Does a hot bath burn like a brisk walk?
Taking a long and relaxing hot bath could have the same benefits as thirty minutes of brisk walking or a bicycle ride: this is revealed by a very interesting study, which evaluated the effects of a hot bath (water temperature is fundamental) on the cardio-metabolic health and the improvement of the metabolic syndrome (hypertension, obesity, high blood sugar, high cholesterol), taking into account how many people, despite the emergency of obesity, do not exercise. Researchers at Loughborough University have found that after an hour or so of a 40 ° bath, the basal metabolic rate rises, and one tends to burn by more than 79%, just like an hour of “slow” cycling or walking. fast.
The subjects studied in both cases burned an average of 130 calories
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