Shake Your Groove Thing!
Scientists in Britain have discovered that shaking may do a body good.
Mice placed for 15 minutes daily on a platform that vibrated imperceptibly developed 30% less body fat than their non-shaken peers. The researchers believe this occurred due to the vibrations stimulating muscle contractions, much like exercise. In young mice, they suspect shaken stem cells were “tricked” into becoming bone or muscle cells, rather than fat cells, thus lowering allover body fat.
Yet another reason for housewives to enjoy sitting on their washing machine, I suppose.
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Comment by kimsch
October 24, 2007 @ 9:11 pm #
Remember those machines with the belts? The ones that were prominent in the 50’s? You’d stand there with the belt around your hips, lean back a little, and let ‘er rip, er vibrate…
Maybe they knew something back then…
Comment by Chubby Mommy
October 24, 2007 @ 9:13 pm #
You just reminded me of a goofy scene with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin — can’t remember the movie — where Dean’s standing there with his martini shaker in his hand and the belt waggling his hips.
I bet it’d work!
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