Article: Do gizmos offer abs of steel ... or a sour deal?

Do gizmos offer abs of steel ... or a sour deal?

Either your waistbands have mysteriously shrunk a size or weeks of dining on cheese balls and chocolate truffles have caught up with you.

Suddenly, the infomercials for abdominal belts promising to zap you into a stronger, leaner body using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) are much more intriguing.

"Just 10 minutes with Fast-Abs is equivalent to up to 600 sit- ups," boasts the commercial announcer.

"Get firm abs without breaking a sweat," say the ads for the Ab Energizer. "No pain. No work. No sit-ups." But fitness experts say the only thing that's assured of getting thinner by using one of these belts is your wallet.

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