Being overweight is the specter of the 21st century. It is found in men and women, in children and the elderly. Once a person realizes the fact that he is overweight, he starts looking for ways to lose weight.
Some go on a diet and give it up, 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 consider the effectiveness and structure of weight loss belts - is it worth spending money, how does the mechanism work and does it help in the process of losing weight, removing the stomach?
Are slimming belts effective?
There are people who believe that a magic belt will melt their fat stores or squeeze fat from cells and remove it along with sweat. This speaks of ignorance and skipping school chemistry and anatomy lessons.
Attention! It doesn’t matter whether you use heat or massage - fat can’t melt, let alone evaporated with sweat. Fat is burned due to oxidation - there is no other way.
To open our eyes to the impossibility of such promises, consider the fat burning process:
- Fat deposits are burned in the mitochondria of muscle cells - a kind of small cellular energy station. Fat enters the mitochondria if there is no other source of energy - when you don’t eat carbohydrates for a long time, and the energy supply in the liver - glycogen, is over. To get it, the body has to process strategic fat deposits.
As a result of oxidation, fat in the mitochondria is converted into energy for muscle. But oxidation occurs only in the presence of oxygen, such as a flame. Therefore, to lose weight, it is important to move a lot - muscles will need energy, and breathe fresh air - oxidation and fat burning will occur.
References! It’s not fat cells that are burned in muscle - after adolescence, their number stays with a person for a lifetime. Fatty acids are released from these cells and sent to the muscle mitochondria, where they are burned.
Obviously, just using such a belt will not burn fat. But, let’s consider what it is, and what the manufacturer promises. At least to compare the actual process of fat burning with the promises from the monitor.
A few words about the types and principles of work
Slimming belts are divided into 3 types - vibration, with sauna and neoprene effects. There are also myostimulators, they have built -in sensors. Electrodetectors send a micro current release to the muscles, and this stimulates their contraction. Myostimulants are more used to pump muscles, they relate to our topic only indirectly, so we will not stay here.
Vibrate. The effectiveness of the belt is explained by the effect of the vibration sequence on fat cells. Supposedly, this stimulus causes cells to release fat and excrete 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 contraction, even the deepest. Because of this, there is an increase in the filling of small muscles with blood, and this is already edema. Artificial edema is dangerous for the diseased spine. It can cause chronic illness. And if you didn’t know about them before, they can show themselves quite sharply and critically.
Based on the lipolysis process, it is clear that there is no weight loss.
References! Lipolysis is the breakdown of fats into oxidized fatty acids in muscle.
Sauna effect. The belt has a heating element. Runs on battery or electricity. Manufacturers promise to speed up fat burning by increasing body temperature. But in fact, other than removing the fluid, he would not be able to do anything.
Often such models are equipped with a vibration mechanism, and promise a double effect. In this case, the rise in temperature adds to the danger of vibration. And this threatens with spinal disease.
Neoprene. Neoprene belts promise to warm up fat, and thus help burn it. Some people truly believe that fat can melt when exposed to heat.
Important! Belts with a warming effect can only remove excess fluid due to sweating. This fluid will recover within 24 hours after the procedure, as happens after going to a bath or sauna.
In any case such a belt is a real helper
Neoprene slimming belts can really help for lumbar spine diseases. It fits the body, and thus corrects the immobile position of the lower back. Can be used to warm the lower back when needed.
As we like to believe in miracles - vibration and heating belts do not bring any benefits to health and figure.
Important! It is widely believed that a tight belt will help tighten 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, as the belt takes over.
When this belt is useless
Important! If you are overweight over 12 pounds (12 pounds), get slimmer under the supervision of a registered dietitian. With independent weight loss, thousands of men and women die in the world.
There is no point in wearing any belt and thinking that fat will burn on its own. They have not yet created such a device or tablet. And if you wear such a device, play sports, eat properly and lose weight, then you can continue to lose weight without an extra belt - you will succeed too.