Name: Want to Slim Down? Fat Chance - How to Die Clever
Uploaded: 2021-03-09T12:40:01.000+01:00
Duration: 180 s
Description: Do you think that by doing two push-ups a day you will lose weight? As Professor Mustache explains, it's way more complicated than that.

Want to Slim Down? Fat Chance

¿Por qué no adelgazo?

Wer nicht fragt, stirbt dumm!

Tu mourras moins bête

Jak spalić swój tłuszcz?

Grasso che cola

Do you think that by doing two push-ups a day you will lose weight? As Professor Mustache explains, it's way more complicated than that. 

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How to Die Clever

Our bodies HATE giving up fat. It's a long, chemically convoluted process...

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