The Red Light Report Standardizing Red Light Therapy Methods, Informing Consumers, & The Future of Medicine w/ Alain Dijkstra
For the first interview of 2023 on The Red Light Report, I welcome back a dear friend and repeat guest, Alain Dijkstra, who is the founder and CEO of Kaiyan Medical, one of the world's foremost LED light therapy producer and manufacturer. If you may recall, Alain started Kaiyan in a hotel room way back in 2009 and has built it into the juggernaut that it is today.
Being thoroughly entrenched in the light therapy space for almost two decades, Alain has a very keen and insightful perspective on how much red light therapy industry has grown in a relatively short period of time. However, he is the first to admit that there are still many aspects that need to be improved upon, both on the product side of light therapy, but also with respect to the photobiomodulation research that is being produced. Alain offers up strategies that would help move the light therapy industry as a whole forward in a positive manner.
Alain is also very savvy when it comes to understanding the nuances of product specifications, certifications, legal standards and so forth. He explains in detail what makes a medical device, what a 510k product is and more. This will help consumers and anyone interested in red light therapy products gain a better perspective of what all the regulation entails and what it actually means.
Dr. Mike Belkowski and Alain Dijkstra discuss the following:
- 3:28 - Circadian rhythm and red light therapy
- 3:48 - Changes he's seen in Kaiyan Medical and trends he's seen in red light therapy
- 4:55 - Herpes treatment via red light therapy
- 6:16 - How a consumer knows if it's a 510k product
- 10:25 - Medical claims about products
- 13:21 - Classifying light panels as medical
- 21:12 - Measuring light and how it's absorbed by the body
- 26:30 - The "sweet spot" for red light therapy
- 30:48 - Clinical studies on lasers vs LEDs
- 31:42 - Heat spots
- 33:56 - Standardization of red light therapy products and methods
- 35:47 - Keeping consumers informed with the right information
- 45:50 - Less is more with red light therapy
- 46:42 - Timing red light therapy treatments
- 48:30 - Your location on the earth and how it affects light absorption
- 50:20 - Light is the future of medicine
- 52:10 - Measuring the effects of light
- 53:24 - Measuring mitochondrial health
- 54:29 - Conditions on the cusp of being treated via light
- 58:21 - Light as a food
- 59:46 - Creating good habits with red light therapy
- 1:03:12 - New and cool technologies
To learn more about red light therapy and shop for the highest-quality red light therapy products, visit https://www.biolight.shop
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