No. The US Federal Trade Commission ordered the makers of belts that send an electrical impulse into the belly muscles must stop advertising that the devices build muscle and get rid of fat. The manufacturers have agreed to stop promoting these devices as a weight-loss and muscle-building tool. They had spent $12 million on half-hour television spots, to make their ad one of the most aired infomercials in the country.
Muscles contract when your brain sends an electrical impulse down nerves. Muscles also contract when an electric wire sends electrical impulses over muscles. However, there is no data to show that the contractions caused by electrical impulses will enlarge muscles or get rid of fat the way that exercise does.
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No. The US Federal Trade Commission ordered the makers of belts that send an electrical impulse into the belly muscles must stop advertising that the devices build muscle and get rid of fat. The manufacturers have agreed to stop promoting these devices as a weight-loss and muscle-building tool. They had spent $12 million on half-hour television spots, to make their ad one of the most aired infomercials in the country.
Muscles contract when your brain sends an electrical impulse down nerves. Muscles also contract when an electric wire sends electrical impulses over muscles. However, there is no data to show that the contractions caused by electrical impulses will enlarge muscles or get rid of fat the way that exercise does.