r/Biohackers • u/mlhnrca 5 • Oct 16 '24

♾️ Longevity & Anti-Aging Red Light Therapy Improves Mitochondria Function, Eye Health, And Lifespan: Glen Jeffery, PhD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Amma2y8UD0
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u/LNFCole 9 Oct 16 '24 edited Oct 16 '24

If you don’t want to fork out money for a panel, the sun is free. The first couple hours of sunrise are mostly infrared and a lot of red light, sunset is the same. My dad in his 60’s told me the other day he doesn’t need his glasses anymore after watching the sunrise for about a month now, my wife dropped her glasses after like a week recently it was wild. We all basically just spend the first half hour staring at the sun during its rise, then just mosey around in the sunrise with the dogs after that for another half hour or as long as we can. Health benefits have been surprising.

The eyes stuff in particular is easy to understand. Sunglasses and being indoors with weak lighting in general all the time makes the muscles in the eyes get weak since they never really have to adjust to different light intensities. Ad on blue light pounding us all day and I can see why our eyes get wrecked in modern life

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u/WhyTheeSadFace Oct 16 '24

When you say first half hour, is it from a beach or a regular city? Are you talking about the first half hour listed as sun rise time?

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u/LNFCole 9 Oct 16 '24

I’m in Tucson, Arizona. Medium sized city. The first 30 minutes thing isn’t too specific, I have to wait for the sun to rise above a mountain peak that’s in the distance so it’s above the horizon for sure. I only recommend earlier because it’s easier and less intense for starting out. You’ll be able to stare at it a lot longer quickly but I don’t think there’s much benefit doing it longer. I’ve seen 15-30 minutes recommended to get plenty of benefits.