FACT: Vibration Plates Shake off Weight and Lower Blood Sugars?

A new study shows that, if used properly, vibration plate machines may help overweight or obese people trim their belly fat and achieve long-term weight loss. The study showed that obese women who followed a weight loss diet and regularly used the vibration plate machines were more successful at long-term weight loss and losing hard-to-trim belly fat than those who combined dieting with a more conventional exercise routine. The participants were divided into four groups: diet alone, diet plus vibration plate exercise program, diet plus conventional exercise program of cycling, swimming, running, and other activities, and a control group that did nothing. Overall, the vibration plate group lost the highest percentage of weight with an average loss of 11% of their body weight in the first six months and maintained a 10.5% loss after a year.  

The results were presented at ECO 2009 — The 17th European Congress on Obesity in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 6-9, 2009