
Dr. Glen Jeffery: Using Red Light to Improve Your Health & the Harmful Effects of LEDs
Andrew Huberman
1 dic 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Utilize morning red light for optimal energy production
The beneficial effects of long-wavelength light are most significant in the morning because your mitochondria are in a different, more receptive state to produce energy.
Utilize halogen bulbs for healthy, full-spectrum light
Since incandescent bulbs are being phased out, you can use halogen bulbs, which are a type of incandescent that provides a healthy, full spectrum of light similar to the sun.
Shine red light before meals to lower blood sugar spikes
Shining red light on a small patch of the back before a meal can reduce the subsequent blood glucose spike by over 20%.
Enhance vision with three-minute red light exposure
A single three-minute exposure of long-wavelength light to the eyes can improve vision, and this effect is stable for about five days.
Enhance mitochondrial energy with water and long-wavelength light
Long-wavelength light is absorbed by the nanowater surrounding mitochondria, changing its viscosity and allowing the ATP-producing motors to spin faster.
Balance LED lighting to prevent fatty liver and sperm issues
In mice, living under standard LED lighting without balancing red light leads to systemic issues like developing fatty livers and abnormal sperm.
Get more sunlight for a longer life
Research from dermatologist Richard Weller suggests that all-cause mortality is lower in people who get a lot of sunlight, as long as they avoid sunburn.
Utilize red light to enhance internal organ health
Long-wavelength light from the sun can pass through your skin, scatter around your internal organs, and a small percentage can even exit through your back.
Utilize red light to penetrate skull and influence brain
Long-wavelength light is not significantly affected by bone and can pass directly through the skull to impact the brain.
Recognize LED lighting as a public health threat like asbestos
The negative health impact of modern LED lighting is a public health issue on the same level as asbestos because of its unbalanced light spectrum.
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