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Light is one of the core factors constantly influencing human health. Just beyond the visible light spectrum, near-infrared is a rejuvenating and health-promoting photonutrients. Most of us don’t get enough. Near-infrared saunas provide many of the benefits of sunlight and saunas all in one. Without the discomfort of burning.
Episode Highlights
Sun is 40% near infrared spectrally, but in terms of photons per second it is 70% (not much UV)
“We have a built-in healing, repair, regeneration, rejuvenation anti-aging system that’s in every cell of the body. It’s activated by NIR and red light”
“MB is the only drug I recommend that works really well to amplify near infrared sauna usage”
Any sauna session and heat therapy practice is profoundly beneficial
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About Brian Richards
Brian Richards is a nationally known expert in sauna therapy, light science, EMF science. In 2008 Brian transformed his health by creating his own incandescent electric light bath. In 2013, he founded SaunaSpace®, a company that combines cutting-edge incandescent infrared technology with the age-old practice of sauna.
In 2023, he brings a refreshing approach to natural living, biohacking, and natural health transformation.
Top things you’ll learn from Brian Richards
- Brian’s non-negotiables for his health, performance, and bioharmony
- Brian’s backstory and decision to create SaunaSpace
- Key sauna outcomes
- Dinorphins and exercise exhaustion
- Farmers have known about incandescent light
- SPOKE: The light “absorption window”
- NIR vs FIR vs Finnish saunas
- Are there additional benefits from heating the human body radiantly?
- NIR penetrates deeply and benefits mitochondria and more
- Couple thousand sauna studies and 7000+ light therapy studies
- Sunlight is 70% near-infrared when measured by photons humans experience
- The primary things you get from NIR: mitochondrial stimulation, immune modulation, melatonin
- NIR and melatonin production
- Dr. John Lieurance’s book The Melatonin Miracle
- Methylene Blue & light
- Methylene blue strongly activates 3/4 of mitochondrial proteins
- History & science of heliotherapy
- The “Light Eaters”
- Sunlight, UV, blue light, sunscreen
- Agni hotra Ayurvedic practice
- Why Brian likes the ancestral medicines
- Energetic nature of trauma and ill health
- Epigenetics & trauma & ways to release it
- Sauna is a simple gateway practice & can be meditative
- Is self-care selfish?
- Detoxing through exercise vs sauna usage
- How non-native EMF is a stressor to the nervous system and human body (and mind)
- Any sauna session and heat therapy practice is profoundly beneficial
- How sauna protects against EMF exposure (BH4 and sheer stress)
- Why avoiding sunlight is a major mistake made by most biohackers
- Brian Richard’s key health practices
- Brian’s most influential teachers
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This Podcast Is Brought to You By
Nick Urban is a Biohacker, Data Scientist, Athlete, Founder of Outliyr, and the Host of the Mind Body Peak Performance Podcast. He is a Certified CHEK Practitioner, a Personal Trainer, and a Performance Health Coach. Nick is driven by curiosity which has led him to study ancient medical systems (Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hermetic Principles, German New Medicine, etc), and modern science.
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Music by Luke Hall
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