It’s easy to believe what the ads tell us; that the only way to get as lean as the "hot bodies" we see in the ads on TV and other media is by taking their "miracle pills" and that proper nutrition and exercise alone is not enough. This has in turn stimulated interest in fat burner pills and supplements. But are you safe taking these fat burners for women, appetite suppressants, and weight loss pills? Find the answers in this free report, including tips how to get independent verification of the fat burner claims, side-effects, scams, and if you really need fat burners at all besides nutrition and exercise. Read more here: http://femalefatlossbuzz.com

1. Fat Burners For Women
Are You Safe?
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Fat burner supplements are advertised everywhere these days - on
the internet, in magazines and even on TV. The ads almost always
feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder and claim that
these products, usually pills, were the secret to their six pack abs
and very low body fat levels. Some of these ads suggest that the only
way to get as lean as the "hot bodies" you see in the ads is by taking
their "miracle pills" and that proper nutrition and exercise alone is
not enough.
While I won't dismiss the fact that there are ingredients in some fat
"burner" products that might help a little bit, I take great
displeasure in seeing misleading advertising claims as well as the
misleading use of models who are often paid to endorse the product
even though they may never have even used it (they're just models!)
Many “fat burner” companies have been sued by the Federal Trade
Commission for false advertising, false claims and falsifying before
and after photos.
The best you get is a slight thermogenic effect and possibly some
slight appetite suppression. A few products might work through
other mechanisms like improving thyroid, but if you forgive me the
generalization, I consider the effects of all these “fat burner”
products to be minutia.
In one of my previous newsletters, I said that in my opinion, 97% of
your results come from nutrition and training and maybe you get an
extra 3% advantage from supplements. Just so you know those
numbers aren’t something I just pulled out of thin air, let’s take an
example:
I have reviewed scientific data that EGCG, the active ingredient in
green tea extract, if consumed in enough quantity, could increase
thermogenesis / metabolic rate by an average of about 75 calories in
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extract appears in many ephedra-free formulas these days. What is a
typical calorie expenditure for an active male in 24 hours? let’s say
2700 calories per day. 75/2700 = 2.7%.
That little extra doesn’t hurt, especially when it's delivered in a
healthful package such as green tea (rather than central nervous
system stimulants), but it's minutia in the bigger picture. Another
way to put this into perspective is to make a list of what other things
would burn 75 calories (for 150 lb person :)
● walk your dog for 15 minutes
● walk for 5 minutes at normal casual pace three times a day
● 30 minutes of ironing
● bagging leaves and grass clippings for 14 minutes
● re arrange your furniture for 10 minutes
● wash your car, 15 minutes
● vacuuming for 15 minutes
● 7.2 minutes of walking up stairs (could be spread throughout
the day)
Ah yes, but why move your body when you can take the pill and
metabolism increases while you sit and watch TV? How about for
your health? A body that is not moved, rots away. Unlike a car which
only has so many miles on it and wears out from over-use, people
are the only “machines” on earth that fall apart from under-use.
Here’s what any good personal trainer will always tell you: No
amount of calorie restriction or pill-popping will ever give you
FITNESS. It will never give you STRENGTH. it will never get you
MUSCULARITY. It will never give you FUNCTIONALITY. At best it
will help you reduce body mass slightly.
On one hand, I’m tempted to say that everything counts and that yes,
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does. After you’re exercising regularly and all your fundamentals are
in place, details and little things do matter.
I’m simply asking you to put the benefits of any fat burners in
proper perspective and realize that (1) there is no “need” for taking
them and (2) the claims made in the ads are often erroneous or
exaggerated.
My advice on fat burners:
1. NEVER buy a fat burner unless you get independent
verification of the claims made for the product.
How do you KNOW they really work? Are you SERIOUSLY going to
take the advertisers word for it? Are you SERIOUSLY going to take
someone else’s testimonial as fact? Get verification for yourself by
going to the pub med data base and looking for the primary
research.
2. Put it in perspective
With those products that work, such as those providing a small
thermogenic effect, put that in perspective as compared to how
easily you could burn that many calories with even light exercise
like walking or housework. Keep in mind the additional fitness and
strength benefits you will obtain from exercise as opposed to doing
nothing and popping a pill.
3. See if there are any side effects or health warnings.
With all supplements and especially with prohormones or stronger
thermogenics like the ephedrine and caffeine stack, (if you still have
access to them), understand the risk to benefit ratio, and be certain
you know the dangers and contraindications.

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4. Read the label and see if the product contains enough active
ingredient to even work.
A classic scam is when a “fat burner” advertisement quotes research
that a certain ingredient boosts metabolism, which might be true.
What they may not tell you is that all the research with positive
results used a large dosage of the ingredient, which might not be
cheap. So the supplement company includes a “pinch” or “light
dusting” of that ingredient just so they can say it’s in the bottle, even
though it's nothing more than “label decoration.” Then they have the
audacity to invoke the research studies in their advertisements
when the amount of the ingredient in their product is nowhere near
what was used in the research!
5. Proprietary blend scam.
Some companies don't let you see how much ingredient is in the
product formula, because it contains multiple ingredients and they
say their formula is a “trade secret” aka “proprietary”, so they list
what is in the product but not how much. Well, if you don’t know
how much is in there then how are you supposed to know whether
it contains the proper dosage? (answer: you don't!)
6. Make sure there is human research, not just rodent research.
In many cases, advertisements cite studies on rats and mice as
“proof” under the assumption that the product will produce the
same results in humans. Animal research is an important part of the
scientific method, as it is often used to help find areas of research
where human study should be pursued, or in the other direction, to
trace back the mechanism that makes something work. However, for
obesity research in particular, a positive finding in rats does not
mean the same thing will happen in humans.
7. Look for more than one human study.

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Consider trying a supplement after it has human research that has
been replicated by different research groups which are not industry-
sponsored. My policy is that I will usually only give a “buy” rating to
a supplement when a product has an initial well-designed human
controlled trial published and then similar research has been
replicated by another research group that is not supplement-
industry funded.
Actually, I think it’s a good thing that nutrition and supplement
companies fund and sponsor some of the research. They should.
They should not only back up their claims with published clinical
trials, they should share some of the cost of this expensive research.
However, a basic principle of the scientific method is replication.
Other researchers should be able to duplicate the findings.
Therefore, while the funding source does not necessarily prove bias,
if there is only one study available on a supplement and it is
company or industry sponsored, I usually take it with a grain of salt
and put an asterisk next to it while I wait for confirmation from
another study. (You might be surprised at how infrequently this
type of confirmation occurs).
Do you really need “more” than nutrition and exercise?
Now, when you weigh the fact that even the products with research
backing them only help a little, with the fact that many of the ads lie
to you about research, exaggerate claims and hide vital information
about ingredients, and with the fact that you can do a few more
minutes of exercise per day and get the same results for free, how
enthusiastic are you about fat burners? Yeah, that’s why I’m not real
excited about them either and based on the fact that I use no drugs
and no “fat burner” supplements and I compete in bodybuilding -
very successfully - I’d say that the assertion, “it takes more than
nutrition and exercise to get six pack abs” is patently false.

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