Episode Details

Everyone's talking about Red Light Therapy. It's the latest craze taking social media by storm, and chances are, you've seen it all over your feeds.

People are raving about its potential benefits for everything from achieving youthful, glowing skin and easing chronic pain to accelerating muscle recovery after intense workouts. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

But with so much buzz surrounding Red Light Therapy, it's natural to wonder: Is this just another fleeting trend, or is there real science backing up these claims?

The Knew Method Live is a show broadcast live by Dr. Efrat Lamandre every week with the express purpose of providing free, factual, and practical functional medicine tips to help people prevent disease naturally. Through giving healthy nutrition tips, tips on intermittent fasting, managing stress through diet, and advocating self-improvement for her patients, Doctor E hopes to help you take control of your health destiny and become the GameChanger in your life.

00:00 What is Red Light Therapy?

00:19 Disclaimer

00:34 How to Reach Us

00:51 Free Video Course

01:10 History of Red Light Therapy

02:01 Neils Ryberg Finsen and Light as Medicine

02:45 Invention of Lasers

03:38 Definitions: Wavelength and Red Light

04:00 Red Light and Near-Infrared Light

05:50 How Red Light Therapy Works

06:20 Mitochondria and ATP

08:00 Benefits of Red Light Therapy

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