whygetfat on Nostr: Irene Lyon: "I have a question about infrared. […] So I know a lot of people have ...
Irene Lyon: "I have a question about infrared. […] So I know a lot of people have talked about infrared saunas. […] Is it the same kind of light that's coming from the sun?
Carrie Bennett: "Not necessarily. So there's different wavelengths of infrared. There's infrared, near infrared, middle infrared, far infrared. You'll sometimes hear that associated with saunas, it's like, 'far-infrared sauna.' Or these red light panels that are becoming really popular, 'near-infrared panels.'
"The sun contains all of them. And some forms of infrared we feel as heat. Some forms of infrared we don't feel as heat.
"That being said though, in general, infrared isn't ever doing anything for our circadian rhythm. It's always beneficial as long as it's during a time when infrared would be available in our environment, so dawn till dusk.
"You want to hop in that sauna? Go for it. I don't really worry about you timing that in a circadian way. Red light therapy panel, same thing." —Carrie Bennett with Irene Lyon @ 26:38–27:51 https://youtu.be/_rGxeExQYjs&t=1598
Carrie Bennett: "Not necessarily. So there's different wavelengths of infrared. There's infrared, near infrared, middle infrared, far infrared. You'll sometimes hear that associated with saunas, it's like, 'far-infrared sauna.' Or these red light panels that are becoming really popular, 'near-infrared panels.'
"The sun contains all of them. And some forms of infrared we feel as heat. Some forms of infrared we don't feel as heat.
"That being said though, in general, infrared isn't ever doing anything for our circadian rhythm. It's always beneficial as long as it's during a time when infrared would be available in our environment, so dawn till dusk.
"You want to hop in that sauna? Go for it. I don't really worry about you timing that in a circadian way. Red light therapy panel, same thing." —Carrie Bennett with Irene Lyon @ 26:38–27:51 https://youtu.be/_rGxeExQYjs&t=1598