What do people think of this? The study was in mice, but still may be interesting?
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This is quite interesting. I remember reading about the cribriform plate and how there may be a link to Alzheimer’s in some people. It seems when it’s completely blocked it causes Alzheimers.
https://www.lifespan.io/topic/the-cribriform-plate/#:~:text=While%20the%20cribriform%20plate%20is,amyloid-β%20aggregation%20may%20originate.
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You can’t do this during sleep like in the mouse study, it’s impractical. That said, photobiomodulation is very promising for cognitive function.
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I think the issue is a chronic deficiency in red / NIR light. We now live in a highly processed light environment.
- hide from UV to avoid cancer and wrinkles (take vit D pills)
- block NIR from entering through glass windows (would heat up the house).
- why bother using artificial lights that produce anything other than visible light, and why not just use the blue end to spend the least energy to make the most brightness (and be sure to make incandescent bulbs illegal)
- exercise indoors as much as possible
Now people (and our pets) do not get hardly any red / NIR light compared to our ancient ancestors during the last few billion years. What could go wrong?
Red/ NIR lamps are better than nothing but be sure to get whole light …in the same way that we know to eat whole foods instead of fast foods or bags of recombined purified macros. There is more in whole food and whole / full spectrum light than we understand.
Sit or exercise in the shade (or under clothes) outdoors to get your red/NIR. Your mitochondria will thank you. They like red / NIR, and don’t like blue. I am a late convert to this thinking. But the science is emerging.
