondria.
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But the long-wavelength light of, say, 620 nanometers all the way out to, usually, about 850 nanometers that comes from a red light device, near-infrared light device, or infrared light device, that can penetrate deep into the skin. So, it has effects on the skin, it has effects deep in the skin, and there are a lot of different ways that it can affect our health. But one of the main ways is that it improves the mitochondrial function of cells.
the long-wavelength light, those photons, can actually impact the electrons on mitochondria and, for lack of a better way to put it, charge the mitochondria, which leads to more ATP, more cellular energy, and so forth.
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So the first reaction I think is that the motor starts to go around a little faster. But then something else happens which is really interesting which is we start to make more of these chains that make energy.
He explains that longwavelength light can actually pass into and through your entire body and that it scatters when inside you. Now, that might sound scary, but it's actually a great thing for your health because that's how long wavelength light can improve the health of all your organs by entering your body and supporting your mitochondria.
Dr. Jeffrey explains how light is absorbed by the water in your mitochondria, the energy producing organels within your cells to allow them to function better by producing more ATP.
Yeah, I I think I I think I would say it's it's improving the function and it's influencing the the mito more mitochondrial proteins to be synthesized.
The long wavelength light red and out towards infrared and near infrared is nonionizing. Yeah. >> Right. It's not altering the DNA of the cells. It's it's contributing to the healthy function of the mitochondria.