Types of infrared lights with Connie Zack

Bulletproof radio, a state of high performance. We've, since the dawn of infrared saunas, we've talked about these different wavelengths. And I want people who listen to this to sort of think about, we have fat and we have carbs and we have protein. They're all food. Right. At least some forms of those are food, but they do different things. And you look at a spectrum of light, red light does something different than green light or blue light or yellow light. Right. And. Or the whole spectrum of this. And when we're dealing with infrared, you can't see any of it, but it has similar spectrums, like those colors or like the types of foods. And the way the industry breaks them down now is that there's near infrared, mid infrared, and far infrared.

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Can you walk me through? Let's start first with near infrared. What is that?

Yep.

And then like, kind of give me the pros and cons of each one of those. So near infrared.

Yeah. Yep. So near infrared is the shortest wavelength. It's called near because it's the closest to the sun. So in a perfect world, if you were like, just delivering near infrared, it would be like thousands of degrees Celsius. I mean, really, really, really hot. Like too hot to deliver. So you have to convert near infrared into LEDs in order to deliver it effectively. So that's a really important thing to know because, say, on the market, you know, after we introduce these three wavelengths, now it's 11 years ago, I think, is when we brought these three Wang blades to market. Now a lot of people are talking about near infrared, which is really interesting, but they're delivering it sometimes via light, and you really need to. If you really want the most effective near infrared, it has to be invisible and it has to be LEDs. Okay. That's the. That's the precise, tangible wavelength. The benefits of it, to answer your question, there's. I mean, there's so many. It's really powerful. It's great for wound healing, for skin benefits. I mean, it's amazing what it will do for cell health, for immunity. Athletes are using it all the time right now. Like, we have a handheld device where you take our LEDs to go, and they'll use it all the time for muscle recovery, for reducing inflammation. The knees and the ankles, I get those hard areas to. To hit. Also, there's tons of studies on increasing collagen. So for. I call it the vanity wavelength is what I've coined near infrared because it's great. If you put the near infrared LEDs on your face it helps to boost collagen, and it helps to with fine lines and wrinkles. And there's tons of studies on anti aging with near infrared. The the downside is you can't get, like, near infrared bulbs and like, expect it to work. You really have to get LEDs. So that would be like the downside. Mid infrared is the next spectrum of light. It's not as hot as near, but hotter than far. It's in the middle. That benefit is for reducing inflammation at the joints and tissues. So this wavelength, I always think of mid infrared as the athletic wavelength, like, because anybody, you know, and I think Nike saying, right now, everybody, that means everybody, right? Everybody's an athlete, you know, so everybody needs, you know, the reduction of inflammation at some point in their life. And when mid infrared is amazing for getting into the joints and tissues and reducing that inflammation, it's also really good for helping to aid the far infrared wavelength for weight loss. So that's another benefit. And we show that in the study. Far infrared is what we studied the longest. And the quick backstory as to that is when we first started, we didn't understand the three spectrums, right? We were brand new. I didn't even, I mean, I, you know, I didn't like, wake up and think, oh, I'm making it into the sauna business today. It just, you know, happened with my brother. And so I was trying to understand that Far, for a can't do it all. And that's really what led us to investigating mid and near. But far's claim to fame is the heart health, helping to increase blood flow, increase circulation, helping to lower blood pressure. And then the study we did that really kind of changed, especially now with COVID has really changed. Everything is back 18 years ago. We studied the far infrared wavelength on the body to see if it can elevate core temperature. And it significantly helped to increase core temperature, which obviously, you know, helps to do a million other things. Activate heat shock proteins and leads to boosting the immune system, et cetera. So that's the breakdown between the three wavelengths and hopefully identify some of the separate unique benefits of each.