Being overweight is the scourge of the 21st century. It occurs in men and women, children and the elderly. The moment a person realizes that he is overweight, he begins to look for ways to lose weight.
Some go on diets and get off them, others starve and exhaust the body with exercise, 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 restrictions.
We will look at the effectiveness and structure of weight loss belts - is it worth spending money, how is the mechanism of work and can it help in the process of losing weight, removing the belly?
Is the weight loss belt effective?
There are people who believe that the miracle belt will melt their fat deposits or squeeze fat from the cells and remove them along with sweat. This speaks of ignorance and skipping school lessons in chemistry and anatomy.
Attention! It doesn't matter if you use heat or massage - the fat can't melt, much less evaporate with 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 kind of small cellular energy stations. Fats enter the mitochondria in the absence of another source of energy - when you have not eaten carbohydrates for a long time, and the supply of energy to the liver - glycogen, is over. To get it, the body is forced to process strategic fat deposits.
As a result of oxidation, fats in the mitochondria are converted into energy for the muscles. But oxidation occurs only in the presence of oxygen, like a burning flame. Therefore, when losing weight, it is important to move a lot - muscles will need energy and breathe fresh air - oxidation and fat burning will occur.
Help! It is not the fat cells that burn in the muscles - after adolescence, their number remains with a person for life. Fatty acids are released from these cells and sent to muscle mitochondria, where they are burned.
Obviously, just using such a belt will not burn fat. But still, let's look at what they are and what the manufacturers promise. At least to compare the real process of burning fat with the promises of monitors.
A few words about the types and principles of work
Weight loss belts are divided into 3 types - vibrating, with sauna effect and neoprene. There are also myostimulators, they have built-in sensors. Electrodetectors transmit a micro-discharge of current to the muscles and this stimulates their contraction. Myostimulants are used more to pump muscles, they are related to our topic only indirectly, so we will not stop here.
Vibrating. The effectiveness of the belt is explained by the effect of vibration massage on fat cells. This stimulation is thought to cause cells to secrete fat and remove it with sweat.
From the point of view of science this is not true, but from the point of view of medicine there is a danger here:
- Active vibration leads to muscle contractions, even the deepest. Due to this, there is an increased filling of the small muscles with blood and this is already swelling. Artificial edema is dangerous for the diseased spine. May cause chronic diseases. And if you haven't known about them before, they can be quite sharp and critical.
Based on the process of lipolysis, it is clear that there can be no weight loss.
Help! Lipolysis is the breakdown of fats into fatty acids that are oxidized in the muscles.
Sauna effect. The belt has heating elements. Runs on batteries or electricity. The manufacturer promises to speed up fat burning by raising body temperature. But in fact, apart from removing the liquid, he will be able to do nothing.
Often such models are equipped with a vibrating mechanism and promise a double effect. In this case, an increase in temperature is added to the risk of vibration. And this threatens diseases of the spine.
neoprene. The neoprene belt promises to heat the fat and thus help burn it. Some people sincerely believe that fat can melt when exposed to heat.
Important! A belt with a heating effect can only remove excess fluid due to sweating. This fluid will recover within 24 hours after the procedure, as it happens after a visit to the bath or sauna.
In what cases such a belt is a real helper
A neoprene slimming belt can be really useful in diseases of the lumbar spine. It fits snugly to the body and thus fixes the fixed position on the lower back. It can be used to warm the lower back when needed.
As much as we want to believe in a miracle - vibrating and heating belts do not bring any benefit to health and figure.
Important! It is widely believed that a tight belt will help tone the abdominal muscles. In fact, wearing it regularly can make the situation worse. The muscular corset will no longer perform the function of supporting the internal organs because the belt has taken over.
When this belt is useless
Important! If you are over 12 pounds (12 pounds) overweight, lose weight under the supervision of a registered nutritionist. Thousands of men and women die worldwide due to independent weight loss.
It is useless to put on one of the belts and think that the fat will burn itself. They have not yet invented such a device or tablet. And if you wear such a device, exercise, eat right and lose weight, then you can continue to lose weight without seat belts - you will succeed anyway.