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8 May 2024 · 1 min

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Excerpt from a May 8, 2024 YouTube podcast episode (hosted by Josh Trent) in which Brian Richards summarizes health benefits of infrared saunas and near-infrared light therapy. He claims that using a sauna once per week reduces overall mortality risk by ~30–40%, and using it three times per week reduces risk an additional ~30–40% (i.e., greater frequency confers greater benefit). He also contrasts red light versus near-infrared: stating red light penetrates only a couple inches and doesn't reach bone, while near-infrared can penetrate approximately 4–5 inches and thus reach deeper organs (gut, liver, kidney, brain).

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Approximately 30–40% reduction in risk of dying.

An additional ~30–40% reduction (speaker: 'The more you do sauna, the better').

"A couple inches" (speaker claims red light doesn't penetrate bone and goes no more than a couple inches).

Approximately 4–5 inches (speaker's claim).

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If you use sauna one day a week, your risk of dying, of all things, goes down like 30 to 40%. But interestingly, if you use sauna three times a week, your risk goes down another 30 or 40%. The more you do sauna, the better. Near infrared light does the same thing. Most of the light therapy devices we see are red, but red light doesn't penetrate bone tissue. It doesn't go more than a couple inches into the body. It's the near infrared that can go four or five inches deep. You're getting the best of light therapy because you're getting the deepest penetration. So the the gut and the liver and the kidney and the brain, particularly the neural tree. Only the near infrared light is accessing that.