Will cryotherapy help you in weight loss ? Just go through the Facts !

Cryotherapy is basically a process in which your body is exposed to extreme cold for medical benefits. The popular whole body cryotherapy method includes standing in a chamber that covers all parts of body except head. The temperature of the chamber can go down up to negative 200°F for five minutes. Cryotherapy is currently gaining popularity because of its ability to treat painful chronic conditions like migraine and arthritis. But coming back to the topic, do cryotherapy really helps in weight loss?

• Benefits of cryotherapy for weight loss 

The basic principle behind this cryotherapy is it freezes fat cells throughout the body and kills them off. This results them to be filtered out of the body through your liver and permanently removed from areas of our tissues.

A study in Journal of Clinical investigation reveals that daily exposure to cold temperature of about 62°F. For two hours a day, over six weeks reduced total body fat by 2%. The reason behind this is the brown adipose tissues burn fats to help in making energy when your body is exposed to extreme cold. Researches in human trials revealed that exposure to lower and cooler temperature can make your brown adipose tissue more responsive to these temperature and help your body to burn more fat.

Some studies on human trials revealed that idea of cryotherapy works best when you have some exercise and workout schedule too.

• Just keep in mind cryotherapy may have side effects too

Though cryotherapy can be used for weight loss but it sounds to have some side effects on human body too. So just know about them before attempting it.

1. Exposure to extreme cold environment for a long time have nerve related side effects that include numbness, redness of skin, skin irritation and tingling sensation.

2. Experts and doctors do not recommend crowds at every for a longer period of time. Because long exposure to cold environment can lead to nerve damage or death of skin tissues. Body in cryotherapy is kept in extreme low temperature just for five minutes at a time. And under the supervision of a trained professional.

3. A person which have diabetic issues should not try cryotherapy. It may damage nerve system and may not feel sensation on skin which can result in tissue death.

So after checking out pros and cons of cryotherapy it is advisable to not to choose this method for weight loss. Just to decrease a inch of waist line you may have severe effects. 

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