Turning on your cold tap for 10-30 seconds during your shower could help you burn fat. It’s Day 29 in the Tweak Diet
An icy shower could help burn fat during the day. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found making yourself cold activates ‘brown fat’, a good type of fat in the body that increases metabolism and burns off white fat, the kind that makes you flabby and old.
Brown fat is present in babies researchers have found, but adults can help re-activate theirs by lowering their temperatures.
So switch on your cold tap for ten seconds at the end of your shower to lower your body temperature for the day and then, slowly build up your cold tap endurance to 30 seconds over the course of a few months (by summer, like). Brrrr.
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More posts in Healthista’s January Daily Tweak Diet
Day #1 Record everything you eat
Day #2 Drink two litres of water daily
Day #3 Your at-a-glance portion guide
Day #4: Have a protein breakfast for weight loss
Day #5 Cut back on sugar with these simple tips
Day #6 Burn an extra 500 calories a day (without the gym)
Day #7 Snack on 40 almonds a day
Day #8 Is it real hunger or a craving?
Day #9 Take the stairs – five times
Day #10 Add flavour without calories
Day #11 Weigh yourself once a week
Day #12 Drink four cups of green tea a day
Day #13 The 4 words that can stop emotional eating
Day #15 Have a bitter green salad before dinner
Day #17 Add vinegar to your food
Day #19 Do short workouts most days
Day #20 Make healthy Ready Meals
Day #22 Have a cup of veg in the AM
Day #24 Shop online, lose weight
Day #25 Walk 12,000 steps a day for weight loss
Day #27 The mind trick that helps you slim
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