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BELLY FAT: CAN YOU TARGET IT WITH PILLS AND EXERCISE, LIKE THE ADS SAY?

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“We also have this much deeper, visceral fat lying beneath our stomach muscles that collects around our organs”

“Lose belly fat fast!” “Target belly fat with this one simple exercise!” Social media ads would have us believe we can shrink our bellies with pills and side planks. But is it really as simple as all that?

WHY DO OUR BELLIES GET BIGGER THE OLDER WE GET?

As our bodies age, they get worse at burning fat, so, eventually, even those of us

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