Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds
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- Regular cold exposure, like wearing an ice vest, may aid weight loss by activating brown fat to burn calories.
- A study of 47 overweight adults showed those using cooling vests lost 0.9kg of body fat in six weeks.
- Cold exposure could be a simple, low-cost addition to weight loss strategies, alongside diet and exercise.
- Researchers suggest cold exposure may improve health markers like lipids and glucose, reducing heart disease risk.
- Further studies are exploring if cold showers or swimming have similar fat-loss effects compared to vests.