Most of us have seen advertisements promising to swiftly reduce belly fat by exercising using tummy trimmers or vibration belts. They claim to burn the fat in the abdomen area, making you look slimmer. Many of these equipment are costly as well and are also used by many to handle period cramps.
If you are thinking about buying one of these to be slim and trim, here's what you should know. According to experts, a few hormones and enzymes control the fat-burning process in the body rather than exercises that target certain body parts. Hormones like insulin and glucagon and enzymes like Hormone Sensitive Lipase (HSL) and Lipo – lipoprotein lipase (LPL) control the fat percentage in the body.
Fat gets absorbed after eating food due to the combined process of insulin and LPL. Meanwhile, glucagon and HSL utilize the fat when the body requires energy. When you exercise the increased functioning of glucagon and HSL helps in burning fat.
The LPL process in the muscles turns fat into energy. This hormonal reaction along with energy generation during workouts influences the fat distribution throughout the body. Are the results permanent? Exercise machines targeting specific body parts cannot burn fat as the machines cannot influence or change the chemical processes.
Advertisements claim that tummy trimmers can burn fat by pressing onto the abdomen area. However, such methods may give you only temporary results. Besides, there isn’t any scientific proof that vibration belts can reduc.