What is the Brightness needed for Red Light Therapy
I am covering a questions I've received a lot lately in regards to Red Light Therapy. People are wondering what kind of light they should use with the glasses. The short answer is, there isn't one answer for everyone. So tune in to hear how you can learn what works best for you. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. If you have any questions, submit them to hello@drsamberne.com or you can now text me! Text ‘Join’ to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask your questions! SUMMARY KEYWORDS brightness, light, red light therapy, red light, bright light, self regulation, wattage, natural sunlight, glasses, light source, therapy, spotify, eyes, handle, fact, tune, frequency, therapeutic, stress response, people Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to hello@drsamberne.com. Hey, everybody, its Dr. Sam. And I'd like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast today. So I'm going to take a question from a follower on my red light therapy. So with red light, the question that comes up for a few people has been, what about the light source? What about the brightness? And I think this is a valid question. Because if you get a more commercialized, light device, they always talk about the source of the light, is it an LED light, it needs to be a certain wattage. And since I've been doing this color therapy for a long time, I've had a lot of different generations of experimenting and researching and using different light devices. With the overall strategy of how do we get therapeutic light into the eyes. And so with red light therapy, what I've designed is a pair of glasses with the frequency, that 670 nanometers, this is the red light that is needed to stimulate the mitochondria in the retina. And once we increase the mitochondria function, we have the chance of reducing oxidative stress as the ATP goes up. So the first thing is the frequency. And then the second thing is the brightness. The wattage. Well, the people that are doing the red light therapy. They're suffering pretty serious eye conditions, things like cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration. And a lot of times, they're pretty light sensitive to begin with. So to do a bright light, as a source, it's just not going to work. In fact, we all have what we call a, a reflex against bright light. All of us do, now we have different thresholds of how much brightness we can take. But I know in my community, a lot of people are suffering light sensitivity. So the last thing you need is a bright light source. As you're trying to get this therapeutic light into your eyes. So it really doesn't matter that you need a bright light. In fact, the best approach is to use a dim light. And you as the person who's receiving the red light therapy, get to choose how much brightness you can handle. So it's an individual choice, which is why I don't put the exact wattage that you need, because everybody is different. And I know there's some geeks out there that want to know, well, it should be this level of brightness, this low level of wattage, but honestly, it doesn't matter. And in fact, what I would suggest is if you are going to embark on this on these red light glasses, is you get to regulate the brightness. And I'm a big believer in in terms of your health, to be able to develop better self regulation, I talked about this all the time, as it relates to your stress response, how you handle certain situations. And, again,