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Red Light Therapy

Miracle Medicine

- SECOND EDITION -

Mark Sloan

Copyright © 2018 EndAllDisease Publishing

“Penetrating red light is possibly the fundamental anti-stress factor for all organisms.”
- Dr. Raymond Peat

WHY YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK

What if there was a form of therapy that could correct the root cause of virtually all diseases and conditions known to man?

What if that same therapy was also inexpensive and had literally no negative side effects?

Sounds too good to be true, right?

I’m here to tell you this miraculous therapy does exist. It’s called red and near-infrared light therapy – and I wrote this book to tell you everything you could ever want to know about it.

Red Light Revolution

Red light therapy is a form of therapy that delivers energy to cells by applying a range of visible and invisible wavelengths of light.  Other names for red light therapy include low-level laser therapy (LLLT), low intensity light therapy (LILT), phototherapy, photobiostimulation, biostimulation (BIOS), photobiomodulation, photonic stimulation, among others.

Red light therapy is an FDA approved treatment for acne, muscle and joint pain, arthritis, compromised blood circulation,1 and for reversing hair loss.2  When you explore the 50,000+ scientific and clinical studies conducted on red light therapy to date, you’ll find that no matter which disease a person has, they can probably benefit enormously from red and near-infrared light.

Red light therapy has been proven effective for a wide range of conditions including anti-aging, pain relief, cognitive enhancement, fat reduction, smoking cessation, wound healing, increasing bone density, increasing testosterone, reducing anxiety and depression, building muscle, healing acne, preventing hair loss & hair regrowth, and many more indications that we will soon explore in complete detail.

Near-infrared light is another form of electromagnetic radiation that is similar to red light in both frequency and its beneficial biological effects.

This book is as much about near-infrared light therapy as it is red light therapy.  Anytime I refer to ‘red light therapy’ during this writing, I am also referring to near-infrared light therapy since they work in similar ways.  In the following chapters, I’ll outline the differences and similarities between the two.

While it was once believed that the healing effects of red and near-infrared light could only be obtained using expensive laser devices, it has since been established that inexpensive LEDs (light emitting diodes) can provide the same remarkable healing benefits at a fraction of the cost.

Near-infrared and red light therapies have virtually no adverse side effects and have a mountain of evidence supporting their remarkable therapeutic properties.

Modern Medical Failure

Prescription drugs are the 3rd leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, according to Danish physician and medical researcher Peter C. Gøtzsche in 2016.3  But prescription drugs are just one of a number of ways the medical industry kills its customers:  Unnecessary surgeries, doctor-induced errors and X-rays are a few more.

It’s time to stare the medical industry square in the face and ask the question:  Is it helping us or harming us?

A 2000 study by Dr. Barbara Starfield published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that “America’s healthcare system is the third leading cause of death.”4  Then in 2003, for the first time ever, Dr. Gary Null and his team of researchers analyzed all of the existing literature on injury and death caused by mainstream medicine and concluded: “It is now evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US.”5

It’s plain to see that our medical system is killing us.  And if we do nothing about it, it will continue killing us until there’s nobody left.

The beautiful thing about acknowledging this fact is that it enables us to pursue the discovery of better treatments and healing strategies to replace the existing ones and build a better world for our children and future generations.  Children are our future and we must make their health our number one priority.

The Rise of Natural Therapies

The world is in desperate need of safe and effective ways to heal.  Therapies that actually work and don’t kill people in the process of healing are the goal – and it’s my intention in this book to show you that red light therapy is and will forever be one of our mightiest options.

Red light therapy has the potential to largely free humankind from expensive, damaging drugs that don’t work - by transferring the power to heal from greed-driven corporations into the hands of the people, where it belongs.  As people become more informed and begin investing only in treatments that deliver more benefit than harm, we will see the entire world change – quickly and painlessly – almost overnight. As with any product that sits on a shelf unpurchased, it will eventually cease being produced.

I wrote this book because I’ve experienced the benefits of red light therapy first-hand, and I now feel compelled to tell the world and help others find the same remarkable healing.  The repair and enhancement of my brain function, sexual function, thyroid and overall health due to light therapy have been nothing short of miraculous.

Red light therapy isn’t a cure for all diseases, but by optimizing cellular function, supporting the immune system and accelerating the healing process, there are probably no diseases or conditions that it cannot benefit.

It’s my goal in writing this book to make the most complete resource on red light therapy ever written.  One that is based on scientific evidence yet can be easily understood by anybody of any age.

It’s time to bring the power to heal back into the hands of the people where it belongs, and where it will remain, until the end of time.

Thank you for purchasing this book.  I hope it helps you find the healing you’ve been searching for.

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION?

When Red Light Therapy: Miracle Medicine was first published in May 2018, I asked readers to let me know what they would like to learn about red light therapy that wasn’t covered in the book.  Since then I’ve gotten feedback from a number of people, both in the form of emails and in book reviews on Amazon.  In this second edition, I have added four new chapters, new professional artwork and bonus information all of which make this resource even more practical, scientific and complete.  Thank you for being a part of the evolution of this book.

Interestingly, while this was the first book ever published on red light therapy for the layperson, within just a couple of months of its publication there have been swarms of kindle ebooks published on the same subject.  One author even decided to hijack the background image from the cover of this book (ebook edition) and use it on his own.  The fact that virtually all of these phantom red light therapy publications have gotten almost exclusively 1-star reviews says a lot about their contents and the intention of their authors.  I’d like to thank these individuals personally for making the book you hold in your hands shine even brighter, and for helping make it a 6x International #1 bestseller in the world’s largest bookstore.

In this second edition, the following updates have been added:

How to use red light therapy at home:  A reader named Stacy asked for more practical information on how to self-treat using red light therapy at home.  In response to her request I have written a brand new chapter outlining the most practical and important advice for at-home treatment that will help you achieve the greatest possible results from red light therapy.  This includes keeping treatment sessions simple and positioning your body in a way that is comfortable and maximizes the number of cells reached by the light.  I’ve also included a custom piece of artwork to illustrate the ideal body and light position for red light therapy.

The #1 Biggest Mistake People Make During Treatment:  A number of people have come to me frustrated with the lack of results they’d experienced using red light therapy.  I asked them to describe their treatment protocol to me and time and time again I found the same major mistake.  After getting them to change just one thing about their treatment method, they often experienced remarkable healing.  In this chapter I will share with you my #1 most powerful treatment strategy for maximizing your healing and success with red light therapy.

Remarkable Healing Success Stories:  In recent months, my inbox has been flooded with testimonials from people who have experienced healing from red light therapy.  It’s one thing to observe the proven benefits of red light therapy by reading scientific studies, but when people actually begin using red light therapy and experience life-changing, ‘impossible’ results it becomes even more real and exciting.  In this chapter I share some testimonials of people whose health and lives have been forever transformed through the use of red light therapy.

Bonus: 2 Proven Ways to Accelerate Healing: No matter how effective any given medicine is, it can always be improved.  In this chapter I share with you two scientifically proven strategies to synergistically enhance the already remarkable healing power of red light.

Bonus Q&A: A number of questions have been added and answered including the use of red light on skin following laser hair removal, red light for rosacea and also a specific red light treatment protocol for improving vision.

Nothing can stop the revolution in the world that is now taking place with increased awareness and use of red light therapy.  It’s for this reason that writing this book has been such a pleasure.  Nothing feels better than reducing the suffering in people’s lives and in the world.  The benefit that one person receives from red light therapy benefits us all.  When one of us heals, we all heal.

May God bless everyone in the world as we move forward together towards a healthier, more honest, responsible, peaceful, abundant and just world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Why You Should Read This Book

What’s New in The Second Edition?

Disclaimer

PART I: THE SCIENCE

History

Red and Near-Infrared Radiation

The Science of Light Therapy

Top 10 Proven Benefits of Red Light

Light Therapy for Cancer

How Does Red Light Heal?

Is It Safe?

PART II: THE PRACTICAL

Your Complete Guide to Red Light Therapy at Home

The #1 Biggest Mistake People Make During Treatment

Remarkable Healing Success Stories

My Experience With Light Therapy

2 Proven Ways to Accelerate Healing

Bonus: Questions & Answers

Conclusion

About The Author

Other Books By Mark Sloan

References

DISCLAIMER

No part of this publication may be reproduced, duplicated, or transmitted in any form without the expressed written consent of the author.  All rights reserved.

The information presented herein is the opinion of the author and is not meant to substitute for medical advice.

Statements made in this book regarding conventional and alternative health treatments have not been evaluated by Health Canada.  Do not use this book to diagnose, treat or cure any illness or health condition.  If you have, or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your physician or health care provider.

PART I: THE SCIENCE

HISTORY

Since the dawn of time, the medicinal properties of light have been recognized and utilized for healing.  Ancient Egyptians constructed solariums fitted with colored glass to harness specific colors of the visible spectrum to heal disease.

Early use by the Greeks and Romans emphasized the thermal effects of light, and in 1903, Neils Ryberg Finsen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for successfully utilizing Ultraviolet light for treating tuberculosis.1  Today, Finsen is recognized as the father of modern phototherapy.

In 1910, American medical doctor John Harvey Kellogg published a book called Light Therapeutics, which documented his experiences healing people using incandescent light bulbs and arc lights. Light therapy is effective for treating diabetes, obesity, chronic fatigue, insomnia, baldness, cachexia and many other health problems, wrote Dr. Kellogg in his book.

In 1904, two more influential volumes on light therapy were published:  Light energy, its physics, physiological action and therapeutic applications by Margaret A. Cleaves and Elements of general radio-therapy for practitioners by Leopold Freund.  All three books mentioned above can be found for free online.

In the decades that followed, interest in the medicinal effects of light faded and was replaced by modern medical drug and surgical based treatments... that is, until the invention of the laser.

The Birth of the L.A.S.E.R (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by Radiation)

The laser was invented in 1960 by American Physicist Theodore H. Maiman, but it wasn’t until 1967 when Hungarian physician and surgeon Endre Mester (1903-1984) discovered that the laser had significant therapeutic value.2

The ruby laser was the first laser device ever built.  The image below depicts the ruby laser pumping cavity, both assembled and disassembled.

Working at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, Dr. Mester accidentally discovered that low-level ruby laser light could regrow hair in mice.  During an experiment in which he was attempting to replicate a previous study that found red laser light could shrink tumors in mice, Mester noticed that hair grew back more quickly on the treated mice than on the untreated mice.3

Dr. Mester went on to discover that laser light could also accelerate the healing process in mice.4   Following this discovery, he founded the Laser Research Center at the Semmelweiss Medical University in Budapest in 1974, where he worked for the remainder of his life.

Adam Mester, Dr. Andre Mester's son, was reported in an article by New Scientist in 1987 - some 20 years after his father's discovery - to have been using lasers to treat 'otherwise incurable' ulcers.  "He takes patients referred by other specialists who can do no more for them," the article reads.  "Of the 1300 treated so far, he has achieved complete healing in 80 percent and partial healing in 15 percent."5

Interestingly, due to a lack of understanding of how lasers imparted their beneficial effects, many scientists and physicians at the time had attributed it to "magic".

In North America, red light research didn't begin to take hold until around the year 2000.  Since then, publishing activity has grown almost exponentially, particularly in more recent years.

A quick search on PubMed of the various terms describing light therapy renders over 50,000 published scientific and clinical studies (as of January 2018):

- Phototherapy = 37,785 studies

- Photobiomodulation = 510 studies

- Photostimulation = 1,067 studies

- Lllt = 5,139 studies

- Low-level laser therapy = 5,910 studies

- Near-infrared light = 8,431 studies

Now that we understand more about the history of light therapy, let's look at what exactly red and near-infrared light are.

RED AND NEAR-INFRARED RADIATION

Most people are aware that sunlight is a rich source of UVB radiation, which stimulates the production of vitamin D and protects us from numerous ailments such as autoimmune disorders, various types of cancer and cardiovascular disease.1

What most people aren't aware of is the other significant source of therapeutic radiation the sun offers us:  Light emitted in the red and near-infrared ends of the spectrum.

