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