Demi Moore and the newly svelte Kardashians swear by it, but does heating up really work?
There’s a new way to lose weight in Hollywood – by literally sweating that fat away. With star-power support, the modern-day sweat lodge is gaining popularity.
The reason it’s becoming the latest craze is probaby due to the fact you don’t really have to do anything except lay back and try to relax while covered in an extremely hot electric blanket that raises your body temperature to about 70-75 degrees. The process promises to burn around 1000 calories per one-hour session.
It’s reported that 51-year-old Demi Moore is a big fan and the procedure was even taped during an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, as Kris and Khloe gave it a go.
Founder of the Shape House in LA, which offers the treatment, Sophie Chiche says the process tricks the body into thinking it has a fever.
“So as the temperture goes up, up, up, the body tries to go down, down, down. This requires a lot of energy,” she says.
Sophie says the sweating has a detoxifying effect on the body. But nutritionist, Dr Marilyn Glenville, says heating the body up to such a degree could cause complications in people that had heart problems, high blood pressure, were menstruating or pregnant.
“But my biggest concern is that if people are using it for weight loss, it is not changing any of the unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as eating unhealthy foods and not exercising,” she says.
“So people are looking at it as a quick fix.”
Would you give the urban sweat lodge a try?
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