While an excess of ultraviolet light can cause sunburn, red and near-infrared light protect the skin from sunburn.  Without red/near-infrared light to balance out ultraviolet exposure, ultraviolet light becomes more damaging more quickly.

What is Red Light?

Shine light through a prism and it will fragment into all the colors that makeup the visible spectrum of light, including green, blue, purple, yellow, orange and red.

Red light is a form of radiation that’s visible to the human eye, and which we have collectively agreed to call red.

Most wavelengths of light, such as ultraviolet, blue or green light, don’t penetrate the skin deeply at all and are instead absorbed by the surface layers of skin.  Conversely, red light easily penetrates skin, which makes it useful therapeutically for reaching cells and tissues deeper inside the body.

The Cell Phone Flashlight Experiment

To witness the unique ability of red light to penetrate deeply into body tissues, here is an interesting experiment you can try which I learned from Finnish health researcher Vladimir Heiskanen in his comprehensive paper on red and near-infrared light therapy.2

Simply take out your mobile phone and load the flashlight application.  Next, hold the tip of your finger directly against the light and look at your finger.  What do you see?

Although your mobile phone flashlight emits blue, green and red light - only the red light penetrates all the way through your finger.  Look at the red glow!

Red light ranges in wavelength from about 620-700 nanometers (nm).

The following is a diagram of both visible and invisible wavelengths electromagnetic radiation and the colors they create as perceived by the human eye.

What is Near-Infrared Light?

Every time we feel heat from the sun on our skin or the warmth of a campfire we are experiencing infrared light.

The human eye is limited to seeing wavelengths of light ranging between 400-700 nanometers, and anything below or above that, such as infrared light, remains invisible or light-pink.  Interestingly, although invisible to the human eye, the human body can feel parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that cannot be seen, such as infrared.

The infrared spectrum ranges from 700 nm – 1 mm (10,000nm) and is actually divided up into near-infrared, middle-infrared, and far-infrared.

There are many conflicting opinions as to where near, middle and far-infrareds begin and end.  The following wavelengths are from a paper written by Hong Kong scientist Cheah Kok Wai called The Fundamentals of Far-Infrared:3

Near-Infrared (also called Infrared-A or IR-A) = 700nm - 1400nm

Mid-Infrared (also called Infrared-B or IR-B) = 1,400nm - 3,000nm

Far-Infrared (also called Infrared-C or IR-C) = 3,000nm - 1mm

The span of infrared light most applicable for healing is near-infrared, which ranges from 700nm to about 1400nm.

Red vs. Near-Infrared Light

The physiological effects of red and near-infrared light in the body occur in similar ways.  For therapeutic applications, the primary difference between the two is that near-infrared light penetrates more deeply into the body than red light, meaning its healing energy can access and benefit cells that red light cannot.

While red light is often used for superficial applications like skin treatments, for example acne, near-infrared light can be used for both the skin and to reach tissues residing deeper within the body.

The wavelengths of red and near-infrared light shown to be the most therapeutic in scientific research are as follows:

Red light therapeutic range: 620-700nm
Near-Infrared light therapeutic range: 700-1000nm.

Even within these effective ranges of red and near-infrared light, some wavelengths have been found to be more or less beneficial than others.

Many light therapy devices today emit multiple wavelengths of either red or infrared light and some even combine both red and infrared wavelengths into a single device.

For certain skin conditions, some evidence suggests red light might be more beneficial than near-infrared light.  For all practical purposes, near-infrared light or a combination of red and near-infrared light is probably ideal.

I use a light therapy device that has both red and near-infrared LEDs so I receive the best of both worlds; a 50/50 application of visible red and invisible near-infrared light.  I love watching the room light up with red light during treatment, which is one of the reasons I prefer a combination device over solely near-infrared light.

Red Radiation Rejuvenation

Red and near-infrared radiation are essential for all biological life and can be obtained by exposing the body to sunlight.  Although UVB radiation, which can also be obtained through sunlight, is essential for humans to produce Vitamin D, too much can cause burning of the skin.

Contrary to UVB radiation, red and near-infrared radiation protect the body from damaging radiation and bolster energy production inside every cell they interact with.

Red and near-infrared light are similar in wavelength, impart their benefits similarly, and the primary difference between the two is that near-infrared radiation penetrates deeper into body tissues than red light.

THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT THERAPY

Russian scientists were the first to explore and document the health effects of red light scientifically in the early 1900s.  It wasn’t until around the year 2000 that we saw an explosion of interest in red light research in western countries like the United States.  And since then, the amount of publishing activity on the subject has increased almost exponentially. To date there have been over 50,000 published papers on red and near-infrared light therapies.

Over the past 100 years, red and near-infrared light therapies have been studied extensively on human beings and many other animals for dozens of diseases and conditions.  For example, rats,1 mice,2 rabbits,3 mini-pigs,4 dogs,5 monkeys,6 pigs,7 sheep,8 horses,9 cows,10 cats,11 sand rats,12 gerbils,13 guinea pigs,14 frogs,15 bumblebees,16 fruit flies,17 sea urchin larvae,18 snails,19 roundworms,20 earthworms21 and flat worms.22

As it turns out, the cellular metabolic processes for humans and other creatures are very similar, which is why we see consistently similar health benefits among different species.

Diseases and Conditions Affected by Red Light

The following is a list of diseases and conditions which scientific evidence shows can benefit from red and near-infrared light.  Some of these studies have been well-established through scientific reviews and meta-analysis and others are said to be controversial and more research may be necessary.

However, keep in mind that just because something may be controversial doesn’t mean it’s not true.  I think it’s very likely that red light can benefit every single condition below, and many more that aren’t in the list because they haven’t yet been studied.

Achilles Tendinitis23-24

Achilles Tendinopathy25-26

Acne27-29

Addiction30

Amblyopia31

Age-Related Macular Degeneration32-33

Alzheimer's Disease34

Aphthous Ulcers35-37

Bell's Palsy38-40

Bone Fractures41-43

Burn Scars44

Burning Mouth Syndrome45-46

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome47-48

Cellulite49

Chronic Joint Disorders50

Cognitive Enhancement51-54

Cold Sores (herpes labialis)55-56

COPD57

Dental Implant Stability58

Dentin Hypersensitivity59

Depression60-62

Diabetic Foot Ulcer63-64

Dry Mouth (xerostomy)65-67

Dysmenorrhea68-69

Elbow Tendinopathy (Tennis Elbow)70

Exercise Performance and Recovery71-75

Fibromyalgia76-77

Frozen Shoulder78

Glaucoma79

Hair Loss (alopecia)80-81

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease82

Hypothyroidism83-85

Lichen Planus86

Low Back Pain87-89

Lymphedema90-92

Maxillary Sinusitis93

Meniscal Pathology94

Muscle Growth95-96

Muscle Pain97

Neck Pain98-99

Neuropathic Foot Ulcer100

Nipple Pain (from Breastfeeding)101-102

Obesity103-105

Oral Mucositis106-108

Orthodontic Pain109-111

Orthodontic Tooth Movement112

Osteoarthritis113-115

Osteoporosis (Bone Loss)116-117

Pain118-119

Periodontitis (Gum Disease)120

Postherpetic Neuralgia121

Pressure Ulcer122-123

Radation Dermatitis124-126

Raynaud's Phenomenon127

Restenosis128

Rheumatoid Arthritis129-131

Shoulder Tendinopathy132

Skin Aging133-134

Sternotomy Incision Repair135-137

Stroke138-140

Sunburn Prevention141

Temporomandibular Disorders142

Tendinopathy143

Testosterone Deficiency144

Toenail Fungus145-147

Traumatic Brain Injury148-149

Venous Leg Ulcers150

Vitiligo151-152

Wound Healing153-155

Despite the immense number of scientific papers published on red and near-infrared light, there is still more to be learned and research at universities and other institutions continues to this day.

Red Light Healing & Regeneration

The overall health of your body is dependent on its supply of energy.  That’s because every single critical process that takes place inside your body – from repair and regeneration to detoxification to immunity to the blinking of your eyes and the beating of your heart – all require energy to be successfully performed.

If you woke up one day and literally had no energy available, you wouldn’t rise up out of bed and eventually you would die.  Likewise, a cell also requires energy for its survival.  And in fact, your body gets its energy from your individual cells.

Within cells are tiny energy-producing ‘power plants’ called mitochondria, which are the source of the energy for your cells and for your body as a whole.

When mitochondria inside a cell have everything they need to produce energy efficiently, that cell is healthy.  And when the majority of your cells have everything the mitochondria within them need to produce energy efficiently, your body is healthy.

The substances needed for efficient energy production can be called nutrients, almost all of which can be obtained through dietary means.  The one nutrient which is essential for efficient energy production that cannot be obtained through diet is red light.

Soon we will explore in greater detail the physiological effects of red light, but before we do, let’s take a look at 10 of the most remarkable benefits of red light therapy.

TOP 10 PROVEN BENEFITS OF RED LIGHT

Now that you’ve seen the long list of diseases and conditions that red and near-infrared light therapy can benefit, let’s go a little more in depth into some of them.

Here is my top 10 list of some of the most common ailments that can be effectively treated using red and near-infrared light therapies.

10. Melt Your Belly Fat

According to the Centre for Disease Control (the CDC), more than one-third (36.5%) of U.S. adults are obese.  Obese people have an increased risk of a number of conditions including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer, so correcting this condition is vital for long term health.1

Another benefit of fat reduction in an obese person is the money saved on medical costs every year.  How much money?  The medical costs for people who have obesity are $1,429 higher per year than those of ‘normal’ weight.1

There are no shortages of people, programs and devices claiming they can reduce your weight – but we all know many of them turn out to be fraudulent and don’t actually work.  Others can help you lose weight but they do so in ways that are excessively stressful and unhealthy.

Can red and near-infrared light therapies help you safely burn fat?

In 2015, a team of researchers from the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil tested the effects of near-infrared light (808nm) on 64 obese women randomly assigned to one of two groups:  Exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + phototherapy or exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + no phototherapy.  The study took place over a 20 week period, during which both groups of obese women underwent exercise training 3-times a week.  At the end of each training session, one group of women received light therapy and the other did not.  The results?

Remarkably, the women who received the near-infrared light therapy following exercise doubled the amount of fat loss compared to exercise alone.  Additionally, the women in the exercise + phototherapy group were reported to have a greater increase in skeletal muscle mass than the placebo group.2

Other studies have reported similar findings in obese people who combined exercise with red light therapy,3-4 but even studies that did not include exercise have reported significant fat reduction from red light therapy alone.5-6

Scientists from George Washington University conducted an independent physician-led trial in 2013 to test the ability of red laser light (635nm) to reduce fat on the waist, hips and thighs of obese individuals.  Laser treatments were administered to 8 obese patients and consisted of 20 minute sessions every second day for two weeks.  When researchers assessed the patients three weeks after the trial began (one week after treatments ended) the results were remarkable.  “Compared with baseline, a statistically significant 2.99 in. (7.59 cm) mean loss was observed at the post-procedure evaluation point (P < 0.0001).”  Translation:  Patients lost 3 inches of fat in just two weeks of red light therapy treatment.6

9. Accelerate Wound Healing

Whether it’s from an accident during physical activity or chemical pollutants in our food and environment, we all sustain injuries regularly.  Anything that can help accelerate the body’s innate healing process will free up resources and allow it to focus its available energy on the maintenance of optimal health.

