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Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Shopping Burns Calories!
Great news for all you shopping divas out there - a new survey has found shopping is good for you! It burns calories. Yipee - we can stay stylish and fit with a shopping trip!
From the London Paper in March 2008:
Women have finally received the news they have long been waiting for - shopping makes you thin.
The satisfaction a woman gets from bagging a bargain stimulates her heart so much it's as beneficial as going to the gym, experts have revealed.
Neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis said: "When we're excited, neurons in the brain go into overdrive and powerful chemicals are released in the blood. They produced the feeling of a high. The 'buzz' people receive from value-for-money purchases also created a physiological reaction similar to that experienced with physical exercise."
A shopper weighing eight stone burned an average 323 calories an hour - equivalent to a half hour aerobics class - in tests conducted by researchers at Sussex University. While an 11 stone woman burned 444 an hour, the number she would lose cycling in that time. But shopping does not only help you lose weight. Dr Lewis said: "Heart rates increase and blood pressures rise, which all lead to the body functioning more healthily".
WIDIANE.MOUSSA for thelondonpaper
So, why not shop yourself thin, and book a personal shopping trip with one of our stylists - not only do you get the benefit of finding out which styles & colours suit you, and how to mix and match your outfits, but you'll burn calories into the bargain: it's a win-win situation! Plus, you'll get to look gorgeous!
As Lou Reed would say (almost anyway): Oh what a perfect day - I want to spend it 'shopping' with you!
Author: Sarah Gilfillan
Tags: shopping, personal shopping, calorie burning