Summary
Did you know that the creator of Kelloggs corn flakes had a brother that became obsessed with light therapy? Brian Richards, founder of Sauna Space, joins us to talk about the history of light therapy and how it helped improve his past struggles with insomnia, brain fog and fatigue. We talk about the difference between sunlight and artificial light therapy, the potential dangers of sunlight, the importance of near infrared light, what comes out of your body when you sweat in a sauna, his personal sauna routine, what makes his Firelight bulbs different from chicken coop heat lamps, why he added EMF shielding to his product, how he shielded the cables for his product, and why he added a metal cage around the bulbs.
Key Points
- EMF exposure risks and mitigation strategies
- Impact of light exposure on health and circadian rhythm
- Practical health optimization strategies discussed
- Evidence and experience-based supplement recommendations
- Holistic approach to understanding chronic health issues
Key Moments
Dr Kellogg's 1910 electric light bath healed chronic illness
Brian Richards describes discovering Dr Kellogg's 1910 book Light Therapeutics, which documented over 200,000 sauna sessions on 50,000 chronically ill patients using incandescent light, healing every chronic illness he encountered.
"found this book by this guy Dr Kellogg"
Near-infrared cured insomnia and brain fog within days
Brian Richards built his own electric light bath from Dr Kellogg's designs and his insomnia disappeared after just two sessions. After six months of daily use, his brain fog, skin issues, and energy problems were completely resolved.
"I built my own electric light bath I used it right before bed had this amazing sleep use it the next night before bed same thing like no more insomnia just like that"
Over 70% of the sun's absorbed power is near-infrared
Brian explains that while near-infrared makes up about 43% of the solar spectrum, it accounts for over 70% of the power you absorb from the sun because it penetrates tissue the deepest of all wavelengths.
"the majority of the sun is in this unseen band of light called near infrared it's like 43% spectrally near infrared but in terms of the power you absorb from the sun because near infrared light is the deepest penetrating of all of all the sun's wavelengths over 70% of the power of the sun is in this"
Light is the number one nutrient for the human body
Brian Richards describes how his experience with near-infrared therapy reshaped his understanding of health, concluding that light is the most important nutrient for the human body, more than anything else we could consume.
"light is not just our fuel it's our our means inside of our body of of healing and so many other things like more than anything else we could possibly consume the light is the number one nutrient"
