Being overweight is a scourge of the 21st century. It is found in men and women, children and the elderly. When a person realizes that he is overweight, he begins to look for ways to lose weight.
Some go on a diet and go out, others go hungry and exercise, and others go to a specialist and lose weight under a doctor's supervision. There is a fourth group of people who believe in the effectiveness of diet pills, bracelets, earrings and belts. The sellers and manufacturers of these products promise to lose weight without any effort or restriction.
We will look at the effectiveness and structure of the weight loss belt - is it worth spending money on, how does it work and how can it help in the process of weight loss, belly removal?
Is a slimming belt effective?
There are those who believe that a miraculous belt melts their fat layers or squeezes the fat from the cells and removes them along with the sweat. It is about ignorance and skipping school chemistry and anatomy classes.
Attention! It doesn't matter if you use heat or massage - the oil does not dissolve and evaporates with sweat. Fats burn as a result of oxidation - there is no other way.
To illustrate the absurdity of such promises, let us consider the process of burning fat:
- Fat deposits burn in the mitochondria of muscle cells - a type of small cell energy station. Fat enters the mitochondria when there is no other source of energy - long-term carbohydrate depletion, and the energy in the liver - glycogen - is depleted. To get it, the body has to process strategic fatty deposits.
As a result of oxidation, fat in the mitochondria is converted into energy for the muscles. However, oxidation occurs only in the presence of oxygen, like a burning flame. Therefore, it is important to lose weight and exercise a lot - muscles need energy, and breathing fresh air - oxidation and fat burning occur.
A link! Fat cells do not burn in the muscles - after puberty, their number remains in a person for life. Fatty acids are released from these cells and sent to the muscle mitochondria, where they are burned.
Of course, just using such a belt does not burn fat. Still, let’s look at what they do, and what the manufacturers promise. At least to compare the process of burning oil with the promises of monitors.
A few words about the types and principles of work
Weight loss belts are divided into 3 types - vibrating, sauna effect and neoprene. There are also myostimulators, which have built-in sensors. Electro-detectors transmit a micro-discharge of current to the muscles, which stimulates their contraction. Myostimulants are mostly used to pump muscles, they are only indirectly relevant to our topic, so we will not dwell here.
vibration. The effectiveness of the belt is explained by the effect of vibration massage on the fat cells. Apparently, these stimulus cells secrete fat and sweat.
From a scientific point of view, this is not true, but there is a danger here from the medical point of view:
- Active vibration causes the muscles, even the deepest ones, to contract. As a result, the small muscles become saturated with blood, and this is a tumor. Artificial tumors are dangerous for the diseased spine. It causes chronic diseases. And if you don't know about them before, they can express themselves sharply and critically.
Based on the process of lipolysis, it is clear that weight loss is impossible.
A link! Lipolysis is the breakdown of oxidized fat into fatty acids in the muscles.
Sauna effect. There are heating elements in the waist. Powered by battery or electricity. The manufacturer promises to accelerate the burning of fat by raising body temperature. But in reality, he can do nothing but drain the fluid.
Often such models are equipped with a vibration mechanism, and promise a double effect. In this case, the risk of oscillations is compounded by an increase in temperature. And this is dangerous with spinal diseases.
Neoprene. Neoprene promises to heat the oil, thereby helping to burn it. Some people sincerely believe that oil melts in the heat.
An important! A belt with a heating effect can only remove excess fluid due to perspiration. This fluid recovers within 24 hours after the procedure, after going to the bath or sauna.
In what cases such a belt is a real helper
A neoprene slimming belt can actually be helpful for lower back pain. It fits snugly against the body, thus stabilizing the lower back. Can be used to warm the waist when needed.
Whatever miracle we want to believe in - vibrating and heating belts do not bring any benefits to health and figure.
An important! It is widely believed that a tight belt helps to tone the abdominal muscles. In fact, wearing it regularly can make matters worse. The muscle corset no longer performs the function of supporting the internal organs because the belt has taken over it.
When this belt becomes invalid
An important! If you are over 12 pounds (12 pounds), lose weight under the supervision of a registered nutritionist. Independent weight loss kills thousands of men and women around the world.
There is no point in wearing a belt and thinking that the oil will burn on its own. They have not invented such a device or tablet. And if you wear such a device, exercise, eat right and lose weight, then you can lose weight without additional belts - you will still succeed.