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The Red Light Report podcast is your number one source for all things red light therapy, hosted by Dr. Mike Belkowski, the founder and CEO of BioLight. Dr. Belkowski discusses the many health-related benefits of properly utilizing red light therapy and explores the best and most recent research related to photobiomodulation (ie, red light therapy). He will also be interviewing some of the most interesting and respected health, wellness, longevity and biohacking experts from around the world. Want to learn even more about red light therapy? Check out these sources: www.biolight.shop – Instagram @biolight.shop – YouTube BioLight
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Today's guest is genuinely one of my favorite people to talk to, as we are kindred spirits in so many ways. This became even more abundantly clear on this week's episode of The Red Light Report, as Dr. Chris Motley and I both agreed to join forces on a special red light therapy project (that I am incredibly excited about!). This manifested completely out of thin air and was 100% impromptu during the middle of our conversation. If you are a longtime TRLR listener, you likely recognize this name, as he was a guest back in September '21, where we cover some fascinating topics: frequency therapy, dry needling vs. acupuncture, emotions related to specific organs, light/energy/resonance and so much more! I highly recommend going back and listening to our first conversation -- the link to that episode is in the show notes below.
As a quick review, Dr. Chris Motley is a doctor of chiropractic, is credentialed in acupuncture, is a highly respected expert in Chinese Medicine and Frequency Medicine and also has certifications in Chiro + Plus Kinesiology (CPK) and Neuro Emotional Technique. With his wealth of knowledge, he is a presenter at symposiums and is also a podcast co-host on Dr. Josh Axe's, Ancient Health Podcast. Dr. Motley also announced that he is now beginning a membership where you can join and learn from him in a more intimate setting and garner more of his amazing holistic knowledge and skillset. I highly recommend checking his membership out — I know I will!
During our conversation today, Dr. Motley goes into some interesting and highly-engaging Chinese and frequency medicine and topics, such as how we can best transition our bodies and organs out of the slower, recovering mode of the winter season and into the reawakening and growing process of the spring season. He even walks through some hands-on techniques for self-treatment to help facilitate this process.
Dr. Mike Belkowski and Dr. Chris Motley discuss the following:
Intro: (0:16)
What's new in his life: (2:57)
His interactive membership: (6:12)
Avoiding burnout: (8:22)
Overworking: (10:31)
Chinese medicine and living by its rules: (12:12)
Transitioning into spring out of winter: (15:01)
How to know when Chinese medicine is working: (19:01)
Being in tune with your body: (21:25)
Emotions tied to the gall bladder: (22:32)
Negative gall bladder health and how it manifests in the body: (23:40)
Releasing anger: (25:00)
Cupping specific areas of the body: (29:03)
How hard to press on pressure points: (31:17)
Dry needling: (32:46)
Taking your health into your own hands (36:48)
Red light therapy and Chinese medicine: (39:54)
Red light therapy and dry needling: (44:45)
Fusing old-age knowledge with new-age technology: (45:58)
Translucent needles that can transfer light: (46:59)
Acupuncture on a consistent basis for maintaining health and wellness: (49:41)
How oral health affects overall wellness: (52:21)
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Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
On this week's episode of The Red Light Report, I will peel back the curtain on BioLight's newest piece of innovative red light therapy technology: the Adapt System. Many of you likely heard about it when it was officially released a couple of months ago, but I wanted to give an explanation of what makes the Adapt System, which consists of the Adapt Table and the Adapt Panel, so unique, versatile and a must-have for any physician/practitioner, longevity clinic, med spa, recovery/performance center, yoga studio/cross fit gym, etc. that is looking to implement red light therapy for their patients and clients.
After that, we will spend the bulk of the episode on one piece of photobiomodulation research that looks at transcranial RLT for treating the brains of four ex-football players with possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. And CTE has become a very hot topic in the NFL, especially ever since the movie, Concussion (starring Will Smith), was released back in 2015. However, the concern regarding CTE in football, other sports and other aspects of life has only grown and remains ever-present to this day.
It is also appropriate to recognize that this particular study utilized only four participants, which is very low in the world of research. However, even with that in mind, the results ascertained in this study simply by directing near-infrared light to the brain is unequivocally profound... and the results were achieved in only six weeks!
Hopefully you find this episode fascinating and insightful. As always, light up your health (especially your brain)!
