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Be Wary of Quick Fixes For Fat Loss
Our society is always looking for the quick fix for every type of problem. Weight management and fat loss is certainly no exception. When you read the fitness and health literature today, we see many “quick fix” approaches to fat loss. One “quick fix” is the use of fat loss pills or supplements.
The marketing hype in our print, Internet and TV media makes it very enticing to try fat loss supplements to reduce your body fat. Many of the fat loss supplements are mostly market hype. I’ve seen no credible research to indicate that any fat loss supplement can make a major difference in reducing body fat. Some of the research on these supplements is done on rats/mice, and not humans, and done by the manufacturer of the supplements. That makes you wonder how accurate and unbiased the research really is.
However, some fat loss supplements will help to a small degree. Some references indicate that if you’re on a fat loss program involving cardio, resistance training, and sensible diet, that some fat loss supplements may contribute up to 5% of the total fat lost. It seems hardly worth the money to buy a fat loss supplement for such a small benefit. Remember, the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate many fat loss supplements. Therefore, the checks and balances on the toxicity levels, effectiveness and side effects are not done on these supplements unless someone raises a complaint.
The bottom line is that the only effective and healthy method of losing body fat is a consistent program of cardio conditioning, resistance training and a sensible food plan. Let your body do what it was designed to do naturally. Using pills to force your body to burn body fat is not natural. When you use pills, you disturb the “natural order” of things in your body.
Body fat is nothing more than stored energy. Therefore, if you expend more energy (calories) than you consume in food and drink, then you will burn stored fat (stored calories). For some people, exercise is a very “hard pill to swallow”, but it’s the best “pill”. A fat loss program consisting of resistance training, cardio exercise and a sensible diet is the safest and most natural way to lose body fat.
Jeffry Robinson is a Fitness Consultant and Certified Personal Trainer residing in Destin, Florida (Northwest Florida Panhandle) specializing in fat loss programs. Mr. Robinson has developed the “Inches Away” Fat Loss Program, which is based on the latest and most effective fat loss principles. He offers the “Inches Away” Fat Loss Program through his Personal Training service to clients in the Destin, Miramar Beach and Niceville areas.
He also developed a Fitness Consulting Service to educate, empower and equip clients to “self-manage” their own uniquely designed fitness and health program. This program is designed for use by the client for the rest of their life. It’s a life-long fitness program tailored for the client’s specfic needs and goals. This Fitness Consulting service is available to clients in the Pensacola-Destin-Panama City areas in the NW Florida Panhandle. More about these services can be found at the following websites:
http://www.resultzpersonaltraining.com
http://www.resultzfitnessconsulting.com
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