{"id":4773,"date":"2022-06-21T20:22:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2022-06-21T20:22:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:22:59","slug":"unproven-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/unproven-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Unproven Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-53\">People commonly use red light therapy to help the following conditions. However, science has yet to confirm the treatment\u2019s usefulness for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-55\"><li><strong>Seasonal affective disorder<\/strong>\u00a0(SAD): A 2019 review determined that not enough evidence supports red light therapy as a treatment for seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression related to seasonal change.<\/li><li><strong>Weight loss<\/strong>: No reliable studies support any weight loss benefits of red light therapy. However, limited research shows that the treatment may help reduce\u00a0waist circumference.<\/li><li><strong>Low back pain<\/strong>: In several controlled trials, red light therapy did not affect pain and disability in individuals with chronic,\u00a0nonspecific lower back pain. Seemingly positive outcomes were based on low-quality evidence.<\/li><li><strong>To activate cancer treatments<\/strong>: According to a 2021 review, low-level laser light therapy may help aid\u00a0cancer treatments. However, the long-term safety of its use on or near tumors hasn\u2019t been proven.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People commonly use red light therapy to help the following conditions. However, science has yet to confirm the treatment\u2019s usefulness for: Seasonal affective disorder\u00a0(SAD): A 2019 review determined that not enough evidence supports red light therapy as a treatment for seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression related to seasonal change. Weight loss: No reliable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[743],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}