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A breakdown of fitness industry myths: waist trainers don't reduce belly fat, BCAAs don't build muscle, fat-burner supplements are wasteful, and body-fat scales are often 10-15% inaccurate. The only proven way to lose fat is a calorie deficit.

A breakdown of fitness industry myths: waist trainers don't reduce belly fat, BCAAs don't build muscle, fat-burner supplements are wasteful, and body-fat scales are often 10-15% inaccurate. The only proven way to lose fat is a calorie deficit.
Today I feel like exposing the fitness industry. So here are the biggest scams you should know about. The BMI chart for determining health, taking BCAAs for building muscle, L-glutamine or greens powder for bloating, L-carnitine or any supplement that claims to burn fat. They are all a waste of your money. Waist trainers for losing belly fat or those sweat belts for losing belly fat. The people who try to sell you a workout program on your body type, fasted cardio for burning fat, or any workout that Anybody that is claiming to burn fat, the only way to burn fat is by eating in a calorie deficit. Anybody claiming to fix your broken metabolism, they have no clue what that even means. Run as far away as possible. Those scales that are supposed to measure your body fat percentage, or even those in-body scales to a degree, they've been shown to be 10 to 15% inaccurate. And here's where I'll lose some people, but anyone who says diet soda is gonna kill you.