| Did you know you can trick your body fat | | | | provides less resistance than fat. In effect, |
| meter with water, making it think you have a | | | | the device is measuring the overall amount of |
| different body fat percentage than you | | | | water in your body. You can trick it by |
| actually do? Now I doubt you would want to do | | | | manipulating the amount of water in your body |
| this on purpose. What's the point of | | | | yourself. |
| measuring if you're going to fudge the | | | | |
| results. But knowing how you could trick your | | | | Drink a lot of water and stay well hydrated, |
| meter into giving incorrect results tells you | | | | and your device will show you to have a lower |
| how to make it give more accurate results. So | | | | body fat percentage. Don't drink enough |
| let me explain how to trick your body fat | | | | water, or get yourself hung over and |
| meter and we'll take it from there. | | | | dehydrated that way, and the device will show |
| | | | you to have a higher percentage. |
| First off, you need to know that this trick | | | | |
| only works for devices that use bioelectrical | | | | How Knowing the Trick Helps You |
| impedance analysis (BIA) to figure out your | | | | |
| body weight. In other words, if you use one | | | | If you know how to trick your body fat |
| of those gizmos that applies a tiny | | | | measuring device, you also know how to make |
| electrical current to you to measure your | | | | it more accurate. Try to keep your |
| body fat percentage, this trick will work. | | | | consumption of water and other liquids |
| | | | consistent from day to day. Doing that will |
| The Trick | | | | keep the amount of water in your body |
| | | | relatively consistent, which will make the |
| Here's the trick. To make your body fat | | | | results from the device more consistent. |
| device show a lower body fat percentage, make | | | | Along the same lines, be consistent about |
| sure you drink plenty of water to keep | | | | whether you have anything to drink right |
| yourself well hydrated. Conversely, to make | | | | before you measure. A big glass of something |
| it show you to have a higher body fat | | | | shortly before you measure could throw off |
| percentage than you actually do, let yourself | | | | the results too. |
| get dehydrated. | | | | |
| | | | And don't measure your body fat percentage if |
| Here's why the trick works. BIA devices | | | | you had a lot of alcohol the night before. |
| measure the amount of resistance your body | | | | You probably won't like what you see. Alcohol |
| provides to the small current they zap you | | | | dehydrates you and that will make your body |
| with. Fat has less water in it than muscle, | | | | fat percentage appear to increase. |
| and provides more resistance. And muscle | | | | |