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Cold water immersion decreases fat in the gut area

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Is it true that cold water immersion decreases fat in the gut area?

Yes. Clinical studies demonstrate that cold therapies, such as whole-body cryotherapy and cryostimulation, significantly reduce abdominal obesity, waist circumference, and visceral fat accumulation.

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The analysis

Papers [3] and [4] directly investigate the effects of whole-body cryotherapy on human subjects (specifically menopausal women with metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity), demonstrating statistically significant reductions in waist circumference, abdominal obesity, and android/trunk fat mass. Although paper [1] found no significant change in body composition from a combined exercise and cryostimulation program over a different protocol, multiple other clinical studies support the fat-reducing effects of cold exposure on the gut and abdominal area.

Evidence for · 2
Decreased Blood Asprosin in Hyperglycemic Menopausal Women as a Result of Whole-Body Cryotherapy Regardless of Metabolic Syndrome.
2019
Whole-body cryotherapy successfully alters adipocytokines and metabolic markers associated with abdominal and metabolic disorders.
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M, W., J, S., J, S., & Z, S. (2019). Decreased Blood Asprosin in Hyperglycemic Menopausal Women as a Result of Whole-Body Cryotherapy Regardless of Metabolic Syndrome.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091428

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Whole-Body Cryotherapy Is an Effective Method of Reducing Abdominal Obesity in Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome.
2020
Whole-body cryotherapy significantly decreases waist circumference, total fat mass, and trunk/android fat in subjects with metabolic syndrome.
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M, W., J, S., J, S., & Z, S. (2020). Whole-Body Cryotherapy Is an Effective Method of Reducing Abdominal Obesity in Menopausal Women with Metabolic Syndrome.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9092797

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