strange but true, and here is how this works, Steve Faulkner of Loughborough University wrote this article for The Conversation:
'At Loughborough University we investigated the effect of a hot bath on blood sugar control (an important measure of metabolic fitness) and on energy expended (number of calories burned). We recruited 14 men to take part in the study. They were assigned to an hour-long soak in a hot bath (40˚C) or an hour of cycling. The activities were designed to cause a 1˚C rise in core body temperature over the course of one hour. We measured how many calories the men burned in each session. We also measured their blood sugar for 24 hours after each trial. Cycling resulted in more calories being burned compared with a hot bath, but bathing resulted in about as many calories being burned as a half-hour walk (around 140 calories). The overall blood sugar response to both conditions was similar, but peak blood sugar after eating was about 10% lower when participants took a hot bath compared with when they exercised'.
as we do not have a bath I wonder if standing in our shower for one hour would have the same effect?photograph Robson Hatsukami Morgan/Unsplash.
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