Journal of Nutrition & Weight Loss

Ariel S Torres

Publications

• Research Article
  Weight Loss after 5, 10, 15, and 20 Cold Wrap Treatments in a Private Slimming Center in the Philippines
  Author(s): Ariel S TorresAriel S Torres
  
  Introduction: Cold Wraps have been used by slimming centers in Switzerland since the 1960’s to lose weight by reactive thermogenesis. Being warm-blooded, we need to maintain a homeostatic temperature so exposure to cold with resultant hypothermia would signal the body to burn fat. Cold Wraps were a novel idea and it boasts of being able to burn as much as a thousand calories for each treatment done for only several minutes but whose effect lasts for 2-3 days. Though a few studies have been done to show that Cold exposure increases Calorie Burning, there has been no documentation on its end result of producing actual concrete weight loss results. Materials and Methods: A random sample of 325 patients in a private slimming centre in the Philippines was chosen. After application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 64 patients remained. .. View More»
  

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