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How Red Light Therapy Improves Your Health | Dr. Glen Jeffery & Dr. Andrew Huberman

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Dr. Glen Jeffery and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss how long-wavelength light can decrease blood glucose spikes, reduce cell death, and produce systemic mitochondrial and neuroprotective effects.

Dr. Glen Jeffery, PhD, is a professor of neuroscience at University College London and a leading expert on how different colors (wavelengths) of light impact cellular, organ and overall health. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

Watch the full episode: Dr. Glen Jeffery: Using Red Light to Impro...
Show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/gwX6N6d

Timestamps
00:00 Light & Blood Glucose
00:18 Picnic Hypothesis & Study Setup
01:42 Bumblebee Experiments with Light
03:22 Human Experiments with Red Light
05:59 Red Light & Parkinson's Disease
08:19 Red Light & Retinal Health
10:50 Mitochondria & Systemic Effects

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@HubermanLabClips Creator 5 months ago Pinned

This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode “Dr. Glen Jeffery: Using Red Light to Improve Your Health & the Harmful Effects of LEDs.” The full episode can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/W1R7ulzWky0?si=xz-XMzGANbaSEnkG

@sweetcello3358 1 month ago

Bring back incandescent bulbs!!

@slatanek 6 days ago

It would be nice to actually provide some practical advice. I looked at red light therapy lights and I see LED bulbs used in them. Now having listened to the part about LED light being bad I'm confused and unsure what is actually good to get.

@太极师姐静中文版 1 month ago

What a study ! how about sunset infrared light ?

@installnucleus 5 months ago

I work out, and I'm excited to try red light therapy

@netlane100 5 months ago

Please also inform us about contraindications, what about moles on the face, thyroid cysts?

@RONMAYS71 3 days ago

I buy 25 and 40 watt bulbs, I believe they are called appliance bulbs,and lower wattage for a few lamps, the light warmth is nice, not the colder white, a warm orangish tint

@r54070 5 months ago

Excellent and very interesting discussion on red light therapy. Full disclosure, I have not {yet} watched the full interview and Dr. Jeffrey may have addressed this question there.... My questions are as follows: These red light findings are very interesting indeed, however, what "red light" are we talking about? Is this red light in the visible spectrum (625-750nm wavelengths)? If so, is there a specific wavelength that provides the most benefit? Or are we looking at the infrared, or near infrared wavelengths? Thanks! And I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.

@KosmicKaren 4 months ago

My gym has a full body red light panel. Been using it for a little over a month and I haven’t noticed any changes, but granted I really do not have any health problems, 54 years old. I have heard that it helps improve reading vision which would be wonderful! But I’m too nervous to not wear the safety glasses they give us

@EyepowerRedREDLIGHTGLASSES 5 months ago

Mindblowing. Mitochondria are a community, if you improve them in one place in the body, you improve them elsewhere. If you damage them in the body in one place, you damage them elsewhere. Looking after them is 'slightly' important. Two brilliant men, thanks the whole team. Professor Jeffery consulted on our device.

@davidallen2587 5 months ago

red light therapy for gums? especially stopping gum recession or gum improvement ? does red light therapy work, or is it a scam to buy a red light mouthguard...?

@ckatt352 5 months ago

How do we apply this .?

@lukirch 5 months ago

670nm red light is good for eyes health

@janetfitzgerald9752 1 month ago

I bought a “near red light” pad off Amazon. Did I waste my money? Is near red light as good or better than red light?
Lyme disease sufferer.

@lydiaveldhuizen3157 1 day ago

Is it possible that the moderator not always interrupt. Let the Man tell his story. Those interuptions are soooo disturbing.

@sandib2420 1 month ago

In this day and age, can’t you figure out a way to test this stuff without subjecting bees to torture?

@stephenpearce3880 9 days ago

Poor Bees! 😢

@ShirleyFleming-vi2fb 2 weeks ago

💜🩵🙏Helpful, insightful, educational….but…I am heavy hearted 😢too! Why do ‘we’ think it is ok to torture other living things (the bees who help us by pollinating our plants) to learn what works for humans? People who choose to be part of an experiment are compensated financially. There is no ‘balance’ for the bees, the rats, the dogs (WHOEVER) …JUST WRONG!!! INHUMANE! 😟😖😢