Dr. Mike Belkowski discusses the following:
- 0:16 - The Adapt System - BioLight's new, cutting-edge full-body product
- 8:33 - Photobiomodulation research on treating concussions
- 9:40 - CTE disease
- 15:09 - Treating strokes with photobiomodulation
- 16:12 - LED vs laser treatment
- 18:57 - Reactive oxygen species and free radicals
- 19:29 - How often to use red light therapy
- 25:12 - Less irratibility & anxiety
- 26:20 - Transcranial photobiomodulation treatment
- 27:20 - Increased BDNF
- 27:46 - Treatment of PTSD
- 38:31 - The conclusion of the article
Transcranial Photobiomodulation Treatment: Significant Improvements in Four Ex-Football Players with Possible Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Could the combination of red light and blue light cause an electrical event, even if minuscule? I am infatuated with interacting and conversing with experts in the holistic health and wellness space whom possess unique, profound information — you learn so much from these individuals! Today's guest on The Red Light Report, Lance Schuttler, is an individual I have been following for some time because he produces amazing informational health content that both resonates with me and I continue learn from. On top of that, he is the founder and CEO of a high-quality, high-integrity holistic nutrition and wellness company, Ascent Nutrition.
Lance graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Health Science. On top of running a highly successful company, he is also a contributing health and wellness writer at The Epoch Times and Video Advice. Lance's work also includes the topics of regenerative agriculture, resource-based economies and quantum technologies.
During our conversation, we cover an array of interesting topics, including bioenergetics, DHA, the power of mushrooms (including a mushroom I had never heard of before, agarikon), how/why his company is particularly transparent with their nutritional labeling, his own personal experience with red light therapy and his unique take on the potential benefit of irradiating your teeth with red and near-infrared light.
Dr. Mike Belkowski and Lance Schuttler discuss the following:
- 3:09 - His background getting into light
- 6:09 - Enhancing bioenergetics in the body
- 8:06 - Fritz-Albert Popp (biophysicist)
- 9:59 - Chlorophyll and ingesting chlorella
- 10:45 - DHA and why it's important
- 11:30 - Omegas and how much is really needed
- 12:18 - 95% of the population is deficient in omegas
- 13:50 - DHA is a "buiding block" for the brain
- 14:13 - Omega 3s for the developing baby in the womb
- 14:51 - Seasonality of DHA levels in our body
- 19:39 - DHA helps the body regenerate
- 21:08 - Top foods with DHA
- 25:56 - Why DHA supplements are beneficial
- 28:21 - DHA supplements and red light therapy
- 31:53 - Phycocyanin
- 34:43 - Mushrooms and neurogenesis
- 35:39 - Lion's mane and its brain-enhancing effects
- 37:47 - Other mushrooms and their beneficial properties
- 43:53 - Other projects he's working on
- 46:12 - Finding the best quality mushroom products
- 50:10 - Blockchain technology and information transparency
- 52:57 - Red light therapy and his utilization
- 56:24 - The Guardian+ for oral health
- 58:11 - Learn more about and from Lance
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Website: LanceSchuttler.com
Instagram: @lanceschuttler
YouTube: @lanceschuttler
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Thursday Mar 02, 2023
Thursday Mar 02, 2023
This week on The Red Light Report we are sticking with the Italian theme, as I had the pleasure to sit down and chat with mio amico, Manuel Salvadori, who is responsible for arranging me as a guest speaker at the School of Functional Medicine and Nutrition symposium in Rome last November. Manuel is a registered nutritionist in Italy, a passionate biohacker of ten-plus years and is especially focused on nootropics, sleep and lifestyle changes. Also, given that Italian is his first language, he speaks relatively flawless English... Molto bene!
Manuel and I cover many interesting topics given that he lives in a different country and also a different continent; specifically, the contrast between the medical and healthcare landscape between Italy and America and how/why Europe is consistently years and years behind the US when it comes to learning and adopting health/biohacking/longevity information and technology.
Given Manuel's interests and expertise, we also dive into nootropics where he has a very deep history with experimentation and, with that background, has an enlightened perspective and sage advice for those using and/or interested in beginning to use nootropics. Needless to say, be careful with how you proceed as it can be a slippery slope! And, of course, we have some great conversation about red light therapy and how he came to learn about and adopt it, how he utilizes RLT, what benefits he has noticed and more!
Dr. Mike Belkowski & Manuel Salvadori discuss the following:
1:28 - His foundation in functional medicine and light
1:59 - His passion for sleep
6:57 - Treatments and remedies he provides for his clients
8:25 - The biohacking room
9:26 - Lack of insurance coverage
10:04 - The typical wait time for health services in Italy
11:25 - Cost of healthcare
12:05 - Choice in healthcare
13:11 - Information and technology differences between US & Italy
17:48 - "Biohacking" as a new term in Italy
21:34 - Growing popularity of red light therapy
24:19 - Incentive to invest money into your health
27:40 - Being healthy in Italy is "not cool"
29:53 - Nootropics
33:40 - The placebo effect and nootropics
35:03 - Personal nootropic use
36:58 - Red light therapy and how he uses it
38:56 - Increasing HRV with red light therapy
40:33 - Improved muscle recovery with red light therapy
41:16 - Working focus and red light therapy
42:10 - Improving stretching with red light therapy
44:09 - Sunlight exposure
44:33 - Other benefits Manuel sees in red light therapy
47:35 - Biohacking he is excited about
50:51 - Over exposure to cold therapy (cryotherapy)
53:54 - Cold and hunger exposure
55:40 - Learn more about Manuel
Email: job.salvadori@gmail.com
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Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Ciao! For the 100th episode of The Red Light Report, we are traveling to Italy! In mid-November last year, I was one of three English-speaking guest speakers at a functional medicine and nutrition conference in Rome where I spoke on — you guessed it — red light therapy. It was a genuine honor and a fun experience to spread the word and knowledge on photobiomodulation overseas.
