Questions tagged [weight-loss]
A reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass.
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Do belt massagers promote weight loss?
I recently bought a piece of exercise equipment to help counteract all the time I spend sat in front of StackExchange. I thought I got a very good price for the base unit alone, but I obviously didn't ...
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Do people carry around up to 20 lbs (9 kg) of poop?
The claim from this site:
It’s been said that the average American carries around between 5-20
extra pounds of poop in their intestines.
It's hard to believe it's true. Is there a medical evidence ...
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Can the human body significantly build muscle while losing body fat?
The fitness community often says that you can't slim down and build muscle at the same time. The reason for this is said to be that the body is in a “catabolic state” with calorie deficit. In order to ...
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Is "Zuccarin"/"White Mullberry" effective for weight loss?
An ad for a supplement called "Zuccarin" in our local paper included a variety of claims:
"The slimming effect of stable blood sugar levels:
"A recent italian study of Zuccarin showned the ...
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Does stimulating the hypothalamus signal brain to store less body fat?
I come across another Indiegogo project that promises a weight loss just by carrying their device on the head. This device stimulates nerves behind the ear. They claim that these nerves send a signal ...
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Do fitness trackers make you fatter?
The idea of using a fitness tracker is that you should pay more attention to the amount of exercise you get and, therefore, be more likely to get enough. This should support weight loss in people who ...
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Did Kali Muscle weigh 99 pounds when he was 16 years old?
Body-builder, YouTuber and actor, Kali Muscle, claims in this video that he weighed 99 pounds (45 kg) when he was 16.
When I first started training, when I was 16 years old, I was 99 pounds.
That ...
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Can a person lose weight by being cold?
I encountered a person not wearing a jacket in cold weather. He said he does this to lose weight.
He explained his theory: By allowing his body to lose calories (heat energy) to the environment, his ...
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Can weight gain be due to underlying health conditions?
According to the NHS (United Kingdom):
Most people put on weight because they eat and drink more calories
than they burn through everyday movement and body functions.
But in some cases, your ...
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Are those claims from Linda Bacon's Health at Every Size accurate? [closed]
Facebook, Reddit, and basicly the rest of the internet exploded with the new viral movement HAES. This movement mainly claims, that being fat is healthy; alleging that they have "evidence" catching ...
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Does ghee help burn body fat?
Several people claim that ghee can promote weight loss by burning fat.
Max Sport and Fitness:
Ghee promotes a healthy digestive system and is good for weight loss due to its concentration of ...
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Does increasing water intake during a diet help with weight loss?
Just about any weight loss coach/program I've ever seen say that drinking a lot of water (exact amount vary) combined with a low-calorie diet helps with losing weight (compered to the diet alone)
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Do fenugreek tablets increase stamina and assist in weight loss?
Recently I was told, by a friend, that taking fenugreek tablets would increase stamina and assist in weight loss.
I am unsure of this claim. I had a quick look on Google but there is a lot of (...
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Is weight-loss almost always temporary?
I was reading this article on Cracked which claims:
The number of people who go from fat to thin, and stay there, statistically rounds down to zero.
That seemed like a pretty incredible claim, ...
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Is BodyTite effective at tightening the skin during liposuction?
BodyTite or Radio Frequency Assisted Liposuction (RFAL) is a form of liposuction helped by radio frequency:
involves heating the skin by the RF current which flows from the
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