01/4Understand the mechanism behind sweating

Many of us directly link sweating to a good workout, burning more calories and a giant leap towards weight loss.

Is it true?

In order to understand if calories are burned during sweating, you need to understand the mechanism behind sweating.

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02/4​What is sweating?

​What is sweating?

Sweating is the body's own regulatory process towards temperature. When the temperature is high, the body releases water and salt through skin pores which when evaporated produces a cooling effect.

So, while the debate over burning calories is still on, it is certain that sweating leads to loss of water from the body and oversweating can lead to dehydration.

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03/4​Where does this connection come from?

​Where does this connection come from?

Why do people equate sweating with calorie burning. It might be because of rhe fact that we associate more workout with weight loss. We have a notion that a person who is physically active, physically strong enough to meet the demands of a gym workout is a fit person.

This is the wrong belief that should be changed. While workout is an essential part of weight management, a healthy diet is as important as that.

Heavy workout, or working out till you wear down the body does not always mean having a good workout. Overdoing workouts has its own demerits. This is why trainers suggest rest and a good diet for the body so that it heals completely.

Therefore, do not fall for these false claims that the more you sweat the quicker you lose weight.

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04/4​What is the truth?

​What is the truth?

Calories are burned during sweat-filled activities but sweating is not an indicator of that, say experts.

Sweating is not a parameter to decide if the workout is helping you to lose weight.

Everybody has its own way of sweating.

Sweating is guided by genetics, environment, age, fitness and weight. There is no specific link between sweating and weight loss.

Experts say sweating means your body responded to the workout after the temperature elevated and found a way to cool down. Sweating buckets does not mean you have sweated out fat.

It is not the exercise that has caused sweating, it is the elevated body temperature that has caused it.

According to a research, 90 minutes of hot yoga session can burn about 330 calories in women, and 460 in men. While this is because of the exercise, not the sweating a similar result can be obtained by brisk walking alone.

So, instead of pushing yourself to heavy workouts, you need to adopt a moderate lifestyle to bring weight in control.

If this was true, the summer season would have been the answer to every weight gain issue.

Read: Belly fat-busting yoga asanas you can do at home

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