Dr. Harry Whelan from the Medical College of Wisconsin has been studying red light in cell cultures and on humans for decades.  His work in the laboratory has shown that skin and muscle cells grown in cultures and exposed to LED infrared light grow 150-200% faster than control cultures not stimulated by the light.7

Working with Naval doctors in Norfolk, Virginia and San Diego California to treat injured soldiers, Dr. Whelan and his team found that soldiers with musculoskeletal training injuries who were treated with the light-emitting diodes improved by 40%.7

In 2000, Dr. Whelan concluded, “The near-infrared light emitted by these LEDs seems to be perfect for increasing energy inside cells. This means whether you’re on Earth in a hospital, working in a submarine under the sea or on your way to Mars inside a spaceship, the LEDs boost energy to the cells and accelerate healing.”

A review of the scientific literature reveals there are literally dozens of other studies evidencing the powerful wound-healing benefits of red light.8

In 2014, a group of scientists from three universities in Brazil conducted a scientific review of the effects of red light on wound healing.  After reviewing a total of 68 studies, most of which were conducted on animals using wavelengths ranging from 632 to 830 nm, the study concluded “…phototherapy, either by LASER or LED, is an effective therapeutic modality to promote healing of skin wounds.”9

8. Increase Bone Density

Bone density and the ability of the body to build new bone is important for people recovering from injuries.  It’s also important for elderly people since our bones tend to progressively become weaker with age.  And for the same reason, it’s important for every human being alive so that we can be physically active for as much of our lives as possible.  The bone-healing benefits of red and near-infrared light have been demonstrated in many laboratory studies.

In 2013, researchers from São Paulo, Brazil studied the effects of red and near-infrared light on the healing of rat bones.  First, a piece of bone was sliced off the upper leg (osteotomy) of 45 rats, which were then split into three groups: Group 1 received no light, group 2 was administered red light (660-690nm) and group 3 was exposed to near-infrared light (790-830nm).

The study found “a significant increase in the degree of mineralization (gray level) in both groups treated with the laser after 7 days” and interestingly, “after 14 days, only the group treated with laser therapy in the infrared spectrum showed higher bone density.”10

Here are a few more studies on light therapy for bone health and their conclusions.

2003 study conclusion: “We conclude that LLLT had a positive effect on the repair of bone defects implanted with inorganic bovine bone.”11

2006 study conclusion: “The results of our studies and others indicate that bone irradiated mostly with infrared (IR) wavelengths shows increased osteoblastic proliferation, collagen deposition, and bone neoformation when compared to nonirradiated bone.”12

2008 study conclusion: “The use of laser technology has been used to improve the clinical results of bone surgeries and to promote a more comfortable postoperative period and quicker healing.”13

After breaking a bone or incurring any kind of bodily injury, near-infrared and red light therapies should be the first treatment we reach for to enhance our recovery.

7. Increase Testosterone

Throughout history, the essence of a man has been linked to his primary male hormone testosterone.  At around the age of 30, testosterone levels begin to decline and this can result in a number of negative changes to a man’s physical and mental health and wellbeing: Reduced sexual function, low energy levels, reduced muscle mass and increased fat, among others.14

When you factor in the endless environmental contaminants, stress and poor nutrition that are so common today, it’s no surprise that we are seeing an epidemic of low testosterone in men the world over.15

In 2013, a group of Korean researchers studied the impact of testicular exposure to red (670nm) and near-infrared (808nm) laser light.  The 30 male rats were split up into three groups:  a control group and two groups that were exposed to either the red or near-infrared light.  At the end of the 5-day trial, while untreated rats had no increase in testosterone, rats exposed to one 30-minute treatment of light therapy per day had significantly elevated testosterone levels.  “…Serum T level was significantly increased in the 808nm wavelength group.  In the 670 nm wavelength group, serum T level was also significantly increased at the same intensity of 360 J/cm2/day,” concluded researchers.16

6. Enhance Brain Function

Nootropics (pronounced: no-oh-troh-picks), also called smart drugs or cognitive enhancers, have undergone a dramatic spike in popularity in recent years and are being used by many people to enhance brain functions such as memory, creativity and motivation.

The positive effects of red light on brain function are significant and well established scientifically.  In fact, light in the red and near-infrared spectrums could very well be the most powerful nootropics ever discovered.  Let’s look at some evidence:

Researchers from the University of Texas applied near-infrared laser light to the foreheads of healthy volunteers and measured its effects on cognitive parameters, including attention, memory and mood in 2013.  The treated group experienced improvements in reaction time, memory and an increase in positive emotional states for the two-week follow-up period after treatment.  “These data imply that transcranial laser stimulation could be used as a non-invasive and efficacious approach to increase brain functions such as those related to cognitive and emotional dimensions,” wrote scientists.17

Another study investigated the effects of near-infrared laser light on the brain both individually and in combination with aerobic exercise.  Compared to the control group, which didn’t receive the light or the exercise, the American researchers concluded that phototherapy had brain-boosting effects similar to the exercise.18

5. Eliminate Anxiety and Depression

Depression affects 121 million people worldwide,19 and that’s only the number of people officially diagnosed with it.  The truth is we all experience depression at some point in our lives.

A 2017 study on the mental health status of Americans found that more people than ever are suffering from serious mental health disorders.20  That’s 8.3 million American adults suffering from serious psychological distress, including feelings of sadness, worthlessness and restlessness.

University students – the ones who are supposed to be our smartest and healthiest leaders-of-tomorrow – experience significantly higher rates of depression than your average population, according to a 2012 scientific review.21

Even more troubling: “Depression is associated with high suicidality,” wrote scientist M.S. Reddy in 2010.  “About 50% of individuals who have committed suicide carried a primary diagnosis of depression,” continued Reddy.19

Anxiety is even more common than depression – it’s the most common mental illness in the U.S. – affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older (18.1%).22

Existing medical treatments for anxiety and depression are toxic, tend to numb people out and have even been implicated in causing aggressive and suicidal behavior.  Clearly new and effective therapies are desperately needed to curb anxiety, depression and today’s alarming rate of suicide.

Just imagine how much better life would be if everybody had a way of effectively eliminating their anxiety and depression.

Can light therapy treat anxiety and depression?

In 2009, a group of scientists from Harvard University tested the effects of near-infrared light on 10 subjects with major depression.  Researchers applied the light directly to the forehead of patients in one 16 minute session.  After just one treatment with near-infrared light, “Patients experienced highly significant reductions in both HAM-D [depression] and HAM-A [anxiety] scores following treatment, with the greatest reductions occurring at 2 weeks.”23

Translation: Near-infrared light therapy resulted in long-lasting reductions in depression and anxiety from just one treatment.

4. Eliminate Acne Vulgaris

Acne is the most widespread skin condition in the U.S., affecting up to 50 million Americans annually.24

People react differently to the presence of acne on their face and body, but it often results in poor self-image, depression anxiety and many times permanent physical scarring of the skin.25

A 2001 experiment from Queens Medical Center in Nottingham, UK found that acne was prevalent in 50% of adolescents and had “considerable impact on emotional health in this age group.”26

Can light therapy treat acne?

Iranian scientists compared the effects of red (630nm) and near-infrared (890nm) laser therapy on 28 patients with facial acne in 2012.  Participants in the study were given light therapy on their face 2-times per week for 6 weeks and their skin conditions were then assessed.   Ten weeks after treatment acne lesions were found to be significantly decreased in those treated with the red light, but the decrease wasn’t significant with the near-infrared light.27

3. Relieve Pain

America is a nation in pain, according to a 2015 study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.  How much pain?

Nearly 50 million American adults (11.2%) reported experiencing pain daily for the previous three months.28

Some of the most common pain medications that people reach for when they are feeling pain are Tylenol, Ibuprofen or other drugs classified as Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS).  Interestingly, all of these common painkillers have been shown to cause heart attacks, strokes and cancer, except aspirin, which actually reduces the risk of these same complications.  In 2015, the FDA issued a strong warning that all NSAIDs except aspirin can trigger heart attacks and strokes.29

In other words, people experiencing pain are using medications which are slowly killing them.  It’s clear that better treatments are needed to reduce the chronic pain people are experiencing.

Here are the conclusions of a few recent publications on pain reduction using therapeutic red and near-infrared light:

2006 systematic review: “There is strong evidence that LLLT [low-level laser therapy] modulates the inflammatory process and relieves acute pain in the short-term.”30

2009 systematic review published in The Lancet: “We show that LLLT reduces pain immediately after treatment in acute neck pain and up to 22 weeks after completion of treatment in patients with chronic neck pain.”31

2014 review: “[red and near-infrared] Laser causes pain relief without any side effects.”32

2. Regrow Hair on a Balding Scalp

Hair loss (alopecia) is a very common disorder, affecting more than 50% of the worldwide population.33

In the United States, an estimated 35 million men and 21 million women suffer from some form of hair loss, and around 40% of men will have noticeable hair loss by the age 35.34

To date there are only two FDA-approved synthetic drugs for hair loss available from your doctor: Propecia and Rogaine.  Both of these drugs have a less than 50% success rate, and potential side effects of both drugs are severe.35

Hair transplants are another option, but they come with a long list of unwanted side effects including itching, pain, bleeding, swelling, infections, etc.  And like the available drug treatments for hair loss, the efficacy of hair transplants is questionable.

“I only have to venture to a major street in San Francisco to find that if there were an ‘effective’ treatment for baldness, a majority of men are either not aware of it, or are choosing to be bald,” wrote hair-loss researcher Danny Roddy.36

American and Hungarian researchers conducted a review in 2014 of studies involving the treatment of hair loss with red and near-infrared laser therapy.  The review reports that red and near-infrared laser therapies have been demonstrated to stimulate hair growth in both mice and in men and women in a number of controlled clinical trials.  “LLLT for hair growth in both men and women appears to be both safe and effective. The optimum wavelength, coherence and dosimetric parameters remain to be determined,” they concluded.33

1. Heal Arthritis

Arthritis is a crippling ailment from which many people worldwide suffer.  An estimated 22.7% of US adults were diagnosed with some form of arthritis between the years 2013-2015.  That’s almost 55 million people who could benefit from an effective treatment for the condition.37

Currently, there are dozens of different FDA-approved drugs for arthritis, all of which come with limited successes as well as their own set of potentially serious side effects.  Red and near-infrared light therapies can effectively treat arthritis and have virtually no unwanted side effects.

Dr. Michael R. Hamblin, Harvard professor from the Department of Dermatology, published a study in 2013 titled Can Osteoarthritis Be Treated with Light? The study experimented with the application of near-infrared laser light (810nm) on arthritis in rats. Remarkably, after inducing arthritis in the rats and treating them just one time with the near-infrared laser, inflammation was found to be significantly reduced in just 24 hours.  “A single application of LLLT produced significant reductions in inflammatory cell infiltration and inflammatory cytokines 24 hours later.”38

What book on red light therapy would be complete without addressing the one disease that threatens human existence more than any other?

Hint:
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LIGHT THERAPY FOR CANCER

In 2017, I published my book Cancer Cured.  The book took over 3 years to write, it includes over 2300 scientific and clinical references and is the most complete investigation of cancer ever written.  I highly recommend you to read it.  Nobody has to die of cancer anymore. All the scientific research needed to prevent and heal cancer has already been completed and no more books need to be written on the subject.  It’s up to you to empower yourself with the knowledge needed to never die of cancer.

In this chapter, my goal was to accurately and scientifically describe the disease of cancer and then explain how red and near-infrared light therapies may be useful tools for prevention and treatment of the disease.

The Cancer Epidemic

Governments of the world tell us that 50% of people alive will develop cancer at some point in their lives.  The most frightening thing about that figure is that if we are diagnosed with cancer, doctors will recommend ‘treatments’ which can also be used as weapons during war to kill enemy soldiers.

We’ve all seen at least somebody in our lives undergo surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and then come out in far worse health than before.  I saw it happen to my mother when I was 12 years old, and like many people who receive these treatments, her last days were spent in agonizing pain.

It’s common sense that cutting a sick person with a knife, injecting poison into their bodies, and burning them with the same ionizing radiation emitted by a nuclear bomb will make their health worse.  Our own human experience has validated this on endless occasions and it’s time to be honest about it and learn from history, before it’s too late.

