You’ll probably have seen those electronic fat burning devices on your favorite shopping network. I know you are tempted to buy one, especially those with infra-red stuff that claim to burn layers of fat instantly while giving you a massage. Well, a friend of mine got one and decided to experiment on it. He’s an electronics engineer so he knows for sure if the device is effective or not.

At first glance of the infra-red device, he already knew that the claims cannot be true. He explained that the infra-red is a spectrum of light which cannot be seen by the naked eye. Those red lights you see in the device are certainly not infra-red. They’re just “Red lights”. To make it simple, a common TV remote uses infra red (you don’t expect it to burn your fat when you point it in your belly right?). Regarding the fat burning effect, you’ll need a large amount of infra-red light just to burn the fat, that is, if you don’t burn your skin first.

Anyhow, at least the massaging part works but not that great. So as a conclusion, don’t get fooled with those impressive info-mercials. There are a lot of fat burners available in the market which you can try anyway.