Can Red Light Therapy Melt Body Fat?

Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of São Paulo tested the effects of light therapy (808nm) on 64 obese women in 2015.

Group 1: Exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + phototherapy

Group 2: Exercise (aerobic & resistance) training + no phototherapy.

The study took place over a 20 week period during which exercise training was performed 3-times per week. Light therapy was administered at the end of each training session.

Remarkably, the women who received the near-infrared light therapy following exercise doubled the amount of fat loss compared to exercise alone.

Additionally, the women in the exercise + phototherapy group were reported to have a greater increase in skeletal muscle mass than the placebo group.