Evan Bernstein

I've seen they have pictures of dogs.

You sit your dog in front of a red light for red light therapy.

And there are thousands, actually, of these products that get marketed.

So does it have a real scientific basis to it?

Yeah, maybe it does.

But how does that translate to all the uses that red light therapy claims it can help with?

It depends.

Are you using it to help with your skin condition?

Okay, dermatologists will do that.

But are you using the same red light therapy products to help lose weight, stimulate muscle growth?

becomes a problem with devices or techniques that have limited actual scientific underpinnings to it.

You have this kernel of truth upon which is built this whole marketplace basically for people seeking these non-invasive and non-drug treatments.

And the GQ article actually I thought did a pretty sensible take on it.

It was not a bad approach.

It treated red light therapy as something that has limited benefits, skin, hair, and maybe a little inflammation, maybe some muscle recovery.

But again, it acknowledged that a lot of the evidence is early, it's fragmented, and definitely, definitely oversold.

Red light therapy is not magic.

It's not one of those rare treatments that somehow improves everything in your life, including workout, brain fog, and all sorts of claims.

you're not going to get those kinds of results from these things that you're picking up at your local mall.

And there's plenty of studies that have looked into this.