"BIG FAT LIES" PART 11
Fat Loss Lie #11:
:: Steroids, growth hormone, weight loss drugs or surgery will help me lose this stubborn fat for good and regain my health and youthful appearance ::
For many people who are frustrated with little or no results, despite their best intentions, physique-enhancing drugs or hormones appear to be a panacea or "miracle cure."
Steroids have been around for a long time. So have obesity drugs. Lately, there's been a push for the use of Human Growth Hormone or Testosterone under the harmless sounding labels of "anti-aging medicine" and "Hormone replacement therapy."
Of course, these are sometimes needed for clinicalreasons, but the sales pitch I'm referring to isbeing made mostly to perfectly healthy baby boomers, who desperately want to regain their youthful looks and vitality.
Dramatic short-term results in body composition can be achieved from using all kinds of weight loss drugs, steroids, thermogenics, thyroid drugs, growth hormone and other chemicals.
However, appearances can be deceiving. The road of drug use for cosmetic enhancement can be a wild ride in the beginning, but in the long run, it's a dead end street.
Regardless of whether we're talking about illegal steroids and performance enhancers, prescription obesity drugs, or even over the counter "fat burning" drugs like ephedrine, these are all really one in the same:
(1) multi million dollar moneymakers, and
(2) Short-term attempts at treating effects, not causes.
Lets take obesity drugs, for example:
What would happen if the pharmaceutical companies finally came out with a "safe and effective" obesity drug and brought it to the marketplace on a massive scale?
Here's exactly what would happen:
THE OBESITY PROBLEM WOULD CONTINUE, AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WOULD GET RICHER!
Think about it: Did Xenical cure obesity? How about Phentermine? Meridia? Adipex? Bontril? Didrex? Tenuate?
What about Ephedrine? Did that solve the obesity problem?
How about gastric bypasses? 100,000 were performed last year. Did that solve the obesity problem?
In a few cases where someone's health is at stake, and when time is of the essence, the benefits of these approachesmay outweigh and justify the risks.
However, even in these cases, you have to concede that these are last-resort treatments - not first lines of defense -and absolutely not a substitute for proper nutrition and exercise. Here's the flaw with thinking that any drugs will be a long-term solution:
We live in an orderly universe where everything happens for a reason (by "law"). For every effect, there is a cause. There are no accidents.
A lean body never happens by accident.
An overweight body never happens by accident.
A lean body and an overweight body are effects. Both of these effects have causes. If you're overweight, you can create lasting changes 100% of the time if you uncover the cause of the overweight condition and remove it.
The cause of body fat in nearly all cases is inactivity, poor nutrition and often negative self-image issues. Drugs and surgery can only treat an effect (the fat). Even if the fat (the effect) is temporarily removed, it will come back if the cause is still there.
You can't expect pills, drugs or surgical procedures that only treat symptoms (effects) to create permanent changes.
Depending on your genetics, you may never look like a bodybuilder or fitness cover model, but you always have the power to improve your body and your health far above and beyond where you are today.
You can always improve, no matter where you arenow and no matter what your genetic disposition.
How? By accepting responsibility for your situation and then taking positive action every day for the rest of your life to improve it. You simply have to change your lifestyle!
Try to fight "the law" or avoid hard work by looking for short cuts if you want, but in the end, you'll always lose.
Try to ignore "the law" if you want, but ignorance of the law does not excuse you from its operation.
Lifelong health, fitness and a perfect body weight do not come out of a bottle or needle and never will - no matter what new concoction they cook up in the lab.
Those who think otherwise may gain temporary relief from health woes or enjoy some short-term benefits, but unless they alter their lifestyles, they'll have hard lessons to learn in the long run.
I envision a day when both the medical and fitness communities will join together to help stop this error in thinking, and begin to teach people how to improve their lifestyles and alter their mental attitudes instead of writing prescriptions and selling "magic" pills.
Dr. Joseph Mercola said it well:
"It is my vision to transform the existing medical paradigm from one addicted to pharmaceuticals, surgeries and other methods that only conceal or remove specific symptoms - with morbid results to our health and economy -- to one focused on treating and preventing the underlying causes."
To permanently become lean, you must identify the causes of excess fat, which can include poor nutrition, inactivity, unhealthy lifestyle, and psychological factors, then treat those. Only when the source of your problem is removed, will the unwanted effects disappear for good.
I do not endorse or support any kind of pill, drug or surgical procedure for losing fat except a last resort, after risks and benefits have been carefully analyzed. They are simply not necessary when your nutrition and training are done correctly.
Even then they cannot help you in the long run without achange to your lifestyle, which includes how you move, howyou eat and how you think.
