Being overweight is a plague of the 21st century. It is found in men and women, in children and the elderly. As soon as a person realizes that they are overweight, they start to look for ways to lose weight.
Some go on and off diets, 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 consider the effectiveness and structure of weight loss belts - is it worth spending the money, how the working mechanism works and is it capable of helping to lose weight, remove thestomach?
Is a slimming belt effective?
There are some people who believe that the miracle belt will melt their fatty deposits or extract fat from cells and wipe it out with sweat. It speaks of ignorance and lack of chemistry and anatomy lessons in school.
Warning! It doesn't matter whether you use heat or massage - fat cannot melt, let alone evaporate with sweat. Fat is burnt off 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. 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 terminated. To obtain it, the body is obliged to process strategic fatty 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 hot flame. Therefore, in order to lose weight, it is important to move a lot - muscles will need energy and to breathe fresh air - oxidation and fat burning will occur.
Reference! It is not the fat cells that are burned 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, only the use of such a belt will not burn fat. But still, let's consider what they are and what the manufacturers promise. At least to compare the actual fat burning process with the promises of the monitors.
A few words on the types and principles of work
Slimming belts are divided into 3 types - vibration, with a sauna effect and neoprene. There are also myostimulators, they have built-in sensors. Electro-detectors transmit a micro-discharge of current to the muscles, which stimulates their contraction. Myostimulants are more used to pump muscles, they only indirectly relate to our subject, so we will not dwell here.
Vibrant. The effectiveness of the belt is explained by the effect of the vibratory massage on the fat cells. Supposedly, this stimulation causes the cells to release fat and eliminate it in sweat.
From the point of view of science, this is not true, but on the side of medicine there is a danger here:
- The active vibration causes muscle contractions, even the deepest. Because of this, there is an increased filling of small muscles with blood, and this is already edema. Artificial edema is dangerous for a diseased spine. It can inflame chronic diseases. And if you haven't been familiar with them before, they can come across quite crisp and critical.
Based on the process of lipolysis, it is clear that there can be no weight loss.
Reference! Lipolysis is the breakdown of fat into fatty acids which are oxidized in muscles.
Sauna effect. The belt has heating elements. Works on batteries or electricity. The manufacturer promises to speed up fat burning by increasing body temperature. But in fact, apart from removing the liquid, he won't be able to do anything.
Often these models are equipped with a vibration mechanism and promise a double effect. In this case, a rise in temperature adds to the risk of vibration. And this threatens with diseases of the spine.
Neoprene. The neoprene belt promises to heat fat, and thus help burn it. Some people sincerely believe that fat can melt when exposed to heat.
Important! A heating effect belt can only evacuate excess fluid due to perspiration. This fluid will recover within 24 hours of the procedure, as happens after going to a bath or sauna.
In what cases is such a belt a real assistant
A neoprene slimming belt can really help with lumbar spine conditions. It perfectly hugs the body and thus fixes 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 - vibrating and heated 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 it worse. The muscle 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 overweight, lose weight under the supervision of a registered dietitian. With independent weight loss, thousands of men and women are dying around the world.
You don't need to put on a belt and think that fat is going to burn itself. They have not yet invented such a device or a tablet. And if you wear such a device, play sports, eat well and lose weight, you can continue to lose weight without auxiliary belts - you will be successful anyway.