visionofstrength
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Yes, completely agree. The interesting question (if only for me) is whether Peat will feel dosing is needed, as the paper you cited above, for example, seems to conclude, proposing a "biphasic" dose response that limits the irradiance and the time, and concluding that the controversy over redlight therapy is a misapprehension of "biphasic" dose response.Milklove said:I don't think of the effect of red light as "activating" the cells. It restores healthy functioning of the mitochondria and can put the cell in a relaxed state. It also has anti-excitatory and anti-imflammatory actions.
Then there is this very interesting quote by Ray Peat:
The older the person is, the more emphasis should be put on protective inhibition, rather than immediately increasing energy production. Magnesium, carbon dioxide, sleep, red light, and naloxone might be appropriate at the beginning of therapy."
[Idealized biphasic dose response curve (often termed Arndt-Schulz curve) typically reported in LLLT studies.]
In contrast, it would seem Peat feels that the first three therapies are evidently self-limiting, magnesium from coffee, carbon dioxide and sleep.
Very glad you asked Peat the question!