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Infrared!!!! (scientifically proven) Everyone know about UV, vitamin D and blue light to help your circadian rhythm. But very few people know that we need inf

by alfor 4y ago

Infrared!!!! (scientifically proven) Everyone know about UV, vitamin D and blue light to help your circadian rhythm. But very few people know that we need infrared to keep inflammation in check. Our mitochondria use infrared light to create melatonin that remove oxidative stress from normal metabolic respiration. The melatonin we know from the brain is merely the backup plan for the night. We have create an environment completely void of infrared (IR blocking windows, living inside, led light) and we get a lot of inflammation that trigger autoimmune disease, depression, etc. I think that one reason why it feel so good to snuggle up to a fireplace in the winter (way better than just the heat) This research has been done on human and mice, replicated, etc. I think there is no money to be made by the pharma (in fact a lot of money to be lost) if this was widespread knowledge. I bought a cheap infrared heat dish at costco and healed a terrible eczema i have every winter for 20 years in a few days. I implore everyone who has an autoimmune disease or depression to try it out. For sure the sun is better, but this can help in the middle of winter. https://www.google.com/search?q=medcram+infrared https://www.google.com/search?q=medcram+infrared

polskibus 4y ago
Do you have citations for those claims apart from videos made by a doctor ? It certainly sounds very interesting although sunbed fans should be most healthy people on earth in such case.
- alfor 4y ago
  There is research papers he talk about in his video. I didn’t look the papers myself (use his summary) Update: https://www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view/19 https://www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view...
pmoriarty 4y ago
"I think there is no money to be made by the pharma (in fact a lot of money to be lost) if this was widespread knowledge." You could say the same about using ordinary light therapy to treat seasonal affective disorder... but that's widely known.
- alfor 4y ago
  Yeah, you are right. A bit conspiratorial. I think it’s a big discovery an should get much more visibility. Autoimmune diseases and depression are in constant progression in our modern world. The light therapy probably took a lot of time to get from scientifically know to widely know.
peter422 4y ago
I'm no window expert but I can feel infrared heat through my windows and I have pretty standard windows so I doubt most windows block infrared light.
- alfor 4y ago
  some get through, but they more and more put filter to keep the heat in that also block (some?) of the infrared from getting in. ah, infrared is a huge spectrum. They specifically talk about near infrared (as in near visible light) My space heater is not the "recommended" things but it emit the whole spectrum (heating coil) and even a bit of visible red ligth.
tontonius 4y ago
This sounds relevant to my interests. How big/strong heat dish did you use? And for how long at a time?
- alfor 4y ago
  That thing: https://www.costco.ca/presto-heatdish-plus-tilt-parabolic-heater.product.100752388.html https://www.costco.ca/presto-heatdish-plus-tilt-parabolic-he... It’s 1000W but usually used it at 50% I used it 30-60 min a day for about a week to clear all of my eczema, but I could feel a huge difference after one or two days. It’s not the optimum things (not designed for FIR) but it did the job nicely and was available.

by alfor 4y ago

polskibus 4y ago

Do you have citations for those claims apart from videos made by a doctor ? It certainly sounds very interesting although sunbed fans should be most healthy people on earth in such case.

alfor 4y ago
There is research papers he talk about in his video. I didn’t look the papers myself (use his summary) Update: https://www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view/19 https://www.melatonin-research.net/index.php/MR/article/view...

pmoriarty 4y ago

"I think there is no money to be made by the pharma (in fact a lot of money to be lost) if this was widespread knowledge." You could say the same about using ordinary light therapy to treat seasonal affective disorder... but that's widely known.

alfor 4y ago
Yeah, you are right. A bit conspiratorial. I think it’s a big discovery an should get much more visibility. Autoimmune diseases and depression are in constant progression in our modern world. The light therapy probably took a lot of time to get from scientifically know to widely know.

peter422 4y ago

I'm no window expert but I can feel infrared heat through my windows and I have pretty standard windows so I doubt most windows block infrared light.

alfor 4y ago
some get through, but they more and more put filter to keep the heat in that also block (some?) of the infrared from getting in. ah, infrared is a huge spectrum. They specifically talk about near infrared (as in near visible light) My space heater is not the "recommended" things but it emit the whole spectrum (heating coil) and even a bit of visible red ligth.

tontonius 4y ago

This sounds relevant to my interests. How big/strong heat dish did you use? And for how long at a time?

alfor 4y ago
That thing: https://www.costco.ca/presto-heatdish-plus-tilt-parabolic-heater.product.100752388.html https://www.costco.ca/presto-heatdish-plus-tilt-parabolic-he... It’s 1000W but usually used it at 50% I used it 30-60 min a day for about a week to clear all of my eczema, but I could feel a huge difference after one or two days. It’s not the optimum things (not designed for FIR) but it did the job nicely and was available.