The “worst” of the worst weight- loss products and programs. Most Outrageous – Worst Claim – Worst Product – Worst Gimmick! For a discussion and explanation of the above products over the years, click here. Fraudulent weight loss products and programs often rely on unscrupulous but persuasive combinations of the message, program, ingredients, mystique and method of availability. A weight loss product or program may be fraudulent if it does one or more of the following: Questions and complaints should be directed to your State Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Affairs. Other agencies concerned with fraud are the FDA, FTC, Postal Service and Better Business Bureau. Excerpted from “Weight Loss Fraud and Quackery,” by Francie M. Healthy Weight Network, Hettinger, ND. Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day is on Tuesday of Healthy Weight Week, which is celebrated the third full week in January. During Healthy Weight Week people are encouraged to improve health habits in lasting ways. It’s a time to celebrate the diversity of real women, as well as men, and to help them shift focus from failed and risky weight loss efforts to being healthy at their natural sizes. Healthy Weight Week is a time for people to move ahead with a new approach and build confident, diet- free lives for themselves and those they love. Healthy Weight Week. Handouts: Healthy Living at Every Size. ![]() Healthy Living Guidelines MEDIA: To arrange an interview with Francie Berg email fmberg@healthyweight. Berg . 3. 0, 2. 01. About Green Mountain at Fox Run. Green Mountain at Fox Run is the country's first and oldest all-women's educational community for weight and health management, now. Weight loss schemes are more lucrative than ever! The Worst Diets of 2. HETTINGER, ND, Dec 3. Healthy Weight Network released its 2. Slim Chance Awards today highlighting four of the worst diets and diet promotions of the year. Berg, a licensed nutritionist and adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, chair of the event. Like Jason in a Slasher movie it keeps coming back and back—long after it seems defeated. Willms is a multi- millionaire connected to more than 4. The 2. 3- year- old high school dropout is charged with deceiving people like Candice Rozak of Edmunton who ordered a free trial of a diet pill called Acai Burn that required only a small handling fee and later found her credit card depleted of nearly $7. It’s a major international problem says Canada's Anti- Fraud Call Centre. The complaint says Willms sold at least 1. Promised money- back guarantees were often ignored. Despite the efforts of credit card companies and banks the money kept flowing through shell companies and manipulation of payment data. WORST GIMMICK: The “Pure Energy Weight Loss plus Energy Band.” This plastic bracelet embeds green and silver hologram discs claimed to give off vibes that resonate throughout the body and stimulate weight loss and health. ![]()
After reading this im so worried. I just got my first puppy and he is only gonna be 7 weeks old. I had no idea what so ever that he wasnt supposed to leave. ![]() ![]() Among the alleged results are decreased appetite, balanced metabolism, balanced hormones. A testimonial declares, “Since I bought my Pure Energy Band I have lost over 8. Lbs and I feel fantastic.” Furthermore a disc does not even need to touch the skin—apparently it can hover at some distance. Supposedly, to be effective it “only needs to be within the body’s natural energy field. For most people, that is within two inches of the body.” WORST CLAIM: Sensa weight- loss crystals. The Sensa website states boldly that users can lose an average of 3. It claims that Sensa has been “clinically proven.” Smell and taste receptors supposedly send the brain messages to tell your body to stop eating. It “activates a hunger- control switch in the brain and you “eat less and feel more satisfied. The California complaint states that (a) there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to substantiate these claims and (b) an expert who reviewed Sensa's main clinical study judged it “beyond worthless.” WORST PRODUCT: HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin. HCG was first introduced more than 5. British physician Dr. Albert Simeon who claimed the hormone, found in the urine of pregnant women, would mobilize stored fat, suppress appetite and redistribute fat. He contended that regular injections would enable dieters to live comfortably on a 5. For a time, these weekly injections were the most widespread obesity medication administered in the US. ![]() In the mid- 7. 0s the FDA and FTC effectively shut them down by ordering the Simeon clinics to stop claiming their programs were safe and effective, and requiring they inform patients in writing that there was no evidence HCG increases weight loss beyond that resulting from caloric restriction.” More recently infomercial king Kevin Trudeau took up the cudgel. His 2. 00. 