If you'd like to learn more about the all-natural, no-drugs approach to fat loss and lifestyle change, then please visit my website at:
burnthefat.com
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto
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BURN THE FAT READER MAIL & FEEDBACK...
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"Hi Tom,
As a well educated consumer, I admit, much like I'm sure many people out there, I was HIGHLY skeptical of your program.
"Too good to be true, most likely is" kept ringing through my mind every time I went back and considered buying your e-book.
Even a close friend of mine advised me not to buy into your book. He said the web-site sounded like "hype condemning hype" and that I could probably find the information I was looking for, for fr ee online, if I looked hard enough.
So I started looking online, for the information that your web page promised would be in the book.
I'll tell you what I found.
I found lots of web pages that offered fr ee advice, I found lots of personal web pages or message boards that not only offered false information, in some cases offered advise that was either counterproductive to burning fat and building muscle, but in some cases was FLAT OUT misinformation that was actually DANGEROUS if you followed it!
Then there were the "f r e e information" websites that linked you to a "Diet Program" website that charged you insane fees to be part of the same message board system that included the false information that I have already mentioned above!
That's not even including the "miracle fat loss" web pages filled with ads for this fat burner or that one.
Again and again, I came back to your website, considering.
I had read your reports, and was impressed. You really did seem to be offering what I was spending hours looking for:
Real information.
I was looking for a real plan to set up healthy eating habits, the "how's," "why's" and "what about's" of a plan to eat real food, for a better life.
Your book delivers. The "Menu Template" on page 237 is worth the $39.00 I paid for the book! It makes it so simple that it was amazing to me that I didn't think of it myself!
What your book has helped me understand, and put into practice, is that much like the performance of a car on Regular fuel vs. Premium fuel, what I eat has a HUGE effect on my mood, energy level, and overall well being.
Using the tips and information in your book has helped me greatly. I can work out longer because I have the right fuel. And I am already seeing better results because I have a clear goal in mind and am putting the information in your book to use.
I want to thank you for writing this book. I have even encouraged my "Doubting Thomas" friend to order it and read it too. To have so much real information in one tight package is an unbelievable value.
I would encourage anyone to take advantage of this great tool to transforming themselves into the fat burning machine we all were meant to be!
Kaellie Cunningham
Novato, CA
PS Tom, feel free to share this, I want everyone to know what a great value you are offering!"
:: Steroids, growth hormone, weight loss drugs or surgery will help me lose this stubborn fat for good and regain my health and youthful appearance ::
For many people who are frustrated with little or no results, despite their best intentions, physique-enhancing drugs or hormones appear to be a panacea or "miracle cure."
Steroids have been around for a long time. So have obesity drugs. Lately, there's been a push for the use of Human Growth Hormone or Testosterone under the harmless sounding labels of "anti-aging medicine" and "Hormone replacement therapy."
Of course, these are sometimes needed for clinicalreasons, but the sales pitch I'm referring to isbeing made mostly to perfectly healthy baby boomers, who desperately want to regain their youthful looks and vitality.
Dramatic short-term results in body composition can be achieved from using all kinds of weight loss drugs, steroids, thermogenics, thyroid drugs, growth hormone and other chemicals.
However, appearances can be deceiving. The road of drug use for cosmetic enhancement can be a wild ride in the beginning, but in the long run, it's a dead end street.
Regardless of whether we're talking about illegal steroids and performance enhancers, prescription obesity drugs, or even over the counter "fat burning" drugs like ephedrine, these are all really one in the same:
(1) multi million dollar moneymakers, and
(2) Short-term attempts at treating effects, not causes.
Lets take obesity drugs, for example:
What would happen if the pharmaceutical companies finally came out with a "safe and effective" obesity drug and brought it to the marketplace on a massive scale?
Here's exactly what would happen:
THE OBESITY PROBLEM WOULD CONTINUE, AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES WOULD GET RICHER!
Think about it: Did Xenical cure obesity? How about Phentermine? Meridia? Adipex? Bontril? Didrex? Tenuate?
What about Ephedrine? Did that solve the obesity problem?
How about gastric bypasses? 100,000 were performed last year. Did that solve the obesity problem?
In a few cases where someone's health is at stake, and when time is of the essence, the benefits of these approachesmay outweigh and justify the risks.
However, even in these cases, you have to concede that these are last-resort treatments - not first lines of defense -and absolutely not a substitute for proper nutrition and exercise. Here's the flaw with thinking that any drugs will be a long-term solution:
We live in an orderly universe where everything happens for a reason (by "law"). For every effect, there is a cause. There are no accidents.
A lean body never happens by accident.
An overweight body never happens by accident.
