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Pixie
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Pixie asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 10 years ago

Safe fat burning supplements, are there any?

So, before the judgment starts let me say this: I have, for my whole life, maintained a regular exercise program and eaten healthy. My exercise consists of a blend of cardio, weight training, and yoga - usually 4-6 days per week. I am 5 feet tall, and weigh 112 pounds. According to the CDC, this is a healthy height/weight ratio.

HOWEVER, here is my delimma: When I get my BMI tested, I have an unhealthy percentage of body fat. (by the electro-ma-jiggy method) Apparently this is known as "skinny fat".

Outside of diet and exercise, how can I get my body fat percentage down to a healthy level and increase my lean muscle? I have never taken weight-loss supplements, but now I am seriously considering it. Most of what I have researched recommends weight training, which I already do 3-4 days per week.

Update:

By eating healthy, I mean selecting nutrient-dense foods and monitoring my caloric intake.

My height/weight has been the same for the last 10 years - since I was about 18.

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  • 10 years ago
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    Well, if there are safe supplements you would have no way of knowing for sure. The reason is simply. Supplements are not required to be tested. Beyond that, there are no fat burning supplements that work. There aren't every any good pharmaceuticals that work. Why do you think the US leads the developed world in obesity?

    The best health experts in the world (the US National Institute of Health), the people US doctors listen to, advise you should never take a supplement without the recommendation of a health care professional because all supplements are potentially hazardous to your health as supplements do not have to be tested. The result is many supplements are contaminated, worthless, have false advertising or label claims, and may contain dangerous or worthless chemicals or substances.

    Here's an example of one scam site (bodybuilding.com) which pretends to be a bodybuilding website but is really just a front for selling supplements as evidenced by this list of over 60 dangerous supplement products they were forced to recall and take off the market --> http://www.usrecallnews.com/2009/11/bodybuilding-c... . More here --> http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformati...

    Bodybuilding.com is a good example why you should never buy supplements whether you want to burn fat, gain weight, build muscle, or are just hoping to improve your health. The scammers who sell junk supplements do so by using advertising, celebrity endorsements, fake testimonials, phony interviews and news reports, bogus reviews, and every other technique possible to convince you their product is safe and effective. They have saturated the internet with thousands of web sites so no matter what you search for, you'll only find glowing reviews of their products at the top of the search results. And, the result of this effort has led an entire generation of young people to believe in fat burners, diet pills, mass gainers, pre and post workout supplements and other junk which not only do we not need but which are ineffective, a waste of money, and possibly even hazardous. The voice of truth is relatively quite compared to the $billions spent on supplement advertising, so before you buy any supplements, inform yourself with the links below.

    Scammers target the young, gullible, and naive demographic because they know they can sway them with greater ease than the older, wiser buying public. But, there are some easy questions you can answer using simple logic to be able to qualify a scammer as suspect. Here are some examples.

    • If there was an easy way to do hard things like burn fat or build muscle, why doesn't the whole world know about it? How could that be kept secret when that's what so many people desire?

    • If there was a supplement that helped people shed pounds, why doesn't your doctor recommend it? If you're overweight, why doesn't your physician just give you the pill or recommend the acai or HCG diet or whatever? Why are physicians always telling the same story about obesity and how to cope with it?

    • If there were supplements that could help burn fat or build muscle, why haven't the huge and powerful pharmaceutical companies taken them over? Why let the scammers like GNC and Weider continue to make $millions off the public when they have a much greater capacity for providing such products?

    • Why do people pay big bucks to have liposuction or stomach stapling if supplements could really help them to lose fat?

    There is only one good answer to all of these questions. Most of the supplements which are supposed to make you lose fat, add muscle, grow taller, kill appetite, gain weight, bulk up, get ripped, etc. just don't work. It's really that simple.

    If you just can't resist buying a supplement, at the very least make sure it bears the trademark logo and name of one of the following independent testing laboratories.

    • USP (US Pharmacopoeia)

    • ComsumerLab.com

    • NSF (NSF International)

    Such testing does not guarantee effectiveness or safety but it's better than nothing. The best advice remains: Don't use supplements.

    You don't need to weight train. Just eat right and you can lose fat. Calorie control is the key. You can burn fat in your sleep and run all day and not burn an ounce all depending on your intake. Be smart.

    Good luck and good health!!

    Now, for your own welfare and well being, please review all of the links below.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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    Source(s): Yoga Lessons http://givitry.info/LearnAboutYoga
  • 5 years ago

    1

    Source(s): Lose Fat Superfast Doing Nothing - http://puregarciniaget.com/?gIdk
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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    Source(s): Get Muscles Fast http://emuy.info/MuscleStrengthHealth
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  • Sula
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    safe fat burning supplements

  • 5 years ago

    Reducing fat is 9 0% about eating the proper food

  • 5 years ago

    If you ever consider to preserve a diet regime you always uncover that a lot of diet programs advise that you fully avoid specified meals groups this kind of as carbohydrates and at finish all the pounds that you lost (if you get to drop them) are coming back.

  • 5 years ago

    Add extra 10 or 15 mins to your cardio routine

  • 5 years ago

    Lose Your Belly Fat Naturally : http://losefat.healthandlivings.com/

  • 4 years ago

    take several much less bites of your mealtime

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