"My studies have proved conclusively that untreated cancer victims live up to four times longer than treated individuals. If one has cancer and opts to do nothing at all, he will live longer and feel better than if he undergoes radiation, chemotherapy or surgery, other than when used in immediate life-threatening situations."
- Dr. Hardin B Jones, professor of medical physics at the University of California, Berkeley and leading US cancer statistician for over 30 years, 1969

Cancer: The Metabolic Disease

The biggest myth being taught by the cancer industry is that a cancer cell is some kind of microscopic terrorist that’s intent on killing people.  The idea that cancer will kill us if we don’t kill it first is the mythology perpetuated by the cancer industry.

This concept is about as real as The Loch Ness Monster or the legendary Chupacabra:  No scientific evidence has ever suggested that cancer cells or tumors have any intention of killing anyone.

Furthermore, The National Cancer Institute’s own billion-dollar initiative, which began in 2005 and was titled The Cancer Genome Atlas Project, has proven to be a complete and utter failure: Not a single gene mutation - or any combination of mutations - was found to be absolutely responsible for initiating the disease.1-5

This is because cancer is not a genetic disease.

It’s been almost 100 years since Nobel Prize-Winning scientist Dr. Otto Warburg discovered that a cancer cell was a cell with damaged mitochondria – a tiny organelle within cells that is responsible for energy production.6  A ‘cancer cell’ is a metabolically defective, injured cell in need of repair.

After The Cancer Genome Atlas Project proved once-and-for-all that cancer is not a genetic disease but a metabolic one, James Watson - the “father of DNA” himself - recommended a shift in the focus of cancer research from genetics to metabolism.

Having a basic understanding of cellular metabolism and how to repair metabolic defects will empower the individual to enhance their body’s own natural healing process and say goodbye to cancer forever.

In the next chapter, I will show you red light’s effects on cellular metabolism and how it can be used to accelerate healing in cancer and other diseases.

How Does Red Light Heal?

Every one of the estimated 37.2 trillion cells1 that make up the human body contain tiny structures within them called mitochondria.  These organelles are responsible for energy production by the cell, in a process called metabolism.

Figure 1. The following image depicts two healthy mitochondria floating inside a mammalian lung cell, photographed via a transmission electron microscope.

When a cell is given everything it needs to metabolize properly – a process involving the chemical oxidation of glucose into carbon dioxide within the mitochondria – the cell is healthy.  It is the breakdown of efficient metabolism within cells and tissues that heralds cancer and other diseases in the body.

Nearly every disease state known to man has been linked to low mitochondrial activity.  Understanding which foods and factors enhance metabolism, and which inhibit it are paramount for successfully preventing or reversing disease.

Lowering Metabolism with Environmental Toxins

One important thing to understand about cellular metabolism is that every step of the process is catalyzed by a specific enzyme.

One such enzyme is called cytochrome c oxidase, which was discovered in 1926 by Dr. Otto Warburg, who went on to receive a Nobel Prize for his discovery.2  This enzyme is critical for oxygen use by cells because it interacts directly with oxygen3 and catalyzes the very last step in the process of metabolism (called oxidative phosphorylation).4-5

Dr. Warburg found that simply by inhibiting cytochrome c oxidase, a healthy cell could be turned into a cancer cell – a finding which has been validated by a number of recent experiments.  "Defects in cytochrome c oxidase expression induce a metabolic shift to glycolysis and carcinogenesis," wrote scientists from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015.6

A number of chemical toxins have been shown to inhibit cytochrome c oxidase activity, including chemotherapy,7 cyanide,8-10 carbon monoxide,11-12 aluminum phosphide,13 estrogen,14 serotonin,15 endotoxin,16-17 aflatoxin B1,18 UVB radiation,19 X-ray radiation,20-21 and unsaturated fatty acids.22

Here’s how it works:  Upon exposure to any of the environmental contaminants listed above, cells produce a free radical called nitric oxide, which binds directly to cytochrome c oxidase, deactivating it.23-25  For as long as nitric oxide is bound to this enzyme, the cell will have a defective ‘cancer’ metabolism.

Enhancing Metabolism with Red Light

The impact of red and near-infrared light on cellular metabolism are fascinating and unique.

Remarkably, red and near-infrared light have both been proven to actually unbind (aka photodissociate) nitric oxide from the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme,26-27 restoring its activity.  But the truth is even more incredible.

Cytochrome c oxidase is unique in that it actually absorbs light specifically within the red and near-infrared portions of the spectrum.  So not only does red and near-infrared light liberate the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme from inhibition by nitric oxide, it also directly energizes this enzyme, which supercharges its activity28-46

The result is enhanced cellular metabolism47-50 and the cascade of beneficial physiological effects that emerge from increased metabolic activity, including:

- Increased energy (ATP) production49-50

- Increased cellular oxygenation52-54

- Increased blood flow in the body55-56

- Increased CO2 production51

- Reduced stress hormones57

- Reduced lactic acid49-51

- Reduced inflammation58

- Reduced free radicals59-64

It’s this cascade of beneficial physiological that can account for most, if not all, of the broad ranging beneficial effects of near-infrared and red light therapies.

Summary: Red and near-infrared light penetrate deeply into body tissues, where they impart their healing effects by enhancing mitochondrial energy production.

IS IT SAFE?

Mainstream drug and surgical-based treatments routinely come with massive lists of potentially fatal consequences.  Despite these, most people don’t hesitate to take what their doctor prescribes.  What if a medicine was available that had virtually no side effects?  Would you take it?

Of the 50,000+ studies published on red light therapy to date, no adverse side effects have been reported.  One of the reasons for this is that the energy intensity of the red and near-infrared wavelengths is extremely low.  The amount of energy exposure during red light therapy treatments is so low that tissue temperatures don't increase more than a few tenths of a degree and thus pose no risk of thermal injury.2

Red light therapy's nearly non-thermal effects make it particularly attractive for use on fresh injuries when heat would likely worsen swelling and inflammation.

"In terms of side effects, there are very few side effects,” said scientist and Harvard professor Dr. Michael Hamblin.  “I've occasionally heard of people who put light on their head - I think one person had a headache and a few people felt excessively sleepy.”1

Red or near-infrared light therapy devices emitting as little as 12 watts of light from red and near-infrared LEDs can have remarkably potent effects.

Lastly, red light therapy is an FDA approved treatment for a number of conditions, which means it’s got the seal of approval for safety by the US Government.

PART II: THE PRACTICAL

WHERE TO RECEIVE RED LIGHT THERAPY

Today there are many places you can receive red light therapy.  Depending on where you live, red light therapy could be available at your local dermatologist, medical spa, day spa, hair salon, tanning salon, physiotherapist and even at your local gym.

Red light therapy administered in a professional setting such as these can be a luxurious experience.  In January 2018, I received red laser therapy at a physiotherapist for a knee injury.  The treatment was pleasant and effective but its downside was that it was localized only to my injured knee so I didn’t receive full body treatment.

Many of the places offering red light therapy mentioned above use full body treatment machines that you either step into or lay down inside.  The standing machines require you to stand for the duration of the treatment and the red light therapy beds are similar to a tanning bed where you lay down during treatment.

A couple of years ago I received full body red light therapy treatment at a local tanning salon which was essentially a tanning bed except the fluorescent tube lights emitted red radiation instead of UV radiation.  When I asked the employees of the salon which wavelengths of red or near-infrared light the bulbs emitted, none could answer my question.  I suspect these bulbs emit a wide range of red and/or near-infrared radiation wavelengths, which is good but not as precise as you can be with lasers or LEDs of a single wavelength.

Most full body light therapy machines available today utilize fluorescent bulbs, which are effective, but these bulbs have a number of downsides which retract from the overall benefit of the treatment.

The Downsides of Fluorescent Tube Lights

Red light therapy treatment administered in a professional setting is excellent because it can save time and will usually treat your entire body in a single session.  However, there are some potential downsides of red light therapy administered with fluorescent tube lights that people need to be aware of.

The first downside is the health risks associated with the fluorescent bulbs themselves.

Radio Frequency Emissions

Fluorescent bulbs emit radio frequencies.  Radio frequencies are the same wireless radiation emitted by cell phones, routers, cordless phones, baby monitors and cell phone towers.  Red light radiation and radio frequency radiation have virtually opposite effects on the metabolism of cells.  In high enough doses radio frequencies can promote cancer.

While red light boosts cellular metabolism by heightening the activity of the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme, radio frequencies lower metabolism by inhibiting the same enzyme.

Electromagnetic Fields

In addition to the radio frequency radiation emitted by the fluorescent light bulbs inside a red light therapy machine, the machine itself will emit other harmful factors: electromagnetic fields (EMF).

The two types of electromagnetic fields we are concerned with are electric fields and magnetic fields.  Most electronic devices will emit a fairly high amount of electric and magnetic fields, and the more power a device consumes the greater the fields.  These fields tend to dissipate over distance, but standing or laying directly inside a red light therapy machine will likely yield a significant dose.

All electronic devices will emit some EMF, and a full body red light therapy bed is no exception.  However, red light is so powerful that despite radio frequency and EMF emissions, treatment in a red light therapy bed will still likely result in an overall benefit.  It just so happens that radio frequencies and electromagnetic fields tend to retract from that benefit.

A fairly accurate and inexpensive device that can be used to measure the electric and magnetic field emissions from a red light therapy bed or any other electronic device is called a Trifield Meter.©

Be Prepared to Pay a Pretty Penny

The third and final disadvantage of receiving red light therapy in a professional setting is the price.  If you want to receive red light therapy treatment at a local gym or day spa, be prepared to pay for the experience, and keep paying for it, because many consecutive treatments are required to achieve results.  Once results have been achieved, additional treatments will be needed to maintain them.

The good news is that the same (or better) results can be obtained from the comfort of your own home at a fraction of the cost.

Red Light Therapy Treatment At Home

When the restorative properties of red light were first discovered, LEDs didn’t exist; scientists were using red lasers.  Lasers devices admitting red or near-infrared light can be purchased, but they cost thousands of dollars, which for most people is not an option.

However, with the invention of LED technology and the subsequent red light therapy devices that are produced using them, suddenly red light therapy became affordable for most people to purchase and use from the comfort of their own homes.

There are many companies selling red light therapy devices online.  When I first discovered red light therapy a number of years ago, I purchased two devices from RedLightMan© and put them to the test.  Not only were the devices effective, but it was clear that they were built to last. One time I accidentally kicked my larger device off the couch and onto the hard tiled floor below – a 2 foot drop - and surprisingly it didn’t cause any damage to the device and it still works to this day.

A well-built product that changes people’s lives by improving their health is one I can get behind, so I decided to produce my own exclusive line of red light therapy devices for my EndAllDisease online store.  Like I said, there are many places online you can get red light therapy devices but these are the devices I use and recommend.

To give you an example of what high quality red light therapy devices look like, here are the lights available at EndAllDisease.com.

Handheld Red Light Therapy Device

Light Specifications:

4 precise wavelengths of red and near-infrared light
620nm ▪ 670nm ▪ 760nm ▪ 830nm
24 Watts of Power
Lasts up to 50,000 hours
Comes with custom red braided power cord

Red Light Therapy Bodylight Mini

Light Specifications:

4 precise wavelengths of red and near-infrared light
620nm ▪ 670nm ▪ 760nm ▪ 830nm
180 Watts of Power
Lasts up to 50,000 hours
Includes hanging kit

Red Light Therapy Bodylight

Light Specifications:

4 precise wavelengths of red and near-infrared light
620nm ▪ 670nm ▪ 760nm ▪ 830nm
600 Watts of Power
Lasts up to 50,000 hours
Includes hanging kit and a pair of eye goggles

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO RED LIGHT THERAPY AT HOME

As someone who has been researching and experimenting with red light therapy for over 6 years, I have learned a number of things about what works and what doesn’t.  I’ve also helped numerous people develop specific treatment protocols for their conditions and the feedback I have received has been invaluable.  It is from this collection of experiences that I share my most important concepts and strategies that will allow you to achieve the greatest possible results from red light therapy.

