Whether methods of fight or prevention against overweight and excess fat, tips and theories, effective or not have continued to flourish everywhere in recent years. It is now a question of bringing the simplest and most accessible solutions possible. So here we have the example of a tip as innovative as it is effective to get rid of belly fat.
Understand how our body works
Fat, generally harmful for health, has become a word with connotation particularly pejorative, but, like other elements essential to the human body, the fat must be present in the body but in predefined quantities .
The human body has so-called adipose "tissues" that have a primary and well-defined role to play. These are natural energy reserves that aim to release additional energy when needed and warm the body when temperatures are low or very low. This adipose tissue is composed of several billion adipocytes. There are two types of fat cells:
Whites: are actually energy reserves regulated by the pancreas, acting as thermal insulation under ordinary conditions, but difficult to spend, they are inherent in the functioning of the body and constitute between 15% and 20% of the weight in men, 20% and 25% in women.
Browns: are made in specific circumstances, especially following severe temperature drops, many of these tissues are born by transformation of some of the whites. They serve as insulation to stabilize body temperature, it is also thanks to them that hibernating animals can survive in the most extreme thermal conditions.
Studies at the University of Maastricht have shown that certain areas of the body, such as the belly or thighs that contain white adipose tissue, turn into brown tissue as soon as there are large temperature drops in winter. Which means that self-warming is blatantly increasing in this period.
And that's where the thermogenesis process comes in, which determines how much fat to burn to stabilize the body's temperature. This led the researchers to draw the following conclusion: the use of indoor heating to achieve temperatures around 21 ° does not favor the change of adipose tissue, and will leave them in the state, ready to accumulate calories but not to spend. The idea is that if the temperature generated by home heating is set between 15 ° and 17 °, brown tissue will be much easier to see the day and release the necessary calories to fill the lack of the body.
They have also been able to deduce that a more or less intense thermogenesis can occur depending on the temperature at which the body is confronted, in this case, a use of vests or clothing stuffed with ice cubes allows an optimal removal of calories.
A foolproof solution against belly fat
According to author Tim Ferriss, it is possible to optimize fat burning considerably by increasing it to 300% by exposing the body to low temperatures. He did not fail to specify that it is also essential to join a healthy diet and regular physical activity to the process.
Thanks once again to the studies and experiments carried out by the University of Maastricht, it has been proven that fat burning can be remarkably stimulated by direct exposure of the skin to bags of ice cubes for 30 to 60 minutes for a period of time. 12 days.
How to do ?
Simply wrap the bag in a cloth of sufficient size to let the cold ice and place it in a targeted manner where it is desired to cause the removal of fat. However, there is a disadvantage to this technique is the risk of frostbite that is often manifested by tingling, redness, pain, blisters or numbness of the skin.
To avoid this, it is highly recommended to lift the bag from time to time, and if frostbite is to occur, do not try to warm the area, just try to use a blanket .
It should also be noted that such a process is strongly discouraged for people with diseases related to blood circulation, those using beta-blocking drugs or diabetics and smokers.