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How to Choose a Near Infrared Bulb

The marketplace offers a wide range of red light and infrared products for home use by consumers. These include incandescent bulbs of varying sizes and wattages; walk in saunas; and LED bulbs, panels, face masks, and helmets. Prices range from less than $30 to more than $5000. While this variety presents the opportunity to find a product that is the perfect fit, the choices can be overwhelming without a means of comparing products in a meaningful way. Fortunately, there are some objective criteria that you can use to find the product that will be best for you. What are Red Light and Infrared Energy? Red light and infrared energy are parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a band of energy, in which, types of energy are classified by wavelength. Among the types of energy in the electromagnetic spectrum is light. This includes light that can be seen by the naked eye and light that cannot. Both red light and near infrared energy are types of light, although infrared energy is not p...
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How TheraBulb Near Infrared Bulbs Differ From Heat Lamp Bulbs

One of the questions most frequently asked by customers is how TheraBulb near infrared bulbs compare with heat lamp bulbs. The short answer is that TheraBulb near infrared bulbs are a type of heat lamp bulb that has been designed for use in home saunas and by those who want to use red light and near infrared energy for some sort of therapy (that has been approved by a medica professional). In the remainder of this article, I’ll describe the features of TheraBulb products, how they make them different from general purpose heat lamp bulbs, and why those differences matter. What Are Heat Lamp Bulbs A heat lamp bulb is an incandescent light bulb that is designed to produce heat. The heat is produced by passing electric current through a metal filament. This process also produces visible light and infrared energy. Heat lamp bulbs are usually red in color, as the red color of the glass dampens some of the brightness from the filament. The red coating filters out much of the shorter wavelengt...
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How I Used Red Light Therapy to Reset My Circadian Rhythm

How I Used Red Light Therapy to Reset My Circadian Rhythm Portions of this article originally appeared in 4 Daily Routines to Boost Energy & Creativity: SWIHA Student Blog Series by Kayley Sexton Guest post by Kayley Sexton of Nouveau Elan If you feel as though you’re lacking energy, brain function, creativity, focus, or immunity, you may benefit from the routine I’ve created to enhance my body’s natural ability to heal. My routine incorporates several supplements and lifestyle practices, including red light therapy using my TheraBulb near infrared light bulb. This therapy is one thing that I am certain to do each day. My husband and I have suffered from chronic fatigue for a multitude of reasons such as extensive travel, demands of parenting, chemical exposure, childhood injury, and damage from past eating practices. Symptoms of chronic fatigue have led to insomnia and sleep disorders for both me and my husband. Using red light, we have been able to reset our circadian rhythms, ou...
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Red Light Therapy for Fitness, Recovery, and Performance Enhancement

The fitness industry is well known for staying on top of the latest techniques and technology. Millions of people, fueled by the desire for optimum performance and health, collectively work toward finding the newest and best means to feel better, look better, and perform at their best. In the world of athletics and fitness, many groundbreaking trends and new discoveries have a grassroots origin. Quite often, a scientifically-sound idea or therapy will be found within the pages of medical journals and tested by the masses long before it becomes a true consumer product. (In fact, the widespread public attention toward a new therapy is sometimes what drives continuing research.) Through this process of testing, research, anecdotal use, feedback, and optimization, red light therapy has become a popular tool for fitness enthusiasts, athletes, trainers, and physical therapists. The Growth of Red Light Therapy When red light and near infrared light treatments first began to show promise in it...
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Red Light for Beautiful Skin

Numerous trials and studies have demonstrated red light therapy to be a simple and effective means of healing, relaxing, and recovering from injury. It’s no surprise, then, that red light therapy is a staple in sports medicine. What many people don’t know, however, is how many dermatologists and aestheticians use red light on their clients. This is the result of research that has shown red light and its neighbor on the electromagnetic spectrum, near infrared energy, offer potential benefits to skin appearance and texture. These include improvement in wrinkles, scar tissue, acne, and other conditions. What this post will cover: What is red light therapy and how does it work? What are the health benefits of red light therapy? How does NIR/Red light therapy help skin? Where to get red light therapy What is Red Light Therapy and How Does it Work? Red light therapy is a non-invasive therapeutic treatment that uses specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared (NIR) light to affect the body....
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How Red Light Supports Quality Sleep

When it comes to health, sleep is everything. Healthy sleep isn’t so much about quantity as it is quality. Quality sleep, which is defined as deep, restful sleep on a consistent rhythm, improves nearly all aspects of the body and mind. In this article, we’ll talk about the mechanics of sleep, including circadian rhythm, nutrition, and bioreactive light. We’ll also explore how red light therapy can be used to enhance quality, restorative sleep. Sleep is Essential for Health and Wellness Sleep is a requirement for optimal physical function and mental wellness. No amount of good nutrition or exercise can make up for the deleterious effects of poor sleep. Sleep is crucial for maintaining the body’s biological balance and cellular activity and plays a crucial role in supporting mental and emotional wellbeing. The human body can be optimized. When your cells are creating and using energy as efficiently as possible, you will function and feel better overall. Conversely, a lack of quality slee...
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12 Proven Tips for Better Sleep

12 Proven Tips for Better Sleep You may have heard terms such as “life hacking” and “bio-optimizing” recently, as popular culture focuses on wellness. While these may be trendy buzzwords, the concept behind them – modifying habits and environment to maximize well-being – presents significant opportunities to improve our lives in multiple areas. One area that experts are now examining is the relationship between sleep quality and wellness. A good night’s sleep, they are finding, is extremely important for those who want to lose weight, improve memory, enhance athletic performance, increase productivity, or simply feel good.   Many people in industrialized societies suffer from sleep disorders – far more than are actually documented and studied. This is because folks often write off poor sleep as “just one of those things” and don’t consider it an important medical or health issue. Worse yet, they believe that there’s nothing they can really do about it. Actually, you have more contr...
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