Plans to fashion and trends training: what works?

Everywhere where you activate it, someone done something she swears will change his body. Maybe this colleague whose green juice bottles clutter the fridge's Office claims that she has lost 3 pounds in three days. Maybe your buddy said that his clothes are more flexible after hot yoga. In a world of iEverything, where immediate gratification of the rules, it's easy to think it is a magic way to drop pounds fast. Before you eat, sweat yourself silly or something extreme, find out what the experts have to say.

Juice cleanses

How they work: Order you drinks of fruits and vegetables from one of the ubiquitous juice - cleanse companies such as BluePrintCleanse or organic Avenue. Then, as you've probably heard of the friend who will not be silent on this subject on Facebook for three to five days, you drink only these beverages. (If you need to eat, some companies say some foods, especially raw vegetables are OK.)

If it works (and they are safe)? You could do, but it's going to be for most of the weight of the water. "No one should do a juice fast for more than three days," warns Pamela Peeke, MD, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and author of The Hunger Fix. No matter how many vitamins have juices, the lack of fat means that some of them will be properly absorbed. If repeat you cleanses, Dr. Peeke, periods of caloric deprivation could cause a slowdown in the temporary metabolism. Stay away, if you are pregnant or if you have diabetes. And know that you could still take the weight if you do too, with fruit juices, adds Frank Lipman, M.D., a specialist in integrative medicine in New York. Even the healthiest packages of sugar fruit juices. Species: organic Avenue graceful grapefruit juice has 37 grams.

If you want to try a: A juice fast of three days before a big event should be fine, allows Dr. Peeke, but check with your doctor first. And be aware that these regimes may clean you in several ways: they cost up to $75 per day.

Hot Yoga

How it works: The original is the Bikram yoga, a series of 90-minute 26 poses done twice in a studio of 105 degrees. You will find other courses of hot yoga, yoga Vinyasa or Ashtanga, given in 90-degree-plus rooms. Proponents claim that high times helps the metabolism boost.

If it works (and it sure)? "You're going to sweat a ton, then you go to drink like crazy and delivers to the weight of water that you have lost," says Dr. Peeke. Respect the claims you will burn fat faster? "Your metabolism improves, at least temporarily, about any exercise." And the heat can make you move less vigorously, says Don B. Franks, PhD, fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine: "plus of work you do, the more calories you burn. Avoid the hot yoga if you suffer from high blood pressure or heart disease because it can boost blood pressure.

If you want to try: Paste with power yoga or aerobics to burn fat more effectively. But if try you the hot yoga, drink up: Masters Bikram recommend an ounce from 64 to 80 additional of water per day.

Acupuncture

How it works: This ancestral practice has found new life as part of some slimming strategies. A practitioner inserts fine needles along the ear for target "hunger points" which, when stimulated, can affect appetite-related hormones.

If it works (and it sure)? "Only in combination with a diet and exercise and the magnitude of the benefit is not clear," said Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Director of the scholarship at the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. It suggests that the potential gains may more likely be the result of a weekly interaction with the acupuncturist: "When someone is responsible, they have generally more successful." Of course, check with a friend could be used for this purpose.

If you want to try: Go to a reputable provider. Find a list of practitioners to the National Commission for Certification for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine site, nccaom.org. Cost of between $50 and $120 sessions; most people go once a week.

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