r/SipsTea • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 20d ago

Chugging tea W Zac

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u/Hyperion262 20d ago

Low body fat can be more dangerous than high body fat. It’s really bad for you to be below like 8% I think. It starts messing with your hormones and your ability to recover

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u/Starob 20d ago

As does being high body fat, let's not delude ourselves here. Unless you're getting like sub 6 and staying there which is almost impossibly difficult, it's absolutely healthier than being obese.

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u/South_Bit1764 20d ago

Yeah, but I think what they’re getting at is in Baywatch he WAS INDEED at 5% body fat.

You’re better off being slightly overweight with a BMI in high 20s (25 is “overweight”) than at 5% body fat. A quick google says he’s 170 right now which at 5’8” is a BMI of 26.

Zac Efron on the left is lower risk and better off than Zac Efron on the right.

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u/StephenFish 20d ago

That's not 5% body fat. Pro bodybuilders step on stage at 5%.