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What's the deal with "body wraps"?
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Question:
What's the deal with "body wraps"? Do they really shrink
fat cells or this just another weightLoss scam?
Answer:
Body wraps do not shrink fat cells or burn body fat - no matter
what type of wrap: bandages soaked in herbs or minerals, plastic,
foil, vinyl, seaweed, clay, mud - it doesn't matter, body wraps
don't burn fat.
And those "sauna wraps" or rubber "wraps" that go around
your waist? They can't "burn" an ounce of fat either.
Fat can only be lost with a caloric deficit from a reduction in
food intake, an increase in activity or ideally, a combination of both.
Whenever you see fat loss claims for wraps or any other product which
doesn't involve nutrition or exercise, you could certainly call that a
"scam" and you should always stay away, no matter how compelling the
sales pitch
Furthermore, the companies making fat loss claims would be in hot water with
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if they were investigated because claims
for bodyfat reduction from wraps cannot be supported with scientific evidence.
The FTC as well as various state attourney general's offices have already
taken action against body wrap companies in the past for false advertsing and
unsupported claims. Some simply had to stop making false claims, others
had to pay stiff fines as well.
Some of these products defintely CAN take off inches (for example reduce
your waist measurement), but it's temporary and it's not fat, its water weight
and fluid.
Remember, "inches" and "fat" are not the same thing.
Suppose this claim is made in an advertisement:
* Lose Up To 15 inches in 1 Hour! *
This is legal advertising because the claim "lose inches" might be
supportable (if enough circumference measurements are taken with a
tape measure at enough sites, that might add up to a total of 15
inches in circumference loss)
However I feel that these types of claims are misleading (and probably
intentionally so), because "inches" is not the same as body fat but you
might easily confuse "inches" with "fat."
Contrast that claim with this one:
*LoseBody Fat without diet or exercise in 1 Hour!*
That claim is totally false and usupportable.
Again, body wraps cannot burn fat or "shrink fat cells."
If fat loss could be achieved with body wraps it would be very
easy to test and prove.
Body composition (bodyfat) testing (rather than measurements of inches)
could be performed before and after the wrap, and the answer ("does it
work") would become easily exposed.
Since it doesn't work, you won't find any wrap people accepting your
challenge to allow you to do independent body composition testing, nor
will you find a shred of scientific evidence showing reduction of bodyfat
from wraps.
Unfortunately, bogus fat loss claims are still quite widespread, as a
simple Internet search for "body wrap" will demonstrate. The most
frequently used claims however, are for loss of "inches."
The inches lost simply come from loss of fluid. And guess what -
those inches (and or water weight) will come right back in days
if not hours, as soon as you completely re-hydrate yourself.
Other claims made for body wraps include detoxification, improved
cirulation and tighter, smoother and clearer skin.
Most health and fitness researchers, as well as government agencies such
as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will tell you that these claims
fall somewhere between "debatable" and "a bunch of pseudoscientific
gobblydegook."
Some experts even warn that certain types of wraps can be dangerous,
mainly due to the rapid and excessive fluid loss/dehydration.
If you want to get "mummified" because you find it relaxing or
you consider it a "pampering", "spa-like" treatment, that's one thing.
Just remember, wraps have absolutely nothing to do with fat loss.
I'd suggest completely avoiding any companies that advertise fat loss
when it's only water and inches you're losing, because a dishonest company
is one you don't want to patronize at all.
One last thing -- I felt this was a timely question because although
"body wraps" have been around for ages and it's old news, I noticed
that TV infomercials for those "waist belts" are BACK and I see that
they are replaying them over and over again, which means people are
falling for it.
Listen: EVERYTHING I just said about body wraps applies to those
rubber waist belts too.
On a web search I just did for those rubber belt waist wraps, I noticed
some of the websites are STILL making claims like "Melt fat" (totally
bogus, unsupported and illegal claim).
Other sites seem to be wary of the FTC paying them a visit, so they do
a whole song and dance around the legal issues by saying stuff like,
"sweat away inches," "therapeutic heat", "target your problem areas"
and so on.
Even if these claims are not illegal, the promotions are still deceptive:
The professional fitness model (who trains hours a day, takes body-enhancing
drugs or has freak genetics), is pictured taking off the rubber belt, revealing
ripped six pack abs below. Yeah right... as if the abs are a result of wearing
the belt! These are professional models folks!
What a bunch of HOOEY! The people selling this garbage should be tarred
and feathered then hung from their little toes in Times Square...
(while we're at it, whaddya say we string up those dorks who are back
on TV again selling those ab zappers too!)
If you sincerely want to learn how to get rid of body FAT permanently,
and not just water and inches temporarily, then look into the Burn The Fat
program... It's a FAT LOSS program, not a "water loss" program! (and when
the inches do go, it will take a little longer, but they will be inches
of FAT... gone forever!)
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