Light as Medicine (and Why Your Pet Is Starving for It) - With Jackie Jolie

Light as Medicine (and Why Your Pet Is Starving for It) - With Jackie Jolie

From My Dog Is Better Than Your Dog by Dr. Lily Chen

March 29, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 88

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Jackie Jolie discusses the importance of light for pet health and her journey in developing light therapy solutions.

What if the most powerful medicine for your pet isn't a supplement or a drug, but something as simple as light? Jackie Jolie, founder of AnimaSol, believes light is the foundation of health. Every cell in every mammal's body has a light sensor called a melanopsin, waiting to receive information from photons. And yet, we and our pets are spending 98% of our lives indoors, cut off from the very thing our DNA was built to run on. Jackie spent 15 years as an equine and canine bodyworker. But in 2018, after being diagnosed with Lyme disease, she rebuilt her health using natural treatments and something she calls a light life: reconnecting to sunlight, circadian rhythms, grounding, and red and near infrared light therapy. She says she runs better at 42 than she did in her twenties. That personal transformation became AnimaSol, a company that creates battery-operated, full-body red and near infrared light therapy blankets for horses, dogs, and cats. This conversation goes deep into the science of light, the difference between lasers and LEDs, which wavelengths actually penetrate to bone and nerve, and how to choose a safe device in a market flooded with cheap knockoffs. KEY INSIGHTS: ✨…

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Host: Dr. Lily Chen

Guest: Jackie Jolie

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