On the surface, treating yourself using red light is simple:  Switch your light on, aim it at the body part you wish to treat, and then hold it there for 10-20 minutes.  However, there are a number of important factors that need to be considered to get the best possible results.  These considerations can be the difference between remarkable healing and no healing.

Simplicity is the Key to Success

One of the most important factors for success with red light therapy is treatment consistency.  In order to remain consistent, each treatment must be made as simple as possible and the results must be noticeable.

The purpose of this chapter is to help you make your red light therapy sessions as easy and effective as possible.  If using the device isn’t simple and the results are not noticeable, then it’s only a matter of time before your device will sit in a corner collecting dust.

A good example of what not to do comes from a friend of mine who was using red light to restore hair growth on the top of his head.  For his first treatment, he sat down and applied the light to the skin on top of his head by holding the device there for the entire session.  As you might expect, the most noticeable results he got were sore shoulders!  After realizing this was an uncomfortable way to administer the light, he tried a different approach.  His strategy this time was to attach the red light device to the inside of a lampshade and wear that on his head during treatment.  I give him credit for at least trying to find a better way after the first failure, but I couldn’t help but laugh when he told me about the lampshade idea.  This story confirmed to me that more practical information was needed on exactly how to self-treat with red light therapy.

From the collected wisdom gained from many failures by myself and others, I present to you the 6 most important factors to consider when designing your red light protocol.

1.  Creating a Space for Treatment

2.  Body position

3.  Light position

4.  Light distance

5.  Session frequency

6.  Session duration

1. Create a Space for Treatment

If for each red light therapy session you had to carry your light up 3 flights of stairs, every step coated in hot, gummy tar with 5 inch nails sticking straight up out of some of them like in the movie Home Alone, then plug your device into the wall and lay down on a cold, hard cement floor naked for 15 minutes while you apply the light - how many times would you do the treatment before quitting?

This extreme example I think most vividly illustrates my point: If your red light therapy sessions are not made simple and pleasurable, you will not do them consistently for a long period of time.  Instead, you will probably treat yourself a few times and quit.

Intentionally creating a space dedicated to red light therapy treatment is essential for your success with red light therapy.  Your light therapy space must make your treatment both simple and pleasurable.  This space could include a towel, blanket or yoga mat spread out on the floor where you can sit or lay down.  A pillow or two can also be a good addition.  If you plan to use a timer other than your phone, keep this in your treatment space.  Locating your space near a power outlet and having your light plugged into it at all times so it’s ready for use is also important for simplicity.  And of course, adding to your space anything else that you feel will help you focus and relax completely can also be helpful.

In the past I have tried keeping a device beside my bed, with the intent of using my bed as my space for treatment.  This may sound like the ideal location for red light therapy treatment because it’s simple and extremely comfortable but I’ve found it to not be ideal.  In fact, it may be the extreme comfort itself that is its biggest downfall.  Most of us associate a bed with sleeping - and given the fact that the best treatment times are probably morning and night, you may find that it’s much easier to just fall asleep rather than set a timer and put on the red light.

Create a comfortable space that will make your red light therapy sessions as simple as possible.

2. Body Position

The way you position your body during red light therapy treatment sessions is the next important factor to consider.  If your body is positioned in a way that is uncomfortable and doesn’t allow you to fully relax, then it’s only a matter of time before you lose interest and stop using the device.

People tend to be greater motivated to avoid things that are unpleasant than to engage in things that are pleasant and rewarding.  This is why it is essential to position your body in a way that is entirely comfortable and allows your body to relax completely.

The three basic options for body position during treatment include standing, sitting and laying down.

Body Position: Standing

A number of red light therapy devices on the market today are designed to treat people standing up for the entire duration of treatment.  These include long rectangular LED light panels which are held upright by a stand or mounted on the wall, and also some futuristic-looking, standing vertical light therapy booths with a swinging door for entry and exit.

The concept of standing during treatment seems great in theory, but who wants to stand in one spot twice a day for 15-20 minutes in a row!?  Standing in one spot for long periods of time can be very uncomfortable, as a constant contraction of many muscles is required in order to support the weight of your body.  This means that standing up during light therapy treatment makes fully-relaxing impossible.  Furthermore, many people quickly feel soreness or pain in their feet, knees, hips while standing in one place.  This pain can just compound the discomfort of having to stand for 20 minutes in a row.

There is one final disadvantage of standing:  The more your body is deficient in red light, the more you are likely to fall asleep during red light therapy treatment.  This means that by standing, you’re missing out on one of the most beautiful parts about light therapy.  I don’t think I could fall asleep while standing if I tried, but if it happened it could be a dangerous situation.  Imagine falling asleep while standing up and collapsing to the floor like a sack of potatoes.  Due to the many discomforts of treating yourself while standing, you will probably not continue your treatments consistently and over the long term.  There’s nothing comfortable or relaxing about standing during red light therapy treatment and it should be avoided whenever possible.

Body Position: Sitting

A seated body position during red light therapy can be fitting for some people, particularly if you’re able to sit in a comfortable recliner.  A comfortable recliner or even a sofa affords a safe space in which you can relax during treatment.  These are the main advantages of sitting, but sitting comes not without its own set of disadvantages.  The main downsides of the seated position are as follows:

1.  Sitting requires supportive muscles to contract, preventing complete relaxation

2.  Sitting makes it difficult to properly position your red light

3.  Sitting can be uncomfortable or even painful for some people

Similar to the standing position, sitting requires your body to contract a number of supportive muscles for the entire duration of treatment.  Any muscles that aren’t allowed to relax prevent you from getting the maximum benefit from red light treatment.

Sitting also makes it difficult to effectively position your red light.  For example, if you wanted to put your light directly against your forehead during treatment to boost brain function, regulate emotions, reduce anxiety and depression, detoxify the brain and boost cognitive function, it would be difficult to do that while seated.  The only way I can think of to make that happen would be to hold the device the entire time, which is highly inconvenient and uncomfortable.  If you choose to sit while treating yourself with red light I recommend that you lay the device down on a table in front of you to avoid having to hold the device the entire time.  We will talk more about light position shortly, but for now it’s important to note that the seated position limits your proximity to the red light, which will reduce the effectiveness of the treatment.

Lastly, for some people sitting can be uncomfortable or even painful.  Many people spend 40 or more hours a week sitting while driving to work and then sitting while at work.  As a culture we tend to sit far too much.  Sitting can be okay for a small amount of time, but as the evidence shows too much is not good for health.  It can inhibit blood circulation, reduce flexibility and even cause back pain for many people.  For those who already sit too much, it’s probably best to avoid the seated position during red light therapy sessions.

Body Position: Laying Down

Laying down is the gold standard for red light therapy treatment.  It is comfortable, it allows you to relax every muscle in your body, and it is the only position that is entirely safe for you to fall asleep in.

In many dermatologist offices where red light therapy is offered, light therapy devices are hung from the ceiling and patients are put on massage therapy tables unclothed beneath the light.  Finding an above supportive structure upon which you can hang your light may require a bit of creativity and engineering, but if you can manage it’s an excellent accomplishment because now you’ve created for yourself a solid, permanent, and comfortable treatment space.

The way I currently treat myself using red light is on a towel that I’ve placed on the floor with a couple of pillows for added comfort.  I use multiple lights and have them plugged into a power bar so they can all be turned on with the flick of a single switch.

Creating a space which allows you to lay down during red light therapy sessions is the most effective way to treat yourself at home.  Setting up your space can range from very simple like mine to a more complex clinical-like treatment location.  Laying down is the most effective, comfortable and safest body position for red light therapy treatment.

3. Light Position

Since laying down is the ideal body position for red light therapy treatment, most of the attention in this section will be given to where and how to position your light while laying down.  But first, a few quick words about how you can position your light during treatment while standing and sitting.

Light Position While Standing

During standing treatment, the position of your light can be either on a vertical stand or mounted to a wall.  This is advantageous because you don’t have to hold the light the entire time, but not ideal because you have to actually stand during treatment as previously discussed.

Light Position While Sitting

While sitting, the two best options for light location are on a table in front of you or on your lap facing you.  However, these methods also come with some obvious disadvantages.  These light positions make it difficult to treat anywhere but your chest area or a portion of your upper body and face from a distance.

Light Position While Laying Down

Compared to standing or sitting, positioning your light while laying down is a breeze.  All you have to do is lay down, then place the light down beside you on the floor or bed aimed at the body part you wish to treat.

Got a sore knee?  No problem.  Lay down, then lay the light down in front of you on the ground against your knee, set the timer, and relax.

Got pain in your lower back?  No problem.  Lay down, then lay the light down behind you directed at the area that is causing you pain, set the timer, and relax.

Want to do a whole body treatment?  No problem.  Lay down, then lay the light down a foot in front of you - aimed at the middle of your torso while in the fetal position – so the light hits every inch of skin from your upper legs, stomach, chest and upper arms, then set the timer, and relax.

Laying down is the ideal body position during red light therapy.  It affords you comfortability and safety while simplifying light position and eliminating the need to hold the light for the entire duration of treatment.  It’s this simplicity in combination with your ability to relax in this position that will have you obtaining maximum results and looking forward to your next treatment.

4. Light Distance

Light distance refers to the distance you place the light from your body during red light therapy treatment.  As you move the red light farther away from your body, two things happen:

1. The light will spread out and reach more cells simultaneously

2. Less photons of light will reach each individual cell (since they will be spread out amongst many more cells)

Since a light farther away from the body will reach more cells, positioning the light 1-3 feet away can be helpful for full body treatment.  However, it’s important to understand that since less light photons will reach each cell at a distance, the treatment time must be increased in order for cells to receive the same dose as they would if the light was closer to your body.  The ideal in this case might be 20-30 minutes as opposed to 12 minutes.

If you want to treat a specific tissue deep within the body, like a knee injury, for example, put the light directly up against the skin of your knee.  This will allow a concentrated dose of light to penetrate deeply and reach all tissues within your knee joint.  For treatment this close in proximity, less time is needed to fully saturate the knee cells with a healthy dose of red light.  12-15 minutes should be plenty of time.

For all practical purposes, that’s virtually everything you need to know regarding light positioning.  For those looking for more highly technical information on red light dosing, sign up for my newsletter on EndAllDisease.com and receive my free Red Light Therapy Dose Guide.

5. Session Duration

Session duration can be defined as the number of minutes light is exposed to the body during a single red light therapy session.  Through experimentation with various treatment durations, I have gathered some wisdom which I will share with you in this section.

Although some science has been done on trying to determine the optimal duration of treatment for various conditions, keep in mind that nothing is set in stone.  I always encourage people to do their own experimentation and see how different session lengths make you feel.

For your first ever treatment I recommend a full body treatment for about 20 to 30 minutes.  Simply lay in the fetal position, fully unclothed, with the light facing midway between your stomach and chest.  Your goal will be to reach as many cells as possible.  From this position is should be possible to reach your upper legs, stomach, chest and upper arms all in one shot.

If you bought a red light specifically to treat an injured ankle or pain in a specific part of your body, perform two treatments daily – one full-body and the other directly at the site of pain or injury.

My own experimentation with treatment duration has helped me narrow down what I believe to be my own optimal treatment time.  I often find that laying down for treatment for 20 minutes at a time is too long.  15 minute sessions are good, but I find that laying down for 12 minutes is my ideal.  It’s simply an amount of time that isn’t so long that I am getting impatient and counting the seconds for it to end.

Don’t take my word for it though.  Experiment with various treatment times – 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 25 minutes, etc. - to find your optimal treatment duration.  Simply set the timer on your phone, switch on your light, then lay back and enjoy.

6. Session Frequency

Session frequency can be defined as the number of treatment sessions you undergo each day.  As a general guideline, studies have demonstrated that somewhere between 2 and 20 red light therapy treatment sessions per week are effective.  That’s 2-3 times per day.  However, there should be no qualms about using your device more if you want to do some experimentation of your own, as red light therapy is remarkably safe.

