Can Red Light Therapy At Home Contribute to Fat Loss?

Ever tried to lose weight by adopting a healthier lifestyle, but found stubborn areas of fat still persist? We understand the struggle and the desire for solutions. However, we want to caution against viewing any method as a guaranteed solution to long-term problems. 

While risky weight loss plans or fad diets may promise results, they often come with consequential health risks and side effects, depending on the individual.

It's essential to approach weight loss with caution and prioritise sustainable, healthy practices. Thankfully, red light therapy may provide a potentially safer and non-invasive alternative to help shed these unwanted fats.

In this article, we’ll discuss how red light therapy (RLT) may help in weight loss efforts, as well as tackle several studies that help back up this claim.

How Does Red Light Therapy Exactly Help With Weight Loss?

If you haven’t heard of red light therapy before, it’s a nontoxic, noninvasive, and non-harmful method of stimulating many of the body’s natural physiological processes and increasing the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the mitochondria.

ATP transports energy such as protein and fat into and out of cells, and affects every physiological process that uses up energy. Surplus in ATP can reduce fatigue, build up strength, and improve cardiovascular health.

Based on available studies, boosting ATP production can help reduce inflammation, pain, and skin ageing - and the benefits can extend to weight loss.

Before we discuss how RLTs exactly help with fat reduction, we first need to know the two locations where you store most of your fat: the subcutaneous and the visceral fat.

• Subcutaneous Fat – Also known as the “soft fat” as you can pinch it with your fingers, subcutaneous fat is a layer of fat that sits directly under the surface of your skin. This type tends to accumulate around your upper back, waist, hips, buttocks, and thighs. 

High amounts of this fat may increase the risk of disease, but not as severe as visceral fat.

• Visceral Fat – Also known as the “belly fat” or the “hard fat”, visceral fat is a layer that accumulates in your abdominal cavity, surrounding your pancreas, intestines, liver, and heart.

Individuals generally accumulate this type from a history of poor diet and long sedentary habits. An excess increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and certain cancers, as it may boost cytokine production – a signalling protein that can promote insulin resistance.

So, how does red light therapy contribute to fat reduction? While red light therapy primarily increases ATP production, it can also affect the cells that store these fats. 

According to a 2011 controlled trial - involving 40 obese subjects to test the efficacy of low-level laser therapy on spot fat reduction - red light therapy caused adipocytes (the fat cells) to release triglycerides without lipolysis (fat breakdown) or cell lysis (cell breakdown).

Triglycerides are fat cells that store unused calories and when present in high volumes, may increase the risk of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease.

This release in triglycerides resulted in a significant 2.15cm loss in waist girth during the duration of the study.

Appetite Regulation

Not only does red light therapy have the potential to help in fat loss, but it can also help individuals struggling to control their appetite.

According to a 2012 study to study the effects of light on leptin and ghrelin in adults with poor sleeping habits, the researchers found that red light exposure significantly increased their leptin levels while simultaneously decreasing their ghrelin levels.

So what does this mean? Let’s break these terms down:

• Leptin is a hormone your adipose tissue (body fat) releases to help your body maintain your normal long-term weight by regulating your appetite and how much energy your body burns (homeostasis).

• Conversely, ghrelin is a naturally-produced hormone mainly found in your stomach that increases appetite, regulates insulin production, and stimulates growth hormone secretion.

Poor sleep habits may often lead to boosting ghrelin production while simultaneously decreasing leptin count, which results in weight gain. 

The study suggests that red light therapy may help individuals get through their diets by reducing their hunger levels and cravings.

Augment Your Fat Loss Efforts With Rojo Light Therapy

Based on the results of the studies above, there is a strong possibility that red light therapy at home can help individuals reduce visceral fat and control their diet.

If you are already doing proper diet and exercise to reduce fat, red light therapy devices can help augment your efforts by accelerating the fat loss process.

In particular, Rojo’s red light therapy devices allow you to fully enjoy these fat loss benefits while our Ultra-Low ELF and EMF technology safeguards you from any side effects as much as possible. 

Contact us today and let us help you experience the Rojo difference.