A lean body and an overweight body are effects. Both of these effects have causes. If you're overweight, you can create lasting changes 100% of the time if you uncover the cause of the overweight condition and remove it.
The cause of body fat in nearly all cases is inactivity, poor nutrition and often negative self-image issues. Drugs and surgery can only treat an effect (the fat). Even if the fat (the effect) is temporarily removed, it will come back if the cause is still there.
You can't expect pills, drugs or surgical procedures that only treat symptoms (effects) to create permanent changes.
Depending on your genetics, you may never look like a bodybuilder or fitness cover model, but you always have the power to improve your body and your health far above and beyond where you are today.
You can always improve, no matter where you arenow and no matter what your genetic disposition.
How? By accepting responsibility for your situation and then taking positive action every day for the rest of your life to improve it. You simply have to change your lifestyle!
Try to fight "the law" or avoid hard work by looking for short cuts if you want, but in the end, you'll always lose.
Try to ignore "the law" if you want, but ignorance of the law does not excuse you from its operation.
Lifelong health, fitness and a perfect body weight do not come out of a bottle or needle and never will - no matter what new concoction they cook up in the lab.
Those who think otherwise may gain temporary relief from health woes or enjoy some short-term benefits, but unless they alter their lifestyles, they'll have hard lessons to learn in the long run.
I envision a day when both the medical and fitness communities will join together to help stop this error in thinking, and begin to teach people how to improve their lifestyles and alter their mental attitudes instead of writing prescriptions and selling "magic" pills.
Dr. Joseph Mercola said it well:
"It is my vision to transform the existing medical paradigm from one addicted to pharmaceuticals, surgeries and other methods that only conceal or remove specific symptoms - with morbid results to our health and economy -- to one focused on treating and preventing the underlying causes."
To permanently become lean, you must identify the causes of excess fat, which can include poor nutrition, inactivity, unhealthy lifestyle, and psychological factors, then treat those. Only when the source of your problem is removed, will the unwanted effects disappear for good.
I do not endorse or support any kind of pill, drug or surgical procedure for losing fat except a last resort, after risks and benefits have been carefully analyzed. They are simply not necessary when your nutrition and training are done correctly.
Even then they cannot help you in the long run without achange to your lifestyle, which includes how you move, howyou eat and how you think.
If you'd like to learn more about the all-natural, no-drugs approach to fat loss and lifestyle change, then please visit my website at:
burnthefat.com
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto
------------------------------------------------------------------------
BURN THE FAT READER MAIL & FEEDBACK...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Hi Tom,
As a well educated consumer, I admit, much like I'm sure many people out there, I was HIGHLY skeptical of your program.
"Too good to be true, most likely is" kept ringing through my mind every time I went back and considered buying your e-book.
Even a close friend of mine advised me not to buy into your book. He said the web-site sounded like "hype condemning hype" and that I could probably find the information I was looking for, for fr ee online, if I looked hard enough.
So I started looking online, for the information that your web page promised would be in the book.
I'll tell you what I found.
I found lots of web pages that offered fr ee advice, I found lots of personal web pages or message boards that not only offered false information, in some cases offered advise that was either counterproductive to burning fat and building muscle, but in some cases was FLAT OUT misinformation that was actually DANGEROUS if you followed it!
Then there were the "f r e e information" websites that linked you to a "Diet Program" website that charged you insane fees to be part of the same message board system that included the false information that I have already mentioned above!
That's not even including the "miracle fat loss" web pages filled with ads for this fat burner or that one.
Again and again, I came back to your website, considering.
I had read your reports, and was impressed. You really did seem to be offering what I was spending hours looking for:
Real information.
I was looking for a real plan to set up healthy eating habits, the "how's," "why's" and "what about's" of a plan to eat real food, for a better life.
Your book delivers. The "Menu Template" on page 237 is worth the $39.00 I paid for the book! It makes it so simple that it was amazing to me that I didn't think of it myself!
What your book has helped me understand, and put into practice, is that much like the performance of a car on Regular fuel vs. Premium fuel, what I eat has a HUGE effect on my mood, energy level, and overall well being.
Using the tips and information in your book has helped me greatly. I can work out longer because I have the right fuel. And I am already seeing better results because I have a clear goal in mind and am putting the information in your book to use.
I want to thank you for writing this book. I have even encouraged my "Doubting Thomas" friend to order it and read it too. To have so much real information in one tight package is an unbelievable value.
I would encourage anyone to take advantage of this great tool to transforming themselves into the fat burning machine we all were meant to be!
Kaellie Cunningham
Novato, CA
PS Tom, feel free to share this, I want everyone to know what a great value you are offering!"
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