In my own experience, two treatments per day have been very effective and that’s what is probably best for most people.  I recommend treatment first thing in the morning and last thing at night before bed.  In the morning, red light therapy will energize you and prepare you for your day, and red light at night will alleviate any stress you may have accumulated that day.  This will allow you to fully relax into a peaceful, deep, restful sleep.

Since red light energizes cells within the body, some people have asked if treatment will interrupt their sleep.  The answer is ‘no’ and that it will actually improve sleep quality by reducing the levels of cortisol and adrenaline in your body.  Reducing stress hormones will increase efficient energy production by cells - and a well-energized cell is a relaxed cell.  Red light therapy before bed is one of the best ways to improve sleep quality.

As always, I encourage you to do your own experimentation to find your optimal treatment frequency.  You’ve got everything to gain and nothing to lose.

THE #1 BIGGEST MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE DURING TREATMENT

Some people have come to me for advice, frustrated from the lack of success they’d been having with red light therapy.  I asked them to describe their treatment routines to me and I discovered a number of mistakes they had been making.  One mistake in particular was common among almost everybody who hadn’t been getting results.  After making just one simple change to their treatment protocols, their limited successes were transformed into profound results almost every time.

In this chapter I will teach you the #1 biggest mistake people during red light therapy treatment so you can save time by learning from other people’s mistakes rather than learning the hard way.  With the right information and a few simple adjustments, frustrations and lack of success can be converted into remarkable results.

The following case study is probably the best way to illustrate for you what a good treatment protocol looks like.  The principles gained from this experience in the story can help you create your own successful protocol for whatever ails you.  At the end of this chapter I will present the one single thing you can do to accelerate your success more than anything else.

Case Study: Arthritis in Hand

A woman came to me looking for advice on treating the pain and inflammation in her hand, which had been officially diagnosed as arthritis by her doctor.  Treatment by her doctor failed and had many unwanted side effects so she began trying red light therapy but wasn’t seeing success.  In the interest of keeping her name anonymous I will call her Jane.

I asked Jane how she had been treating herself: standing, seated or laying down?  In a seated position, Jane replied, with her hand flat on the table in front of her and the light suspended from a hook above and pointing directly downwards.  She had done a few treatments a week for about 12 minutes each treatment, but the pain and inflammation reduction were insignificant.

My job at this point was to give Jane some advice on how she could have greater success and eliminate the pain and immobility in her hand.  While the impact of diet on the genesis and on alleviating such a condition I think is probably more important than the red light itself, I didn’t give her any nutrition advice.  However, I never leave a stone unturned for my readers, so I’m going to quickly summarize my thoughts on the relationship between nutrition and arthritis for you now.

Dietary Changes for Treating Arthritis

Based on my research, the most significant dietary factor causing both pain and inflammation in the body are the consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA).  In my book Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled, I present a mountain of evidence revealing the following negative health consequences of PUFA:

- It directly inhibits the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme
- It inhibits the immune system by shrinking the thymus gland and by directly killing white blood cells
- It lowers oxygen use by cells
- It inhibits thyroid function in at least five ways

It’s the slow and gradual accumulation of PUFA within the tissues of the body over a lifetime of consuming foods containing them that overwhelms the body’s ability to switch off stress/inflammation.

Based on this research, my practical advice is to increase the ratio of saturated to polyunsaturated fatty acids in your diet.  This dietary modification is paramount for any kind of permanent resolution of arthritis.

Polyunsaturated fatty acids include any oils which are liquid at room temperature.  Olive oil and Avocado oil are lower in PUFA than corn oil, fish oil and other nut and seed oils, but the safest of fats are the most highly saturated fats including coconut oil, butter, chocolate fat, beef and lamb fat.

Modifications to Jane’s Red Light Therapy Protocol

It’s important to understand that although the chronic pain Jane had been experiencing was localized to her hand, arthritis is a whole-body systemic condition, not a local issue.  In other words, it wasn’t a defect in her hand that was causing the problem, but rather the overall condition of her body.  In arthritis, the body is unable to heal from damaged tissue and the ideal treatment strategy must include applying red light to the localized area as well as the entire body.

I gave Jane some practical advice on how she could improve her treatment approach.  Instead of aiming the red light solely at her hand rested on a table, I recommended that she try to reach as many cells as possible during treatment, using the following method:

- Remove all clothing

- Lay down on your side in a comfortable place in the fetal position

- Place your red light 1 foot away on the bed/ground, facing your diaphragm (midway between your stomach and chest)

- Rest your arthritic hand directly against your stomach

With this approach, not only will the red light correct the metabolic defects within cells of her hand, but the light will do the same - inches deep into her body – in every cell from her knees to her stomach to her chest to her upper arms.  Not surprisingly, after applying her new protocol Jane’s results have been profound – even without any dietary changes.  With consistent red light therapy treatment every morning and night, mobility has been restored to her hands and the painful swelling and inflammation has resided.

Mechanism of Action

For those interested in the mechanism of action, the key reason for this is the inhibition of the enzyme COX-2 by red light.  This enzyme is responsible for the release of free fatty acids (PUFA) from cells (a process called lipolysis). By inhibiting lipolysis, the constant release of toxic PUFA in the damaged area is ‘switched off’.

For permanent resolution of arthritis, as previously stated, replacing toxic unsaturated fats in the diet with protective, saturated fats will also be necessary.

The #1 Most Powerful Strategy for Success = Systemic + Localized Treatment

Reaching as many cells as possible during red light therapy treatment is the most important principle to apply to your protocol.  By maximizing the number of cells which receive red light, the amount of ATP and healing carbon dioxide produced metabolically are increased, which benefits all cells and systems of the body.

The best way to treat the body both systemically and locally is to do two red light therapy treatment sessions per day – one in the morning and one at night.  In the morning, treat your full body and at night, treat the local area that’s causing symptoms.  Continue with this treatment regimen consistently for a week or more and assess your progress.

Applying red light to a localized area where you are experiencing symptoms is important for relieving those symptoms, but reaching as many cells, tissues and organs within the body with red light as possible through full-body treatments is the key to remedying the root cause of any condition.

REMARKABLE HEALING SUCCESS STORIES

Since publishing this book I have received a number of exciting testimonials from people who have had incredible results using red light therapy.  Most of these people had tried various mainstream and alternative treatments with no success.  Time and time again, red light therapy has succeeded where other treatments have failed.  In this chapter I will share with you a few of these testimonials.

Success Stories 1 & 2:  Shoulder Pain Eliminated with Red Light

A shoulder injury is a debilitating condition that can affect every aspect of your life – from work to leisure to sleep and everything in between.  Shoulder injuries can occur while playing sports, during exercise, while at work or during any other strenuous physical activity.  The biggest issue with injuries today is that most people never really obtain complete healing and consequently must deal with pain and immobility for the rest of their lives.

For treatment some people resort to surgery, which is often completely unnecessary and can make the situation much worse.  The following is a brief summary on the subject of unnecessary surgery from my book The Cancer Industry:

Unnecessary Surgery

Research on unnecessary surgery began in 1974, after a US congressional report estimated that 2.4 million unnecessary surgeries were performed every year, killing nearly 12,000 patients.4  This report caught the eye of Harvard professor and former surgeon Lucian Leape, who has been following this line of research ever since.

Leape's take today?  "Things haven't changed very much."5

A 2016 review of the latest research on unnecessary surgery states, “Worldwide every year millions of patients go under knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling out thousands and dollars for surgeries they don't really need.”6

Two people have sent me testimonials after using red light to treat chronic shoulder pain they had been experiencing for many years.  Each story is slightly different and both people ended up having fantastic results.  Both stories are presented below.

The first success story is from a friend of mine who had been experiencing shoulder pain for over a decade.  She told me there wasn’t any one particular incident that caused damage to her shoulder, so the origins of the pain were unknown.  However, due to the fact that she sat at a desk for 40+ hours a week at her job, she suspected the pain had to do with her overall lack of movement and exercise in life.

She had tried chiropractor, osteopathy, and acupuncture to treat her shoulder but nothing helped alleviate the pain.  Then she heard about red light therapy and put a 24 watt red light device to the test.  “My pain was gone after the first treatment!,” she exclaimed to me the following day.  After just one 20 minute treatment session applying red light to her shoulder, her ‘untreatable’ shoulder pain that had been troubling her for over 10 years was completely alleviated.

The second shoulder pain success story I received came from a woman who had also been experiencing shoulder pain for many years.  “I went to numerous doctors, therapist, healers, I even went to a shaman, no one can explain why, and I lived in quiet agony,” she remarked.  I’ll paste her full testimonial below so you can read it yourself, but the results were so significant that after just 3 days of treatment she was actually able to go rock climbing.

"I just want to say thank you, Mark.  I've had shoulder pain for years, I went to numerous doctors, therapist, healers, I even went to a shaman, no one can explain why, and I lived in quiet agony. Today marks the 3rd day I'm using the light device purchased from your web store and I'm already feeling a lot better. Full of vitality and good vibes, I even went rock climbing yesterday. Thank you so so so much, blessings to you.”

Success Story #3: Eyesight Improved with Red Light

As a society we are conditioned to believe that a decline in visual acuity with age is unavoidable and irreversible.  We should all just accept the ‘fact’ that as we age we will eventually need glasses, right?  Evidence is mounting, from both scientific studies and from personal testimony of red light therapy device owners, that red light can in fact correct poor vision.

Previously in this book, I presented a study in which elderly people were treated with red light therapy for their age-related macular degeneration.  The study showed that the red light improved the participant’s visual acuity.  However, to date there are no studies that I’m aware of which have tested the ability of red light on the average non-elderly person with suboptimal vision.  Thanks to the valuable testimony of a red light therapy device owner, we now have brand new empirical evidence suggesting that red light can heal imperfect eyesight.

A woman named Kaya from Toronto, Ontario had an eyeglass prescription of 4.5/20 when she discovered red light therapy.  She read the study showing that red light had improved visual acuity in elderly with macular degeneration and decided to test red light therapy on her own eyesight using a 24 watt red light device.  She sent me the following testimony:

"Wonderful!!!! I am recommending this to so many people as the results are so good!!! My eyes are healing almost perfectly…they were 4.5 in prescription and yesterday I went to optometrist and one eye is now perfect 20/20 and the other one is close behind!!!... My Optometrist is super perplexed and I laughed so hard. She said eyes like mine aren’t supposed to correct like that!"

If you’re interested in using red light therapy for improving your eyesite, the exact protocol that I recommend can be found in the Bonus Q&A chapter of this book.

If you have a red light therapy success story that you’d like to share, I’ve created a form that I’m using to collect more case studies that could be featured in upcoming videos, articles and books.  To share your red light success story, go to https://endalldisease.com/redlightsuccess or click here.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH LIGHT THERAPY

I first learned about red and near-infrared light therapies in 2014 while searching online for effective alternative treatments that I could use on myself to improve my health and life.  At that point I had tried dozens of other supplements and foods with various successes and red light sounded promising so I decided to put it to the test.

I purchased a red and near-infrared light device and the effects were potent and almost immediate.  After my first 12 minutes of treatment shining the light on my stomach and chest area, I felt noticeably more relaxed - as if a weight had been lifted off my chest.

Next, I held the light up against my forehead to see how red light would impact my brain function.  I didn't notice anything until I left home and began interacting with people.  The effects were profound.  My brain cells felt energized and the quality and speed of my thoughts and speech were markedly enhanced.

Today I use red light twice a day – once in the morning and once at night - on my brain and body.  On my brain I use it to ensure my cognition is at peak function throughout the day.  With full-body treatment I ensure the light reaches as many cells as possible, including my thyroid, which enhances metabolism and energy levels throughout the day.  I also ensure the light reaches my testicles, which provides a noticeable enhancement in sexual function.

