Relaxing in a bath can help shed a good few calories!
| Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 11:09 IST
Lying in a hot-tub and having a hot bath can help loose calories. Yes, you read that right! A hot bath can be as beneficial as a 30-minute walk, researchers have discovered. Relaxing in a bath can help you shed a good 130 calories, the same amount that you would have if you had chosen to go for that 30-minute walk.
Loughborough University scientists tested 14 men by sending them on a one-hour bicycle ride and then letting them take a one-hour bath in water at a temperature of 40oC. The results showed the obvious and the unexpected: Even though the cycling was optimally beneficial for calorie burn, the bath also helped shed a fair few. The goal of the research was to raise the body’s core temperature by one degree. Scientists claim the bath was beneficial because of the increase in body temperature. So, avoid those cold baths, we say!
The research team at the prestigious sports centre then tracked the blood sugar of all participants for 24 hours and they found peak blood sugar was about 10 percent lower when the bath was taken as opposed to the bike ride. The research suggests ‘passive heating’ reduces inflammation. In fact, many cultures swear by the benefits of a hot bath and now after finding this out, we do too!
Loughborough University scientists tested 14 men by sending them on a one-hour bicycle ride and then letting them take a one-hour bath in water at a temperature of 40oC. The results showed the obvious and the unexpected: Even though the cycling was optimally beneficial for calorie burn, the bath also helped shed a fair few. The goal of the research was to raise the body’s core temperature by one degree. Scientists claim the bath was beneficial because of the increase in body temperature. So, avoid those cold baths, we say!
The research team at the prestigious sports centre then tracked the blood sugar of all participants for 24 hours and they found peak blood sugar was about 10 percent lower when the bath was taken as opposed to the bike ride. The research suggests ‘passive heating’ reduces inflammation. In fact, many cultures swear by the benefits of a hot bath and now after finding this out, we do too!