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Boiler suit - t shirts
Dear All
In a recent edition of Mens Health I seen an advertisement for ineffect a plastic t-shirt. It reminded me of an old 70's boiler/ spacesuit. Basically it makes you sweat. Though I know and the maker does also state that on consumption of water it does not make you lose weight, however they claim that the act of sweating actually causes the burning of calories. I would be interested to read your opinions. thanks G |
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Boiler suit - t shirts
On Mar 23, 6:26*pm, wrote:
Dear All In a recent edition of Mens Health I seen an advertisement for ineffect a plastic t-shirt. It reminded me of an old 70's boiler/ spacesuit. Basically it makes you sweat. Though I know and the maker does also state that on consumption of water it does not make you lose weight, however they claim that the act of sweating actually causes the burning of calories. I would be interested to read your opinions. thanks G I'm no expert, but bundling up to the point of sweating seems like it would burn LESS calories over time. Because you're being insulated, I'd imagine your metabolism would adjust accordingly over time. When I used to wrestle, techniques like this were used by people needing to make weight the day of a match, if they were a pound or two over their class. However, it's just water and of course comes right back. Maybe there's some research to the contrary, but even if this did somehow burn calories, I can't see it being more effective than drinking cold water. |
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On their website it does state that you should continually consume
water, I assume to prevent dehydration. It also recognises that any weight loss is replaced as soon as you drink water. It is the actual act of prespiring that they claim burns calories. I know whenever I am ill with a temperature and therefore, prespiring that I have lost weight but I have always put that down to loss of appetite. It could be a mixture of loss of appetite and the act of sweating regards G |
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On their website it does state that you should continually consume water, I assume to prevent dehydration. It also recognises that any weight loss is replaced as soon as you drink water. Lose enough water and it quickly becomes unhealthy. Then the body immediately tries to regain the water on a time scale of hours. Lose enough fat and it can take a very long time to become starved unhealthy. Then the body tries to regain the fat on a time scale of months. In spite of the fact that both water and fat register on the scale, water is not fat. If your goal is to lose fat then efforts spent losing water are wasted efforts. It is the actual act of prespiring that they claim burns calories. Sweat is a cooling mechanism. When water evaporates it takes heat energy and that heat is drawn from whatever the water was touching. Prevent the evaporation with a plastic suit and you've prevented the cooling effect. No cooling effect, no need for the body to compensate with a higher metabolism. This suggests it will work better to stand in front of a fan and have the wind dry you out. Feel cold from the chill, and your body needs to burn more calories to compensate. If that worked well lot's of people would do it ... I know whenever I am ill with a temperature and therefore, prespiring that I have lost weight but I have always put that down to loss of appetite. It could be a mixture of loss of appetite and the act of sweating Higher temp does mean higher metabolism. Not sure how much loss is from which. |
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