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MariaB -> RE: Can corsetting help lose weight etc (1/9/2014 1:11:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: StrictlyADomina
Corseting is the latest in a long line of gimmick diets. Yes food is tasty and exercise sucks. Wearing a corset to accomplish a result of weight loss and make your waist look small in a short period of time is just a gimmick.
If you like that look, great! If you like wearing a corset, wonderful. I like wearing one for very short periods of time 3 hours tops and for me it is more of an accessory, like earnings. I'm not wearing it to make my waist look smaller. That's me.
Corset dieting has been used since the corset was first developed, its certainly not a new fad. Its just changed and now has a load of health warnings and cautions. Corset diets insist on exercise and less calories but then I said that in my initial post.
So you wear a corset but you wear one thats the wrong size? Whats considered a fitted corset will always pull you in at the waist. If it doesn't then its too big and too big a corset moves all over the place because of its rigidity.
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Advocating that this is a wonderful way to lose weight painlessly and look smaller doing it with not having to do anything about nutritional choices is just silly.
Who is advocating that? I haven't for sure and neither did my links.
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The health benefits your article cited focus on the corset as type of back brace and yes, back braces have benefits for some people. The claim that it can solve headache problems and constipation issues are not back up by medical evidence and just make me giggle. But, hey if you have a crushing headache coupled with constipation you probably want relief anyway you can get it. There is documented evidence that placebos work for many people too.
Thats not what we are talking about though is it? We are talking about wearing a corset, eating less and doing exercise.
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It is the latest fad diet. There are problems with this, you need to be aware. This doctor advocates against it: Jyotindra Shah, M.D., a physician specializing in medical weight loss and founder of the Amari Clinic in Scarsdale, N.Y., said that the method could cause a host of major physical problems, such as a lack of oxygen intake into the body.
“Because the corset is so tight and is applied on the lower ribs, the body won’t receive the proper amount of oxygen it needs to thrive,” Shah told New York Smash. “Oxygen helps every aspect of the body, from organs to skin to brain to metabolism. This type of damage to the metabolism can also cause long-term health issues, possibly causing individuals to gain more weight in the long-run.”
The garment’s tightness could also result in damage to internal organs.
“Wearing the corset so tightly can bruise not only the skin, but cause permanent damage to the organs close to the skin, including the liver and spleen. Overall, this type of ‘diet’ is not only going to be ineffective for weight loss, but could also cause serious long-term damage to one’s body,” said Shah. Here's the article: http://newyorksmash.com/corset-diet-is-a-dangerous-weight-loss-trend-experts-say/
Here's another doctor who says it's about moderation.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2451134/Corset-diet-Extreme-weight-loss-trend-sees-women-constricting-ribs-12-hours-day.html
Whoever is saying its the latest fad diet, needs to do a little more research. Now of course it can do harm if the corset isn't fitted properly and impede lung capacity but any diet that isn't followed properly can be dangerous.
A properly fitted corset fits firmly but no more firmly than a prescribed medical corset, around the lower rib cage. A fashion corset snips in at the waist making waist look smaller and the hips look bigger. It shouldn't snip in any more than if you were to voluntarily pull in your stomach.
I also suggest to the op, If you really want to talk about this with others, I suggest you go and join the corset training groups on FL. They have 3 thousand members as well as 15 thousand members who are curious.
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