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Old 01-02-2023, 07:52 PM   #81
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Question What Infrared Rays Will Our Space Heaters Give Us?

While checking on the benefits of infrared heaters, I stumbled on this video at YouTube:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdiUnmpOgqE

The video "sounds" like clickbait at the start, but the author is not selling anything and this study appeared in Elsevier, which doesn't publish just any medical study.

The author, a medical doctor, tested a low-level infrared lighting in ICU. Placing LED vests on patients suffering from recent influenza, half of the blind study left the hospital four days earlier than those whose vests were intentionally never turned on! (Being a blind study).

At 25:00, the author goes on to explain how modern life habits have made us more exposed to deadly viruses. For example, the "Low-E" glass in modern windows stops healthy infrared rays from reaching us indoors.

Quoting both modern studies, medicine from 1919--two years into the Spanish Flu--and quotes from 1871, it was found that sunlight--especially in winter--is a great help. Sunlight has multiples of the near-infrared than that given in the study's very weak vests.

It was noted that sunlight--especially with green leaves nearby--was especially effective. (Leaves reflect near-infrared rays). City-dwellers are especially negatively affected.

Snowmobilers will be relieved to know that the near-infrared rays discussed penetrate clothing.

ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species), latitude, and melatonin are discussed, but the quest for infrared heater benefits must go on.
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