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Body Wraps & Weight Loss
Copyright 2005 P. Mehta http://www.fatfreekitchen.com
Body wraps can help tone and tighten the skin, improve blood
circulation, detoxify the body and help mobilize fat so it
can be eliminated from the body naturally. You do not need
any special equipment other than a mixing bowl, heating pot
and wrapping sheets like thin towels.
Body wraps work in two stages: absorption and squeezing (compaction).
In the absorption stage you apply a substance on your body
by "wraps". Once the pores of skin are opened, the fluids
are "extracted" or "absorbed" by the substance and the bandage.
There are several absorbents: sea clay, seaweed, herbal, mineral
and aloe vera. The effect of the wrap is determined by the
ingredients used.
Squeezing is simply compacting the tissues together after
the "interstitial fluid" has been extracted. Once the fluids
have been extracted, there are empty "pockets" between the
cells. So if somehow we can squeeze them closer together,
the end result should be a thinner and leaner looking body.
The body bandages and wraps squeeze the body part and squeezing
together the empty "pockets".
A simple wrap can be a mixture of a clay and some salt. More
complex body
wraps contain herbs, essential oils and nutritive ingredients.
The exact proportions of ingredients are not important but
the repeated use will be useful. You can add a small amount
of nutrition oil (upto 2 tablespoons) if your skin is too
dry.
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