Re: Fair Warning
This is interesting, research into losing belly fat...
Four groups:
1. The first of Prof Thompson's groups wore monitors to check activity throughout the day and the volunteers were told to eat as they normally would.
He gave them simple lifestyle changes to make them more active and increase their daily step count.
2. Prof Thompson's second group was given a classic internet belly-fat fix - sit-ups.
Each volunteer did six exercises three times each - every other day over the six-week period.
3. The third group, monitored by Prof Karpe, was given the task of following another popular online belly fat reduction suggestion - consuming up to three glasses of milk (one litre) a day.
There has been research suggesting that dairy consumption might promote fat excretion.
Fat comes out in the faeces rather than being absorbed
4. The fourth group was the diet group.
They were not told to change the type of food they ate.
Their task was simply to reduce portion size, measuring foods with their hands and fingers.
They were also told to cut out snacks between meals.
The aim was to make this as easy to follow as possible - if people are given separate meal plans from the rest of the family it can be difficult to follow and more expensive.
Guess which group lost the weight and the inches off their waists!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36763102