In addition to owning and using my own red light devices at home, I’ve also tried red light therapy at a local tanning salon.  The machine they offered was basically a tanning bed equipped with pink fluorescent tube lights.

The effects of red light therapy in a tanning bed didn’t feel as pronounced as using my own personal LED light therapy devices.  I suspect this had to do with the fact that fluorescent lights emit radio frequency radiation, which detracts from the beneficial effects of red light.  Also, the employee at the salon couldn’t tell me specifically the wavelength or wavelengths of light the machine was emitting, so the difference could also have to do with wavelength.  Another downside of receiving red light therapy at a salon or dermatologist office is the price. Sometimes these places charge as much as $50-$100 for a single session.

It is far cheaper and more convenient to buy your own device and reap the benefits of light therapy at home.  The high-quality red and near-infrared light therapy devices available on EndAllDisease.com are manufactured with LEDs rated to last up to 50,000 hours, which means purchasing a single device could last a lifetime.  These are the devices I use myself and recommend.

Red and near-infrared light therapies have provided me with enormous benefit and I want to help others find the same healing.  I use and will continue to use red light therapy devices on a daily basis probably for the rest of my life.

TWO PROVEN WAYS TO ACCELERATE HEALING

By now you understand that red light therapy is remarkably safe and effective.  But no matter how miraculous a treatment may be, there are always ways to make it better.  In this bonus chapter, I will give you two scientifically proven advanced healing strategies that can be used in conjunction with red light therapy.  When used together, these strategies will synergistically enhance the healing capacity of red light and provide healing that is even more rapid and complete.

The two healing strategies involve applying certain substances to the treatment area just prior to applying red light.  Individually, both red light and these ointments accelerate healing.  When combined, a synergy is achieved, meaning the total healing effect from both treatments together is greater than the sum of each individual treatment.

Honey

Honey has long been known for its powerful antibiotic effects.  Since ancient times it has been used to treat superficial wounds such as burns, scrapes or cuts.  Today the remarkable disinfectant ability of honey has been validated by scientific research.

In the past, the exact property of honey that exhibited the antibacterial effects was not known, but today it has been established: hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).  It’s interesting to note that the hydrogen peroxide content in natural honeys can vary as much as 100-fold from one honey to the next.  Honey is also antibacterial because it is “hygroscopic, which means that it can draw moisture out of the environment and dehydrate bacteria, and its high sugar content and low pH can also prevent the microbes from growth.”1 One study found that treating burn wounds with honey dressings can outperform mainstream ointment silver sulfadiazine.2

In 2018, some forward-thinking scientists from Delhi tested the effects of honey and red light therapy on burn wounds in rats.  One group of rats received red light therapy only, and the other group of rats received red light therapy after honey was applied directly to their wound.  The study found that the wounds of rats treated with red light and honey caused less pain and healed more quickly than the wounds of rats that received red light alone.  “Thus, the findings of present study signify that the combination of medicinal honey and PBMT accelerates the repair process of burn wounds,” they concluded.3

The increased healing triggered by the honey can be partially attributed to its antiseptic properties, but more fundamentally, applying honey to damaged cells provides them with a virtually unlimited supply of the essential nutrient glucose.  This glucose abundance allows cells to produce as much ATP and CO2 as needed to orchestrate rapid and complete healing.  Wounds packed with honey are likely to heal quickly and scarlessly.    Consuming honey orally before treatment is also highly recommended for this same reason.

When you are wounded, remember to apply honey directly to the injured tissue, consume some honey orally and then put on the red light.

Coconut Oil

For those who don’t have access to honey or find it too sticky and unpleasant to work with, I present to you an alternative that can provide similar synergistic benefits when used with red light.

Coconut oil is a potent antibiotic that can be used topically and consumed orally to accelerate the healing of wounds.  Based on research from the coconut oil chapter I wrote in my book Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled, the numerous properties of coconut oil for healing are discussed below.

First, coconut oil has potent antibacterial,4-5 antifungal6-7 and antiviral8-9 properties.  This makes it another good selection as a topical ointment for wounds.  When consumed orally, coconut oil can also help eliminate any internal fungal, bacterial and viral assailants that may be inhibiting the healing process.

By applying coconut oil topically, damaged tissues are afforded an abundance of easily-utilizable saturated free fatty acids that can be used to restore efficient metabolism.  Scientific studies have demonstrated, much like honey, that coconut oil applied topically to wounds will accelerate the healing process.10-11

When applied to damaged skin and consumed orally prior to red light therapy treatment, coconut oil will assist in reducing inflammation and supporting the healing process.  You now have an alternative to honey for treating superficial or more deep-seated disorders.

Honey and coconut oil are two useful adjuncts to red light therapy which can be used both topically and orally to synergistically enhance the already remarkable healing effects of red light.

BONUS: YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Since publishing this book I have received numerous emails from customers and fans asking various questions about red and near-infrared light therapy.  I decided to answer a number of the most common and interesting questions in this chapter.

Do I need to wear eye protection during red light therapy?

To date, no eye damage has ever been reported from red or near-infrared light therapies.  And to the contrary, red light has been found to actually improve visual acuity in some cases. So like all cells of the human body, eyes kept open and uncovered will likely obtain benefit from the light.

If your light is just too bright for you to keep your eyes open during treatment, I recommend closing your eyes.  Closing them will still allow the beneficial light to reach your eye cells through the thin skin of your eyelids.  If it’s still too bright then eliminate your discomfort by using eye protection.

What is a wavelength?

When electromagnetic radiation, like radio waves, light waves or far infrared waves travel through space they are said to make their own repeating sine wave patterns.  The wavelength is simply the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.  For example, red light has a shorter wavelength than near infrared, and far infrared has an even longer wavelength.

Can incandescent, halogen or fluorescent bulbs be used for red light therapy?

Incandescent and halogen light bulbs emit as much as 35% of their total power output within the therapeutic range for light therapy.

In addition to using my red light therapy LED device daily, I’ve incorporated infrared heat lamps in my home as a way to enrich my environment and make it more conducive to health.  Proper lighting is essential for the maintenance of human health.  My cat, who falls asleep under them regularly, would agree.

Fluorescent bulbs are a different story.  They emit some ultraviolet light but almost no red or near-infrared radiation, which is likely why many people experience unwanted side effects from exposure to these lights.  Dr. Ray Peat has said the use of fluorescent lights in offices and workplaces is likely a large contributor to the epidemic of disease we see today.

why are the benefits of red and near-infrared are greater than far-infrared?  I read that far infrared waves are safer for humans in term of radiation exposure.

Red/near-infrared radiation (600nm to 1400nm) is absorbed by an enzyme within the mitochondria of cells called cytochrome c oxidase.  This results in greater energy production by that cell.  Adequate energy production is the hallmark of a healthy cell.  If enough of your cells are producing energy efficiently, you will be healthy.

Unlike red/near-infrared radiation, far infrared produces its benefit inside the body in a different way.

Far-infrared has a larger wavelength than red and near-infrared of about 1500nm-10,000nm (1mm).  Instead of being absorbed by the cytochrome enzyme like red and near-infrared, far infrared improves the body’s metabolism by temporarily increasing its overall temperature.  Raising the body temperature by bathing in warm salty water can have a similar effect on metabolism.  The reason for this is that lowering the body's overall temperature by just a degree or two can significantly lower enzymatic activity.  Reduced enzymatic activity means reduced metabolic energy production.  So to the extent that the body temperature is lower than ideal (98-98.6), the use of an infrared sauna will help restore the function of enzymes necessary for efficient metabolism to take place.

My parents used to have a far infrared sauna when I was living with them, so I got to use it for a period of time.  At around that same time, I learned about near-infrared saunas from the book Sauna Therapy, and used the instructions inside the book to build myself one using PVC pipes and painters cloth.  I had been aware of and concerned with the dangers of electromagnetic fields and tested emissions from both saunas using a tri-field meter.   As it turns out, the EMF emissions coming from the far infrared sauna heating element were very high and coming from the near-infrared heat lamps were zero at a few inches distance.

Why do I feel tingling during light therapy treatment?

According to Dr. Michael Hamblin, the ‘tingling’ feeling some people feel on their skin during red light therapy administration is the literal photodissociation of nitric oxide from the cytochrome c oxidase enzyme taking place inside cells.

I want to use the light for wrinkles on my face and arthritis on my ankles, but want to avoid growing hair on those parts of my body.  I have hair on my face that I do not want to grow and had laser hair removal on my legs, but want to treat arthritis there.  Will the red light cause hair to grow in those places?

The way laser hair removal works is by damaging the hair follicles repeatedly until they can no longer recover sufficiently to produce hair. Red light will assist your body in repairing the damaged follicles caused by the laser hair removal.  Based on this, applying red light to your face and legs will likely reduce wrinkles, pain and inflammation, but unfortunately, will likely also improve follicle health/hair growth on both of those places.

Is red light effective for rosacea?

Since red light improves metabolism, or a cell’s ability to produce energy, and since adequate energy production can be considered the hallmark of cellular health, there are likely no cells or tissues that will not benefit from red light.

A review on red light for skin conditions reports "Several studies reported effectiveness and safety of LED therapy in photo-aged skin [22–26]. LED therapy efficacy was also reported for instance in wound-healing [28, 29] as in psoriasis [30–32] and rosacea [33–36].”

Is pulsed red light therapy effective?

Instead of simply repeating someone else’s findings to you, I decided to read everything I could find on pulsed red light therapy so I could give you a proper answer.  Below I share with you my findings.

Pulsed red light therapy is basically a ‘flickering’ on-and-off of red light at specific pulse frequencies.  Pulsed red light therapy affects cells in the same way as traditional ‘continuous wave’ red light therapy1-2 - by enhancing cellular ATP production within the mitochondria of cells.

When comparing the value of pulsed wave vs. continuous wave red light therapy, there is conflicting evidence.  Some studies indicate that pulsed wave is more effective, and others indicate that continuous wave is more effective.

For example, a 2004 study by Saudi Arabian scientists compared the healing effects of continuous wave red light therapy with pulsed red light therapy on burn wounds in rats.  The pulse frequencies they tested were 100Hz, 200Hz, 300Hz, 400Hz and 500Hz, and the study found that continuous wave was more effective than 100Hz pulsed wave.3

Pulse Frequency

Healing

Pulsed Wave

100 Hz
200 Hz
300 Hz
400 Hz
500 Hz

4.32 %
3.21 %
3.83 %
2.22 %
1.73 %

Continuous Wave

-

4.81 %

Note: Pulse frequency is measured in a unit called Hertz, which is the number of ‘on-off’ cycles per second.

Dr. Michael Hamblin from Harvard University has written an extensive review on pulsed red and near-infrared light therapy in which they analyzed the effects of a wide range of frequencies including everything from:

- 2-3 Hertz

- Tens of Hertz

- Hundreds of Hertz

- Thousands of Hertz (Kilohertz)

- Tens of thousands of Hertz (Tens of Kilohertz)

- Hundreds of thousands of Hertz (Hundreds of Kilohertz)

- Megahertz (Thousands of Kilohertz/Millions of Hertz)

What did Hamblin and his group conclude from their research?  “The conclusion was if you’re going to do pulsing, don’t make the frequency too high because cells just get confused,” said Hamblin in an interview.4  If you’re going to do pulsing, continued Hamblin, anywhere between 10Hz and 100Hz might be useful.

There are a couple unique properties about pulsed red light which I think are worth mentioning.  One is that pulsed red light can penetrate through skin and skin barriers, such as pigment, more easily than continuous wave red light.5-6  Red and particularly near-infrared light are already effective at accessing cells deep inside the body but pulsed red and near-infrared light may be even better at reaching deep target tissues.

