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Altitude Tents for Weight Loss?

February 4th, 2010

 

Some athletes even sleep in high-altitude simulation tents while at sea level, Kram noted. “It would be interesting to see,’’ he said, if a similar method could be used for reducing appetite — and losing pounds.   -Losing the weight war? Head to the mountains

MY COMMENT:  Life is more strenuous at high altitude.  Zugspitze is 9,700 feet, and subjects that spent a week there lost an average of 3.3 pounds- it’s more difficult to move around and they probably ate less. 

It might be something for a company like Colorado Altitude Training to look into.

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