Scott Nelson: Does Red Light Therapy Actually Work?
Abel James Show
Abel James Bascom
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
You've heard all about red light therapy, right?
Maybe you've heard that near-infrared and red light therapy can help you with inflammation, collagen production, and skin health in general.
Or maybe you've heard red light improves recovery, sleep, and cognition.
Can red light therapy do our taxes, too?
If you're wondering how to separate the hype from reality, this is definitely the show for you.
As you know, I can be highly skeptical of new tech that promises the moon. But it's also important in this wacky world of health to have an open mind and be willing to experiment. And I have to say, I am fascinated and intrigued by light therapy.
In a recent Ask Me Anything, you asked about saunas, red light therapy, near and infrared. Are they worth it?
The folks at Joovv were generous enough to send us a unit to try, and I’ve experimented with several more devices since. I was surprised and impressed by how quickly I noticed improved recovery after my hill runs at elevation (which usually kick my a$$ the next day).
Today we’re here with Scott Nelson, one of the co-founders of Joovv, and the host of Medsider Radio, a top-ranked medical device podcast.
On today’s show, we’re chatting about:
- Why Olympic and pro athletes are turning to red light therapy
- The difference between the sauna and the steam room
- The link between light therapy and improved cognitive function
- How photobiomodulation helps stimulate cell regeneration
- And tons more…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the Fat Burning Man |
| 0:05.7 | show where we talk about real food and real results. |
| 0:10.3 | Okay so at this point you've probably heard all about red light therapy, haven't you? |
| 0:15.9 | Maybe you've heard that near infrared and red light therapy can help you with inflammation, |
| 0:20.1 | collagen production, and skin health in general. |
| 0:23.0 | Or maybe you've heard red light improves recovery, sleep, and even cognition. |
| 0:27.7 | It can make you think better. |
| 0:29.9 | Maybe red light therapy can do our taxes too. |
| 0:32.5 | But if you're wondering how to separate the hype from reality, this is definitely the |
| 0:37.2 | show for you. |
| 0:38.3 | As you know, I can be highly skeptical of new tech that promises the moon, but it's also |
| 0:43.5 | important in this wacky world of health to have an open mind and be willing to experiment. |
| 0:49.3 | And I have to say I am fascinated by light therapy in general. |
| 0:53.5 | As you know we had a very challenging past six months and year when my wife, Allison and |
| 0:58.5 | I were actually poisoned by carbon monoxide at a rental. |
| 1:02.4 | It was really, it was the hardest thing we've ever gone through. |
| 1:05.2 | I can say that we used every little trick in recovery that we've discovered along our |
| 1:11.2 | travels and red light therapy was a critical part of our recovery. |
| 1:15.8 | So we went to mineral baths all around the Rocky Mountains. |
| 1:21.0 | We've done red light therapy, different color light therapies and different types of red |
| 1:26.3 | light therapy devices in all different forms from, you know, I think my cheapest that |
| 1:31.2 | I've tried using Neuroferede and red light therapy was a bulb that was 30 or 40 bucks. |
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