Light therapy

22/06/2025

English (Norsk under):

Did you know? Just one hour of blue light at night can delay your baby’s melatonin release by 90 minutes or more.

It’s not about feeding. Not about naps.
It’s the light in your home and the light you expose your baby to during each day. More light in the day, less light at night.

New research shows that babies exposed to normal room light after sunset struggle to fall asleep and produce less melatonin—the hormone that helps them rest and grow.

What can you do tonight?
✅ Get your baby into real daylight every morning—even by the window, but outside is best!
❌ No white ceiling lights or screens after 6 PM.
✅ Use amber or red light bulbs for the nursery (we’ve got those ready).

Better light = better sleep = happier baby = happier you.

👉 Check the circadian-friendly baby lighting here:
lighttherapy.no/collections/circadianlighting



Visste du dette? Bare én time med blått lys på kvelden kan forsinke babyens melatoninproduksjon med over 90 minutter.

Det handler ikke om amming. Ikke om søvnrutiner.
Det handler om lyset hjemme hos deg.

Ny forskning viser at babyer som utsettes for vanlig rombelysning etter solnedgang sliter mer med å sovne og får mindre melatonin – hormonet som hjelper dem å vokse og sove godt.

Hva kan du gjøre i kveld?
✅ La babyen få dagslys tidlig på morgenen – selv ved vinduet, ute er best.
❌ Unngå taklamper og skjermer etter kl 18.
✅ Bruk rav- eller rødt lys på barnerommet (vi har det du trenger).

Riktig lys = bedre søvn = roligere baby = gladere foreldre.

👉 Se vårt utvalg av søvnvennlige lyspærer her:
lighttherapy.no/collections/Circadianlighting

20/06/2025

Based on the most recent research - where you can you shine red/near infrared light on your scalp and initiate postive responses?

The red dots on the image demonstrate the current research in humans and animals.

Very positive results in pathologies and non-pathological brains. Wavelength, intensity and placement seem to be important for the recorded results.

The brilliant thing is that there are many positive results, in many different pathological conditions indicating that the red/infrared light is having a profound positive effect on brain health in general. This is backed up by the limited, but positive, studies on otherwise health human brains.

Red light therapy for the win!

11/06/2025

The next blog post is out:

Further information on why 50mw/cm2 is not always the same. Blog number 2. This deals with wavelengths of light and other factors that you should understand to optimise your red light therapy sessions.

In English: https://lighttherapy.no/blogs/english/more-factors-affecting-light-penetration-in-red-light-therapy

Translated På norsk: https://lighttherapy.no/blogs/norsk-translated/flere-faktorer-som-pavirker-lyspenetrasjon-i-rodlysterapi

03/06/2025

Most of us never touch the ground anymore, or at least not enough. Especially in Norway—half the year, the earth is frozen or under boots. In summer we walk around in shoes, flip-flops or other footwear

But your body remembers what it feels like to be connected. It remembers it, and it craves the cohesions and charge.

Grounding helps restore natural electron flow, ease pain, and improve sleep. I’ve used it daily to manage arthritis and stay mobile.

Now I’ve brought that feeling indoors—with grounding sheets, pillowcases, mats, and accessories. An absolute essential for Norwegian winters and helpful in the summer to help with recovery, grounding sheets are going to be a big thing in Norway.

https://lighttherapy.no/collections/harmony-pemf-and-grounding-materials/Grounding+Jording

03/06/2025

Keep up to date in 2025. The photobiomoudlation and red light review highlights some of the research published in 2025 that is significant. Available in English and Norwegian

The research review (plus a 15% off code)

https://lighttherapy.no/blogs/english/red-light-therapy-2025-a-half-year-review-of-significant-papers

På norsk
https://lighttherapy.no/blogs/norsk-translated/red-light-therapy-2025-en-halvarig-gjennomgang-av-viktige-studier

20/05/2025

Just what is the truth about photobiomodulation (red light therapy) and skin?

How best to use light therapy for skin health

Red Light Therapy for Skin Health: Benefits, Science & Norway’s Need. Photobiomodulation, often referred to as red light therapy, has moved well beyond wrinkle claims and wellness influencers (although here in Norway, there are many more popping up everyday). It now sits at the center of clini...

02/05/2025

Blue light at the wrong time can mess with your brain.
Modern life floods us with artificial light at night—TVs, phones, LEDs. But your brain evolved to expect darkness after sunset. Exposure to light at night suppresses melatonin, scrambles your circadian rhythm, and disrupts sleep, mood, and even brain structure. Studies show it increases the risk of depression, anxiety, and poor emotional regulation.

🧠 The wrong light at the wrong time affects:

Sleep quality

Hormone balance (melatonin, cortisol)

Brain plasticity

Neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine

🌑 Dim light at night—even just 5 lux—can trigger mood changes.
🔥 Red light has the least impact. Blue light hits hardest.

Want better sleep and mood?
Block blue light at night.
Use red light if you need visibility.

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17/04/2025

Changed your internal lighting yet?

This paper is almost 10 years old and it stated that there was an immediate need to change our evening lighting.... Yet nothing has been done since.

Excess evening light leads to a rise in cancer diagnoses across all cancers.

It's time to sort out your evening light.

Warm the colours, lower the intensity and lower the physical height to help.

16/04/2025

Are near infrared from photobiomodulation (PBM) and infrared from sauna the same? Do they work the same?

Something I see very often is people confusing the two because they have the word infrared in them.

They are not the same and they are very far apart on the spectrum.

Near infrared from 800-1050nm and far infrared in sauna (usually from 5000nm) work differently and act on the body in the different manners.

They are both super healthy and can have positive benefits of inflammations, circulation and stress but their mechanisms by which they improve these aspects of your health are obtained via different pathways.

Utilizing only one means you are missing out on the benefits of the other one and vice versa so perhaps there is room for both??

🌟 How to choose? PBM for targeted fixes and help with mitochondrial function to help with repair and function. Sauna for detox, recovery and stressø resilience and reset. Different wavelengths, different vibes but both make you harder to kill.

Just remember that they are not the same.

Note: some saunas do have some mid and near infrared in them, but check with location as these aren't common.