I have a muffin top and belly fat I want to tone, but the trainer claims you can't spot reduce?

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Theoldguy1 wrote: »

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UroIogist wrote: »

We all store fat in different places. You may store less fat in your legs, so while your legs may convey a lower body fat percentage, your actual body fat percentage may be higher.

Here is some helpful information:

"Eat right. Choose a balanced diet that helps you achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Include plenty of calcium: according to another study from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, the more calcium a woman consumes, the less visceral fat she gains. Avoid products that seem to encourage belly fat deposition, including trans fats (hydrogenated vegetable oils) and fructose-sweetened foods and beverages" (https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/taking-aim-at-belly-fat).

"Diet is also important. Pay attention to portion size, and emphasize complex carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, and whole grains) and lean protein over simple carbohydrates such as white bread, refined-grain pasta, and sugary drinks. Replacing saturated fats and trans fats with polyunsaturated fats can also help"(https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/abdominal-fat-and-what-to-do-about-it).

Completely unnecessary advice here with restrictions. Specific Foods don’t drive where fat is stored. I assume you woo’d my post about ice cream then

Also shame on Harvard for claiming studies have shown without references to the studies. Pretty much garbage articles

It's Harvard Heath, not some Instagram "influencer" I'm pretty sure they can back up their statements.

We have actual doctors out here telling you not to vaccinate your kids or that fasts cure cancer. So no I won’t take some Harvard guy for their word. It’s lazy and bad journalism. Certainly not posts someone should link to prove a point that experienced dieters know is false

Doctors telling people not to vaccinate are the insignificant few.

Harvard is one of the most respected medical schools in the world. They are not going to post advice on their site that is contrary to thoughts that are generally accepted in the medical community.

Just me, but I'm following Harvard Med's advice vs "experience dieters".

It's the Harvard Health BLOG--has nothing to do with the medical school, it's just a newsletter written by their PR department like any number of other posts out there in the interwebz. We have half a dozen similar publications at the medical school I work at.

Go to faculty pages, department pages and peer-reviewed journals if you're interested in Harvard's actual medical research. Not a clickbait blog that doesn't even refer back to or cite existing research actually being done at Harvard.

Agree. And it holds no more weight than any other random blog. Some people are influenced because it says Harvard. This has been pointed out in other threads in the past.