If you have been listening to this podcast for some time, most of the information you have heard before. But as you all know, repetition of important information leads to deep learning and empowerment. Even for myself, I personally love to revisit this information every so often as it is the foundation and cornerstone of what red light therapy is, the nuts and bolts of how it works and just some of the profound research that proves its efficacy.
Enjoy the episode, learn (and re-learn) lots and light up your health... grazie!
Dr. Mike Belkowski presents the following:
- 9:45 - Exposing your body to red and near-infrared light
- 10:08 - Optimizing mitochondrial health
- 11:53 - Mitochondrial dysfunction and Dr. Doug Wallace
- 12:34 - Diseases caused by mitochondrial dysfunction
- 14:52 - Sunlight exposure and an interesting study done in Sweden
- 16:04 - Mal-illumination
- 17:40 - Cytochrome C Oxidase - how the mitochondria responds to red & near-infrared light
- 19:25 - The electron transport chain
- 25:06 - Mitochondrial theory of aging
- 25:47 - Redox potential
- 21:35 - Research on photobiomodulation
- 27:49 - Research on anxiety & depression
- 29:48 - Research on eye health
- 30:49 - Research on fat loss
- 32:34 - Research on oral health
- 35:30 - Research on pain
- 36:54 - Research on pre-conditioning for exercise
- 38:30 - Research on skin health
- 39:40 - Research on sleep
- 40:53 - Research on thyroid health
- 42:08 - How to use red light therapy
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Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
This week on The Red Light Report, we will continue to dive into more photobiomodulation research. However, this research will be looking at three unique topics that typically don't get as much attention.
Hair loss, insulin resistance and fat loss — seems like three major areas of the health market that consumers could greatly benefit from a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical and more financially friendly option. Huzzah for red light therapy!
As always, enjoy the episode, learn lots and light up your health!
Dr. Mike Belkowski discusses the following:
- 1:33 - The first research article on hair growth
- 11:30 - The second research article on insulin resistance
- 13:32 - Results of the study
- 14:29 - Combining red light therapy with exercise
- 20:00 - The last research article on fat loss with red light therapy
- 27:39 - The conclusion in the fat loss article
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
On this week's solosode of The Red Light Report, we return to the photobiomodulation research and cover an array of fascinating topics.
I hope you find this research illuminating and appreciate the promising implications it has for our health and wellness. Enjoy, learn lots and light up your health!
Dr. Mike Belkowski discusses the following:
- 2:02 - An exciting announcement about the podcast
- 4:52 - Photobiomodulation research on rosacea
- 10:13 - Study results
- 15:07 - Research on photobiomodulation and sleep
- 18:03 - The "daytime brain"
- 20:11 - Contributions to poor sleep quality
- 26:09 - Evidence that photobiomodulation helps the "garbage disposal system" of the sleeping brain
- 32:55 - Improving short term memory via photobiomodulation
- 38:15 - The impact of hair on light therapy
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
For the first interview of 2023 on The Red Light Report, I welcome back a dear friend and repeat guest, Alain Dijkstra, who is the founder and CEO of Kaiyan Medical, one of the world's foremost LED light therapy producer and manufacturer. If you may recall, Alain started Kaiyan in a hotel room way back in 2009 and has built it into the juggernaut that it is today.
Being thoroughly entrenched in the light therapy space for almost two decades, Alain has a very keen and insightful perspective on how much red light therapy industry has grown in a relatively short period of time. However, he is the first to admit that there are still many aspects that need to be improved upon, both on the product side of light therapy, but also with respect to the photobiomodulation research that is being produced. Alain offers up strategies that would help move the light therapy industry as a whole forward in a positive manner.
Alain is also very savvy when it comes to understanding the nuances of product specifications, certifications, legal standards and so forth. He explains in detail what makes a medical device, what a 510k product is and more. This will help consumers and anyone interested in red light therapy products gain a better perspective of what all the regulation entails and what it actually means.
