Regular Exposure to Mild Cold Conditions Promote Healthy Weight Loss

A study by researchers of the Maastricht University Medical Center in The Netherlands show that regular exposure to mild cold can be a healthy and sustainable weight loss regimen.

The authors of the study believe that exposure to cold temperatures affect the body's energy expenditure significantly. The body starts to generate its own heat to control body temperature.

Experiments show that regular exposure to cold weather, people decreased their body fat, acclimated to the temperature and shivered less even at a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius or 59 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat production during this process can account up to 30 percent of the body's energy budget.

The authors believe that adapting to a colder climate can be a healthy way to regulate body fat and counteract obesity as well as have a beneficial side effect of conserving energy cost in home and building heating systems.

Laser Lipolysis - Non Surgical Procedure That Melts Fat and Tightens Skin

Latest research on laser lipolysis, a new fat reducing procedure that is non-surgical and non-invasive, is being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.

Laser lipolysis is a fat reduction treatment that is non-surgical and non-invasive. It uses laser light to target fat cells and disrupt the cell membranes which causes the fat to liquefy and break down. Once liquefied, the fat is released into the interstitial space, where they are slowly transported through the body’s natural metabolic functions to be used by the body as an energy source.

After undergoing laser lipolysis, exercise is strongly recommended to accelerate the breakdown and removal of fat from the treated area.

The treatment is fast becoming very popular in the removal of unwanted fatty tissues not only because of its non-invasive procedure but also of decreased adiposity (being in a fat or obese state), shorter recovery times, and improved skin tightening. Latest studies have shown benefits of using laser lipolysis such as liquefying fatty tissue, coagulating small blood vessels, inducing collagenesis (production of collagen) with remodeling, and promoting skin and tissue tightening.