{"id":5025,"date":"2023-11-01T02:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T02:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therapeuticbeams.com\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2023-12-25T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:00:39","slug":"weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therapeuticbeams.com\/red-light-therapy\/weight-loss","title":{"rendered":"Red Light Therapy For Weight Loss: A Solution To Shed Those Pounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
So, you want to know if red light therapy can trim a few inches off your waistline. The answer? It’s a bit of a mixed bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, hold on! Before you click out to find a more “promising” answer, hear us out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a world flooded with miracle diets, weight loss devices, and all sorts of “get slim quick” schemes, it’s easy to be skeptical about yet another “magic” solution. In this case, red light therapy (RLT) for fat loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red light therapy for weight loss is a hot topic in the world of health and wellness. Some swear by it, while others remain doubtful. We’re here to get to the bottom of this debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As experts in wellness through light therapy, we’re going to break down the science, share the facts, and give you the whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Red light therapy, aka low-level laser therapy (LLLT), is a fast-growing treatment that boasts a pretty bold promise: melting away fat cells using the power of low-wavelength red light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The therapy involves showering you with low-irradiance beams of red and near-infrared light, designed to target your body\u2019s cells. Inside those cells, it stimulates the mitochondria, producing more adenosine triphosphate (ATP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This ATP is basically the cell’s energy currency, and when you’ve got more of it, you have more fuel to power your workouts and burn more body fat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This process also temporarily disrupts a part of the cell membrane, kind of like opening a door. This allows the fat inside the cells to slip out into the space between them. As a result, the cell shrinks, and your body then flushes out the released fat through its natural waste removal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pretty neat, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there isn’t yet an overwhelming amount of proof that red light therapy is a guaranteed way to shed those pounds, there are some promising studies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take, for example, a randomized controlled study in 2016. In this study, 28 overweight and obese adults underwent 30 minutes of low-level laser therapy, three times a week for four weeks. Of the 28 people, 20 lost 2.8 inches (7.2 cm) of stomach fat [1<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar results were found in a more recent pilot study in 2020. The study showed that 60 adults classified as overweight lost a modest 0.8 inches (2 cm) from their waist after undergoing low-level laser therapy treatments twice a week for six weeks [2<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, it’s worth pointing out that there were no control groups for comparison, so we can’t be too quick to jump to conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let’s go over what the science has to say about red light therapy’s effects on losing weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fact that red light can make fat-storing cells (also called adipocytes) “leak” is arguably one of the most exciting findings in red light research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you’re under red light therapy, the light penetrates your skin and creates small openings (or pores) in your fat cells that act like tiny doors. The cool part? These cells “leak” and shrink. Your body then naturally removes this freed fat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Studies have even confirmed its effectiveness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a study assessing the efficacy of LLLT in spot fat reduction, people who had RLT experienced their fat-storing cells, the adipocytes, releasing something called triglycerides. In simple terms, this means that those cells got smaller, and people actually lost some real fat. They trimmed about 0.8 inches (2.15 cm) from their waistlines in just four weeks [3<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another study suggests that low-level laser therapy has the potential to reduce fat layers and cellulite, and even make your blood lipid profile better [4<\/a>]. All with no major side effects!<\/p>\n\n\nRed Light & Weight Loss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Reduces The Size Of Fat Cells<\/h3>\n\n\n\n