Excess weight is a scourge of the 21st century. It is found in men and women, in children and the elderly. Once a person realizes that he is overweight, he starts looking for ways to lose weight.
Some go on diets and get rid of them, others starve and exhaust the body with training, others turn to specialists and lose weight under the supervision of a doctor. There is a fourth group of people - they believe in the effectiveness of diet pills, bracelets, earrings and belts. The sellers and manufacturers of these products promise weight loss without effort or restriction.
We will look at the effectiveness and structure of weight loss zones - is it worth spending money, how is the mechanism working and is it able to help in the weight loss process, remove the abdomen?
Is a slimming belt effective?
There are people who believe that the miraculous zone will melt their fat deposits or squeeze the fat from the cells and remove it along with the sweat. This speaks of ignorance and omission of chemistry and anatomy school lessons.
Caution! It does not matter if you use heat or massage - the fat can not be melted, let alone evaporated by sweat. Fat is burned as a result of oxidation - there is no other way.
To open our eyes to the absurdity of such promises, consider the process of burning fat:
- Fat deposits are burned in the mitochondria of muscle cells - a type of small cellular energy station. Fat enters the mitochondria in the absence of another source of energy - when you have not eaten carbohydrates for a long time, and the energy supply to the liver - glycogen, is exhausted. To get it, the body is forced to process strategic fat deposits.
As a result of oxidation, the fat in the mitochondria is converted into energy for the muscles. But oxidation only occurs in the presence of oxygen, like a burning flame. Therefore, losing weight, it is important to move a lot - the muscles will need energy and breathe fresh air - oxidation and fat burning will occur.
Report! They are not fat cells that burn in the muscles - after puberty, their number remains in a person for a lifetime. Fatty acids are released by these cells and sent to the muscle mitochondria, where they are burned.
Obviously, just using such a belt will not burn fat. However, let's look at what the manufacturers are and what they promise. At least to compare the actual fat burning process with the promises from screens.
A few words about the types and principles of work
Slimming zones are divided into 3 types - vibration, with sauna and neoprene effect. There are also muscle stimulants, they have built-in sensors. Electrodetectors transmit a micro-discharge current to the muscles, and this stimulates their contraction. Muscle stimulants are used more for pumping muscles, they are related to our subject only indirectly, so we will not stop here.
Vibrating. The effectiveness of the band is explained by the effect of vibratory massage on fat cells. This stimulation is supposed to force the cells to release fat and remove it in sweat.
From a scientific point of view, this is not true, but from a medical point of view there is a danger here:
- Active vibration leads to muscle contractions, even in the deepest. Because of this, there is an increased filling of small muscles with blood and this is already swelling. Artificial edema is dangerous for a diseased spine. It can cause chronic diseases. And if you did not know about them before, they can seem quite intense and critical.
Based on the lipolysis process, it is clear that there can be no weight loss.
Report! Lipolysis is the breakdown of fat into fatty acids that are oxidized in the muscles.
Sauna effect. The belt has heating elements. Operates on batteries or electricity. The manufacturer promises to speed up fat burning by increasing body temperature. In reality, however, he can do nothing but remove the fluid.
Often such models are equipped with a vibrating mechanism and promise a double result. In this case, an increase in temperature adds to the risk of vibration. And this threatens with diseases of the spine.
Neoprene. The neoprene belt promises to heat the fat and thus help burn it. Some people honestly believe that fat can melt when exposed to heat.
Great! A zone with a heating effect can only remove excess fluid due to sweating. This fluid will recover within 24 hours after the procedure, as it does after going to the bath or sauna.
In which cases such a belt is a real helper
A neoprene slimming belt can really be useful for diseases of the lumbar spine. It fits snugly on the body and thus stabilizes the immobile position of the lower back. Can be used to warm the lower back when needed.
As much as we would like to believe in a miracle - vibrations and heating zones do not benefit health and silhouette at all.
Great! It is widely believed that a tight belt will help stimulate the abdominal muscles. In fact, wearing it regularly can make things worse. The muscular corset will no longer perform the function of supporting the internal organs, because it was taken over by the belt.
When this zone is useless
Great! If you are over 12 pounds (12 pounds) overweight, become slimmer under the supervision of a registered dietitian. With independent weight loss, thousands of men and women die in the world.
It is useless to put on any of the belts and think that the fat will burn on its own. They have not yet invented such a device or a tablet. And if you wear such a device, play sports, eat right and lose weight, then you can continue to lose weight without auxiliary belts - you will succeed anyway.