7 book claims HCG is . HCG is heavily marketed online and in retail outlets as oral drops, pellets, and sprays, while injections for weight loss continue. ![]() Labeling states that each should be taken in conjunction with a very- low- calorie- diet which, the FDA noted, can trigger gallstone formation, electrolyte imbalance and abnormal heart rhythms. This is considered a first step in halting sales (Dec 6, 2. The new marketing is so lucrative and people with weight concerns so vulnerable that case- by- case enforcement action has little impact, quackwatchers say. To improve the situation, our society needs a plan that includes screening of certain types of ads, publicly exposing sellers placed on the Visa/Master. Card Match list and routine criminal prosecution of violators. ![]() The Slim Chance awards are sponsored by Healthy Weight Network and the National Council Against Health Fraud. They are a lead- up to “Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day” during Healthy Weight Week, the third week in January ( www. I frequently get comments and emails requesting more of these type of posts, but I push them to.RELEASED DEC 2. 8, 2. Lose fat by shining a laser lamp on it? Slim Chance! Worst weight loss products and promotions of 2. HETTINGER, ND, Dec 2. A laser light that melts fat when it “opens the fat cells—right through your skin; the . These are two of the worst weight loss products of 2. Healthy Weight Network and the National Council Against Health Fraud from nominations by health professionals and consumers. The 2. 2nd annual Slim Chance Awards were announced today by Francie M. Berg, a licensed nutritionist, adjunct professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, and chair of the selection committee. In this year when the FDA declined approval for two weight loss drugs and forced withdrawal of another, Meridia, after 1. It’s a slippery slope for law enforcement, with loopholes open for the supplement industry. An ideal scam, this notion sets up a problem that doesn't exist and puts forth a solution to snare the gullible. If it were true, people would not survive, as one FDA agent pointed out: the body is naturally self- cleaning. Aside from their basic silliness, cleansing programs are often high- risk, containing potent laxatives. Ultimate Cleanse combines cascara sagrada, a harsh laxative that in 2. Supposedly it cleanses in five areas (bowel, liver, kidneys, lungs and skin) as well as bloodstream, cells and body tissues. An Arizona man who used Ultimate Cleanse is suing the maker and seller charging that it caused perforation of his colon requiring two operations; his surgeon believes the perforation was caused by cascara segrada. There is no proven safe or effective dose for cascara, derived from the bark of a buckthorn plant. Long- term use may lead to potassium depletion, blood in the urine, disturbed heart function, muscle weakness, finger clubbing and cachexia (extreme weight loss). Regular use is linked to increased risk of hepatitis and colorectal cancer. Though banned as a drug, cascara sells in dietary supplements through a legal loophole. WORST PRODUCT: HCG Supplements In a resurge in popularity of HCG injections among some practitioners and spas, this 1. HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), a hormone produced during pregnancy, is claimed to reset the hypothalamus, improve metabolism and mobilize fat stores. However, there is no scientific evidence supporting HCG treatment as a weight or fat loss strategy. In its herbal versions, HCG drops are placed under the tongue (5 drops times 6 times a day or 1. The caveat: the program requires a semi- starvation diet of 5. Further, the HCG program often begins with a liquid fast detox period. Common short- term effects include fatigue, headache, mood swings, depression, confusion, dizziness and stomach pain. MOST OUTRAGEOUS: Basic Research LLCBasic Research, marketer of bogus products, carries an extensive history of FTC warnings, charges, fines and on- going lawsuits against multiple products. Basic Research, also doing business as Carter- Reed Company, has been a plaintiff or defendant in more than 4. In 2. 00. 6, the FTC ordered the company to pay $3 million on behalf of six companies and three principals. Together with one of these, Ak. Most recently Basic Research is being sued for false advertising in marketing “Jillian Michaels Maximum Strength Calorie Control” (Take Two Capsules Before Main Meals And You Lose Weight). Michaels, star and coach on the reality show, the Biggest Loser, gained a reputation as a credible fitness instructor before stumbling into the supplement quagmire, from which she now promotes her own Calorie Control, Fat Burner, Body Detox and Cleanse, and Quick. Start Rapid Weight Loss System, marketing with Basic Research. WORST GIMMICK: Lapex BCS Lipo Laser. With full page advertisements in daily newspapers, Lipo. Laser promoters promise: “Lose 3 . Supposedly, shining the lighted device on a pocket of fat gives results “almost exactly the same as exercise” only instead of “hormones opening the fat cells with exercise, the Laser light opens the fat cells—right through your skin. The same stuff comes out of the fat cells.” So excess fat is released and the fat cells shrink, or so it is claimed. The FDA classifies the device as an infrared lamp rather than a laser, so likely it is harmless. Yet the price is hefty: $1. An online diet review site rates the Lipo.
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