Dr. Mike Belkowski and Alain Dijkstra discuss the following:
- 3:28 - Circadian rhythm and red light therapy
- 3:48 - Changes he's seen in Kaiyan Medical and trends he's seen in red light therapy
- 4:55 - Herpes treatment via red light therapy
- 6:16 - How a consumer knows if it's a 510k product
- 10:25 - Medical claims about products
- 13:21 - Classifying light panels as medical
- 21:12 - Measuring light and how it's absorbed by the body
- 26:30 - The "sweet spot" for red light therapy
- 30:48 - Clinical studies on lasers vs LEDs
- 31:42 - Heat spots
- 33:56 - Standardization of red light therapy products and methods
- 35:47 - Keeping consumers informed with the right information
- 45:50 - Less is more with red light therapy
- 46:42 - Timing red light therapy treatments
- 48:30 - Your location on the earth and how it affects light absorption
- 50:20 - Light is the future of medicine
- 52:10 - Measuring the effects of light
- 53:24 - Measuring mitochondrial health
- 54:29 - Conditions on the cusp of being treated via light
- 58:21 - Light as a food
- 59:46 - Creating good habits with red light therapy
- 1:03:12 - New and cool technologies
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
The series finale on Earthing should be the episode that fully converts you into a full-fledged believer. This week on The Red Light Report you will hear from countless individuals, as they discuss how grounding helped improved their health, wellness, well-being and quality of life over an array of health conditions. The numerous anecdotes I cover will be the proof in the pudding that will take you off the fence, if that is where you are sitting, or just further drive home the point that grounding MUST become a part of your daily (in a perfect world, hourly and/or continuous) health regimen going forward.
In the end, I hope you all walk away from this solosode series with a greater reverence for the perpetual healing force that is just outside your door in the grass; that you are constantly surrounded by an overabundance of free electrons that your body can use to heal and thrive; and that it is typically just on the other side of the non-conductive rubber in your shoes and the sole of your feet. Enjoy, learn lots and light up your health!
Dr. Mike Belkowski discusses the following:
- 1:16 - Getting back to nature
- 4:31 - The high points of grounding
- 7:37 - Mitigating EMF exposure
- 8:22 - Improving your HRV (Heart rate variability) with grounding
- 9:54 - Anecdotes of earthing
- 11:48 - Alleviating shoulder pain via earthing
- 11:04 - Alleviating severe knee pain via earthing
- 12:56 - Improving sleep quality via grounded bed sheets
- 15:00 - Shifting Lives with Earthing: A Physiatrist's Perspective (Tracy Latz, MD)
- 16:05 - Treating anxiety with earthing
- 16:53 - Depression and earthing
- 19:49 - Improving athletic performance via earthing
- 20:01 - Conditions Often Healed that Typically Never Get Better
- 22:33 - Rapid fire anecdotes of earthing benefits
- 28:06 - Arthritis and earthing
- 31:07 - Autism and earthing
- 34:48 - Back pain and earthing
- 36:52 - Women and earthing
- 39:14 - In Their Own Words
- 44:42 - Fertility and earthing
- 51:57 - Grounding for pets
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Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
We will also continue to learn more specifics about grounding, such as how long it takes to see results, what types of mediums are conductive versus insulating, what zeta potential is (and why that is an important metric), other impacts of grounding on cardiovascular health along with a couple of anecdotes that put the proof in the proverbial (grounding) pudding.
Again, if you are interested in adding grounding to your indoor health regimen (and I firmly believe everybody should!), I highly recommend checking out grounding products from the company Earthing. It's a Clint Ober company and where I got my grounding mattress pad and mats for my desk and living room/dining room. And in less than two weeks, my body and mind are already reaping the benefits. To me, it's one of the best investments in your overall health...
Brownie points if you listen to this episode while grounded. Enjoy, learn lots and light up your health!
- 1:03 - What mike has personally noticed from grounding
- 7:20 - How grounding affected Mike's heart rate variability (HRV)
- 21:06 - Benefits of filtered and ionized water for dogs
- 22:02 - Optimizing your water
- 24:45 - Earthing 101: How to Connect
- 24:55 - Barefooting opportunities
- 26:03 - Concrete - is it conductive?
- 27:03 - "Tree hugging"
- 28:24 - Barefoot substitutes
- 29:39 - Menstrual cycle and earthing
- 32:05 - Constipation and grounding
- 34:58 - "When you stop, you lose the benefits"
- 35:51 - Detoxification and earthing
- 38:54 - Is there too much grounding?
- 39:31 - The cardiovascular connection - Steve Sinatra's perspective
- 41:53 - The nervous system - heart connection
- 45:16 - New hope for diabetes
- 46:21 - Zeta potential and better blood flow
- 47:19 - The Australian experience
- 50:33 - Blood pressure and earthing
- 51:37 - Arrhythmias and earthing
- 53:21 - Earthing's blood-thinning effects
- 55:22 - Promoting the body's energy fuel - ATP
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