Another unique property of pulsed red light is that it transfers less heat to tissues, since the light is ‘off’ as much as it is ‘on’.  This can be useful for heat sensitive tissues, such as the brain or testicles, whose function are reduced by exposure to excessive heat.7-8

Pulsed Red Light Therapy Conclusion

Continuous wave red light therapy is already remarkably effective, and some evidence suggests that pulsing it may make it slightly more effective.  Pulsed red light has the unique ability to reach tissues deeper into the body and cause less tissue heating, which can be advantageous for treating certain disorders.  However, given the fact that pulsed red light therapy devices are more expensive to manufacture and are more susceptible to malfunction and reduced longevity from the constant on and off cycles, continuous wave red light therapy seems to be the most practical and efficient.

I was wondering about the testimonial from Kaya who had great success with her vision – do you have any idea of the protocol she used to improve her eyesight?

While I don’t have the exact protocol Kaya used to successfully improve her vision with red light therapy, I can give you a protocol for treating eyesight that will give you the absolute best chance of success.

The best way to heal eyesight using red light is to treat your eyes directly and also treat your full body.  All health issues are holistic and full-body treatment will help the entire body shift its health status in a positive direction.  I recommend 15 minutes per day directly in the eyes (morning) and 15 minutes full body treatment (before bed) using the following positioning:

- Lay on your side in the fetal position, on your bed or on a towel on the floor, fully unclothed
- Place the light 1-2 feet away aimed at your abdomen.  (The light should reach all skin exposed from your upper legs to your stomach and chest, as well as your upper arms.)
- Set a timer for about 15-20 minutes then relax and enjoy

After following this protocol for a couple weeks, visit your optometrist for an eye exam. You will likely see results for not only your vision but also for your overall health (i.e. improved energy, vitality, brain function, etc).

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that it has answered some of your own questions about red and near-infrared light therapy.

CONCLUSION

While traditional medicine has forever involved the administration of plant and animal foods derived from nature, a western medical establishment was born in the mid-20th century which redefined the term ‘medicine.’  Suddenly the use of toxic man-made drugs and dangerous surgical procedures became the predominant forms of treatment.  This change was essential for the establishment of a system of healthcare based on profit, since substances found in nature cannot be patented.

Within this for-profit healthcare system, the more toxic and dangerous drugs or treatments are, the better they are as products.  This is because highly toxic drugs result in any number of side effects, which render patients in need of more drugs to treat those side effects.  Modern medicine’s profit-before-patient ethos has resulted in millions of unnecessary deaths, incalculable suffering and has generated the greatest public health disaster in history.   Thankfully, the world is becoming increasingly aware of the fact that a medical system which seeks profit has no interest in healing people.

When Dr. Gary Null and his team of scientists reviewed all existing research on doctor-induced injury and death in 2002, they didn’t know exactly what they would find.  Their goal was simply to discover the truth about whether or not the medical system was ultimately harming us or healing us.  The publication of their study Death by Medicine marked a monumental turning point in medicine.  It was the moment when a tragic yet necessary truth was realized:  Modern medicine is causing much more harm than good.  Is anyone surprised to hear that these findings were not broadcast publically by the drug company-funded mainstream media?

Of the thousands of drugs and surgical procedures offered by the medical establishment today, none address the root cause of disease.  Instead of focusing on the origins of the problem, they provide only temporary relief of a patient’s symptoms.  This business model is fantastic for generating enormous profits, but as previously mentioned, as long as the primary directive of the medical industry is revenue, the ‘medicines’ it offers will never truly provide healing.  This type of medical system has rendered populations of people never quite healthy and repeatedly coming back for more drugs and surgeries.

What do you do when you find yourself living in a world in which the medical system that exists to serve you is broken?  A world where there’s almost nothing a doctor can do for you that won’t make your health worse?  A world where mainstream medicine kills more people than it helps?  Simple.  You change it.

Paradigm Shift: From drugs and surgeries to food and LIGHT

Visit a medical doctor and you risk being diagnosed with one or more of the 30,000+ ‘officially’ classified diseases.  Healthcare professionals and the public have been conditioned over many decades that tens of thousands of diseases exist.  For pharmaceutical manufacturers, the invention of every new disease means additional revenue from at least one new product.  The more diseases that are claimed to exist, the more profit can be made.   As Buckminster Fuller once wrote, ‘the truth is always beautiful and simple’ - and the truth is that only one disease exists:  A malfunctioning cell.

The primary reason why drug and surgical based therapies have been such a colossal failure is, of course, that it’s not for lack of poison or knives that cells begin to malfunction.  Modern science has established that the genesis of disease in the body is almost universally the result of a disruption in cellular metabolism.  A cell that’s unable to metabolize food into energy efficiently might be the most accurate definition of an unhealthy cell.  When a large number of cells in the body aren’t generating sufficient energy, in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), then the organism as a whole is unhealthy.  This decline in energy production is the prime cause of the symptoms experienced by the patient.  These symptoms are typically what compel people to visit their doctors, who then diagnose patients with a specific disease and prescribe specific drugs or surgeries.  Although the symptomatic relief afforded by some drugs and surgeries are of benefit to patients in the short term, in the long term the root cause of the problem is only made worse by these interventions.

Conversely, when you avoid the things that poison cellular metabolic processes (environmental toxins & injury), and expose the body to factors essential for efficient metabolism (nutrients and light), malfunctioning cells heal, symptoms disappear and health is restored throughout the entire body.

The Red Light Revolution

Over 50,000 scientific studies to date have shown that red and near-infrared light can effectively restore and enhance the function of virtually any cell or tissues in the body.  According to the research, literally dozens of diseases and conditions can be effectively treated using red light.  But since red light is an antioxidant and a non-tissue-specific healing accelerant, the reality is there are probably no ailments that cannot be resolved or at least significantly improved using red and near-infrared light.  What’s more, not a single negative side effect to date has been reported in the scientific literature.

It is now understood that enzymes within cells absorb light in the red and near-infrared ends of the spectrum – and when they do, cellular metabolism is enhanced.  This enhancement in energy production allows the body to accomplish all the vital functions it needs not only for survival, but for peak functioning and performance; health is what it has always been: A matter of energy.

No medicine in the world has the track record of red light therapy for safety and efficacy.  If it weren’t for the fact that red light devices are inexpensive and can last for decades, the pharmaceutical industry would be hailing red light therapy the greatest treatment ever discovered.  If you could pack photons of red light into a pill, it would undoubtedly be a billion-dollar blockbuster drug.  But doctors will probably never tell you that unless they have an expensive red light therapy machine that you can pay them to use regularly - which is why I have written this book.  LED technology has made red light therapy inexpensive and available to virtually everybody from the comfort of their own home.

The solariums used by ancient Egyptians for healing have not only survived the rigors of modern science, but they have been vindicated by it.  The precise physiological mechanisms of red light on the organism have been discovered and presented in this book in complete detail.  The final frontier in red light research has been reached.  Once the red light revolution finishes sweeping the earth, all toxic and ineffective medicines in its path will be replaced, and red light will be hailed as one of the safest and most miraculous medicines ever discovered.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARK SLOAN has been researching and writing about many subjects, with specific emphasis on health, for over 15 years.  He has written over 300 articles, and is the author of a number of books including The Cancer Industry and the 6x #1 international bestselling book Red Light Therapy: Miracle Medicine.  Mark lives in Ontario, Canada and his goal is to build his own home, produce his own food and raise a family as free and independently as possible.  Mark is passionate about learning and his ultimate goal in life is to reduce the suffering in this world and to make a better place for every human being alive and for future generations to come.

Visit Mark’s Website at EndAllDisease.com

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1. Introduction
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History

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Podogrodzki J, Lebiedowski M, Szalecki M, Kępa I, Syczewska M, Jóźwiak S. [Impact of low level laser therapy on skin blood flow]. Dev Period Med. 2016;20(1):40-6.

Fouda AA, Refai H, Mohammed NH. Low level laser therapy versus pulsed electromagnetic field for inactivation of myofascial trigger points. A J Res Comm. 2013; 1(3):68-78.

Andre ES, Dalmarco EM, Gomes LEA. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor nerve growth factor, neurotrophin-3, and induced nitric oxide synthase expression after low-level laser therapy in an axonotmesis experimental model. Photomed laser surg. 2012; 30(11):1-6.

Yeager RL, Lim J, Millsap DS, et al. 670 nanometer light treatment attenuates dioxin toxicity in the developing chick embryo. J Biochem Mol Toxicol. 2006;20(6):271-8.

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Is Red Light Therapy Safe?

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Bonus: 2 Proven Ways to Accelerate Healing

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2. Gupta SS, Singh O, Bhagel PS, Moses S, Shukla S, Mathur RK. Honey dressing versus silver sulfadiazene dressing for wound healing in burn patients: a retrospective study. J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2011;4(3):183-7.

3. Yadav A, Verma S, Keshri GK, Gupta A. Combination of medicinal honey and 904 nm superpulsed laser-mediated photobiomodulation promotes healing and impedes inflammation, pain in full-thickness burn. J Photochem Photobiol B, Biol. 2018;186:152-159.

4. Shilling M, Matt L, Rubin E, et al. Antimicrobial effects of virgin coconut oil and its medium-chain fatty acids on Clostridium difficile. J Med Food. 2013;16(12):1079-85.

5. Verallo-rowell VM, Dillague KM, Syah-tjundawan BS. Novel antibacterial and emollient effects of coconut and virgin olive oils in adult atopic dermatitis. Dermatitis. 2008;19(6):308-15.

6. Shino B, Peedikayil FC, Jaiprakash SR, Ahmed bijapur G, Kottayi S, Jose D. Comparison of Antimicrobial Activity of Chlorhexidine, Coconut Oil, Probiotics, and Ketoconazole on Candida albicans Isolated in Children with Early Childhood Caries: An In Vitro Study. Scientifica (Cairo). 2016;2016:7061587.

7. Ogbolu DO, Oni AA, Daini OA, Oloko AP. In vitro antimicrobial properties of coconut oil on Candida species in Ibadan, Nigeria. J Med Food. 2007;10(2):384-7.

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11. Steinbrenner I, Houdek P, Pollok S, Brandner JM, Daniels R. Influence of the Oil Phase and Topical Formulation on the Wound Healing Ability of a Birch Bark Dry Extract. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(5).

Bonus: Questions & Answers

1. Yadav A, Gupta A, Keshri GK, Verma S, Sharma SK, Singh SB. Photobiomodulatory effects of superpulsed 904nm laser therapy on bioenergetics status in burn wound healing. J Photochem Photobiol B, Biol. 2016;162:77-85.

2. Gupta A, Keshri GK, Yadav A, et al. Superpulsed (Ga-As, 904 nm) low-level laser therapy (LLLT) attenuates inflammatory response and enhances healing of burn wounds. J Biophotonics. 2015;8(6):489-501.

3. Al-watban FA, Zhang XY. The comparison of effects between pulsed and CW lasers on wound healing. J Clin Laser Med Surg. 2004;22(1):15-8.

4. Keshri GK, Gupta A, Yadav A, Sharma SK, Singh SB. Photobiomodulation with Pulsed and Continuous Wave Near-Infrared Laser (810 nm, Al-Ga-As) Augments Dermal Wound Healing in Immunosuppressed Rats. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(11):e0166705.

5. Joensen J, Ovsthus K, Reed RK, et al. Skin penetration time-profiles for continuous 810 nm and Superpulsed 904 nm lasers in a rat model. Photomed Laser Surg. 2012;30(12):688-94.

6. Ando T, Xuan W, Xu T, et al. Comparison of therapeutic effects between pulsed and continuous wave 810-nm wavelength laser irradiation for traumatic brain injury in mice. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(10):e26212.

7. Ilic S, Leichliter S, Streeter J, Oron A, Detaboada L, Oron U. Effects of power densities, continuous and pulse frequencies, and number of sessions of low-level laser therapy on intact rat brain. Photomed Laser Surg. 2006;24(4):458-66.

8. Keshri GK, Gupta A, Yadav A, Sharma SK, Singh SB. Photobiomodulation with Pulsed and Continuous Wave Near-Infrared Laser (810 nm, Al-Ga-As) Augments Dermal Wound Healing in Immunosuppressed Rats. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(11):e0166705.

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