btw, just a heads up to anyone that's considering the red reptile bulbs. i got a couple and could not stand the strong toxic fumes they were putting out from their red coating when they were on. it actually made the inside of my nostrils burn. some of the chinese large near IFR bulbs also have a heavy coating of some plastic-like paint that produces a weird toxic smell. Therabulbs don't have that problem at all - it's red glass; not a coating (in addition to the invisiible near infrared wavelengths they emit).
great informative podcast - sometimes i wonder if i am getting too much red light from my big near IFR Therabulb incandescent that i usually have on inside to balance those lousy greyed-out double-paned, quadruple-metallic-coated windows.
i did not know quartz windows were even available and am now looking into that.
Outlawed: i am not sure why you are addressing me at such length about UV exposure, considering that my comment referred only to IFR = infrared light, not UV.
but i will note that i do not subscribe to the mainstream AMA medical view that natural UV is innately harmful; in fact it is essential to healthy human (and most animal) life. without it we cannot even make natural endogenous vitamin D, an essential hormone.
however i see that aside from your last paragraph, you specify "artificial UV". . . . though even that has its uses, as you will see if you look at the plethora of artificial UV lamps sold on amazon which are used by most people who keep reptiles inside in captivity - and without which, the animals sicken and die.
as for natural UV rays from our sun weakening the immune system, i think the opposite is true. sunlight has been used from ancient times to alleviate a myriad of mental and physical illnesses including depression.
you might want to check out John Ott's book, "Health and Light". he was a pioneer of time-lapse photography in the 1970s, wherein he learned about the effects of various types of light on the growth and health of both animals and plants, and found much evidence of the importance of natural unfiltered sunlight - including UV.
Don't waste your time Yantra - this person was extremely aggressive with me on a note I created re: Finsen and the Nobel, calling me a quack five times in all caps. Too bad people can't be nice and human online anymore, just cite google searches and then type quack. Programmed humans or bots, not sure if there is much difference.
yes in my original draft i mentioned i thought 'they' might be a bot. thanks for the heads up. btw, i have been seriously researching reptile bulbs (primarily for UV) esp last nite and today - on amazon with the help of "rufus"(!) their ai whose help i finally couldn't refuse and have learned a lot and even ordered one to try - will keep you posted. for that reason this chatbot's UV trip seemed particularly odd - i mean what, did it (some entity) follow me here from amzn??
I sit in front of my NIR bulb for three minutes each morning reading to help my eyes. I also use it at least once a day on my sciatica, which helps tremendously.
This was informative thank you! i wish I could afford the Sauna Space. Can a 150W infrared spot like used for chickens and reptiles do anything for us?
btw, just a heads up to anyone that's considering the red reptile bulbs. i got a couple and could not stand the strong toxic fumes they were putting out from their red coating when they were on. it actually made the inside of my nostrils burn. some of the chinese large near IFR bulbs also have a heavy coating of some plastic-like paint that produces a weird toxic smell. Therabulbs don't have that problem at all - it's red glass; not a coating (in addition to the invisiible near infrared wavelengths they emit).
great informative podcast - sometimes i wonder if i am getting too much red light from my big near IFR Therabulb incandescent that i usually have on inside to balance those lousy greyed-out double-paned, quadruple-metallic-coated windows.
i did not know quartz windows were even available and am now looking into that.
Outlawed: i am not sure why you are addressing me at such length about UV exposure, considering that my comment referred only to IFR = infrared light, not UV.
but i will note that i do not subscribe to the mainstream AMA medical view that natural UV is innately harmful; in fact it is essential to healthy human (and most animal) life. without it we cannot even make natural endogenous vitamin D, an essential hormone.
however i see that aside from your last paragraph, you specify "artificial UV". . . . though even that has its uses, as you will see if you look at the plethora of artificial UV lamps sold on amazon which are used by most people who keep reptiles inside in captivity - and without which, the animals sicken and die.
as for natural UV rays from our sun weakening the immune system, i think the opposite is true. sunlight has been used from ancient times to alleviate a myriad of mental and physical illnesses including depression.
you might want to check out John Ott's book, "Health and Light". he was a pioneer of time-lapse photography in the 1970s, wherein he learned about the effects of various types of light on the growth and health of both animals and plants, and found much evidence of the importance of natural unfiltered sunlight - including UV.
Don't waste your time Yantra - this person was extremely aggressive with me on a note I created re: Finsen and the Nobel, calling me a quack five times in all caps. Too bad people can't be nice and human online anymore, just cite google searches and then type quack. Programmed humans or bots, not sure if there is much difference.
yes in my original draft i mentioned i thought 'they' might be a bot. thanks for the heads up. btw, i have been seriously researching reptile bulbs (primarily for UV) esp last nite and today - on amazon with the help of "rufus"(!) their ai whose help i finally couldn't refuse and have learned a lot and even ordered one to try - will keep you posted. for that reason this chatbot's UV trip seemed particularly odd - i mean what, did it (some entity) follow me here from amzn??
I sit in front of my NIR bulb for three minutes each morning reading to help my eyes. I also use it at least once a day on my sciatica, which helps tremendously.
This was informative thank you! i wish I could afford the Sauna Space. Can a 150W infrared spot like used for chickens and reptiles do anything for us?
Sabrina - please see the end of my post above about the red reptile bulbs.