Water is not just a unique substance. The presence of liquid water on other planets allows us to hope that living organisms can exist there, and even on Mother Earth, there is no life where this simple and surprising H2O molecule is absent. We use it in its pure form, as well as in the products and various drinks. By the way, in the diet of modern man, the latter gradually replace the usual water, which is far from always good: often they carry additional calories that are not consumed in the modern way of life , but settle in extra kilograms, interfere with the assimilation of food, and often are simply harmful for example, a favorite of teenagers soda). One of the alternatives offered by some supporters of proper nutrition, instead of the usual drinks, is salted water, the benefit of which is that it presumably helps to cleanse the body and fight the extra pounds. Let's find out if this is really true and whether the salted water is that miraculous elixir for weight loss, allowing you to lose weight without diet and exercise.
Slimming with salted water
This method came to us from yoga, and initially had nothing to do with losing weight. The main task of Shank-Praxalan (this is what this technique is called) is purification of the body, in particular of the intestine, from the accumulated slags in it, which interfere with the well-coordinated work of all the systems of our body. In general terms, it looks like this:
1. Water preparation: warm salted water (about 36-40 degrees C, salt concentration - sea or rock salt - 15-20 g per liter of water) is taken for the bowel cleansing procedure.
2. The main part of the procedure: on an empty stomach 1 cup of salted water is drunk, then a set of exercises (asanas) is performed:
- posture of the mountain (tadasana) - stand upright , the feet are closed, their outer sides are parallel to one another, the body weight is evenly distributed over the surface of the feet, the knees are tense, the knee cups are pulled up, the stomach is pulled up, the spine and neck are maximally straightened, the chin is pointing down, are folded on the chest as in prayer;
- the pose of the tree, which is bent by the wind (tiryaka-tadasana) - the initial stance as in the previous pose, pulling up the hands, twisting their fingers, making 12 inclinations in each side;
- posture of rotation in the waist (kati-chakrasana) - stand straight, placing your feet at a distance of 60 cm from each other, arms stretched to the sides at the shoulder level, and turn the upper body to the right side, putting your left hand on your right shoulder, and your right wrapped waist from behind, repeat 10 times in each direction;
- posture of cobra turning back (tiryaka-bhujangasana) - lie down on the abdomen, legs join together, straighten, rest with socks to the floor, hands bend at the elbows, and put the palms at shoulder level, chin to the floor, then, very slowly throw back the head , leaning on the arms to bend the body, arched back, then slowly turn the head and body to the left, repeat 10 times in each direction;
- the posture of the massage of the abdomen (hitting the caršanasana) - squatting, placing the palms on the knees, tilting the right knee down, while trying to turn the trunk to the left, as hard as possible, the left knee remains in the vertical position, repeat 10 times in each direction.
3. It is necessary to drink salted water and alternate exercises until the defecation begins to produce almost pure water.
As already mentioned, the goal of this procedure is to cleanse the body, losing weight is rather a pleasant side effect, but not an end in itself. Moreover, if you perform the Shank-Praxalan procedure only with the goal of getting rid of extra pounds, it can not work at all, because it is very important emotional mood. In addition, this technique is quite radical, and it is necessary to conduct it for the first time only under the guidance of an experienced mentor, otherwise attempts to drink salted water to finally lose weight can result in staying in a hospital ward.