August 3rd, 2008

Light for Therapy with Jana Sullivan

Recent scientific evidence has demonstrated the large potential for light therapy as an important adjunct to health care. There are two main sources of producing monochromatic light (single wavelength light) that is effective in the healing process, those being laser and light emitting diodes (LED). Lasers emit coherent light, while light emitting diodes produce non coherent light. An LED is a silicon microchip with various substances added, so when it is electrically stimulated, it releases a wavelength of color. The emitted light can spread out, unlike laser light. Our bodies have evolved to utilize incoherent sunlight as energy fuel that then transforms it coherent bio photons. Studies have shown that human cell tissue responds better to a single wavelength of light rather than light of multiple wavelengths. Monochromatic light therapy can produce a multitude of physiological changes in the body as demonstrated in scientific studies.