Four Diet Pill makers Fined for False Claims
It’s about time!
We’ve all seen the ads – lose weight with this miracle pill! Doctors don’t really want you to know about this, but take this pill and all your weight AND HEALTH problems will go away! It makes as much sense as work from home, don’t do anything, and make $60,000 a month! Yea, you’ve seen that one, too, huh?
The FTC filed big fines against the makers of Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa. The FTC is not the organization that takes these products off the market, but they do monitor marketing, and when a company makes a claim that is false, then they step in. I have had many conversations with colleagues about how long it would take for them to make CortiSlim stop making false claims!
There is an estimated 70 million Americans who are trying to lose weight. Diet pills are extremely popular! Who doesn’t sit up and take notice when an ad tells you that all you have to do is take this pill and the weight will melt off? Wouldn’t that be nice? There is another ‘miracle pill’ on the market that claims that if you take it while sleeping, not only will you burn body fat, but you will BUILD muscle! I guess they know something all the researchers have missed, like you have to actually work a muscle to build it! But people are looking for that easy and quick solution.
And to further help with that quick and easy solution is when a company finds a celebrity to endorse their product. One example out of many is Anna Nicole Smith, who endorsed TrimSpa, which is one of the companies mentioned above.
There is no easy and quick solution. The solution is in your head. You have to decide that you are willing to make changes to eating and activity habits. That’s all there is to it. You have to decide that you are going to make the effort and then make it happen. Walk further, eat less. Increase the fruits and vegetables, decrease the fast food and snack foods. Plan. Plan for the exercise and plan for the meals, instead of skipping meals and then grabbing something on the run.
Americans have a reputation for being spoiled, fat, lazy humans. Isn’t it time to change the picture of America? I am always proud of people I see who are ready and willing to do the work necessary to improve their health and their weight. When will you start taking a stand and improve YOUR health?
We’ve all seen the ads – lose weight with this miracle pill! Doctors don’t really want you to know about this, but take this pill and all your weight AND HEALTH problems will go away! It makes as much sense as work from home, don’t do anything, and make $60,000 a month! Yea, you’ve seen that one, too, huh?
The FTC filed big fines against the makers of Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa. The FTC is not the organization that takes these products off the market, but they do monitor marketing, and when a company makes a claim that is false, then they step in. I have had many conversations with colleagues about how long it would take for them to make CortiSlim stop making false claims!
There is an estimated 70 million Americans who are trying to lose weight. Diet pills are extremely popular! Who doesn’t sit up and take notice when an ad tells you that all you have to do is take this pill and the weight will melt off? Wouldn’t that be nice? There is another ‘miracle pill’ on the market that claims that if you take it while sleeping, not only will you burn body fat, but you will BUILD muscle! I guess they know something all the researchers have missed, like you have to actually work a muscle to build it! But people are looking for that easy and quick solution.
And to further help with that quick and easy solution is when a company finds a celebrity to endorse their product. One example out of many is Anna Nicole Smith, who endorsed TrimSpa, which is one of the companies mentioned above.
There is no easy and quick solution. The solution is in your head. You have to decide that you are willing to make changes to eating and activity habits. That’s all there is to it. You have to decide that you are going to make the effort and then make it happen. Walk further, eat less. Increase the fruits and vegetables, decrease the fast food and snack foods. Plan. Plan for the exercise and plan for the meals, instead of skipping meals and then grabbing something on the run.
Americans have a reputation for being spoiled, fat, lazy humans. Isn’t it time to change the picture of America? I am always proud of people I see who are ready and willing to do the work necessary to improve their health and their weight. When will you start taking a stand and improve YOUR health?
posted by Margie Geiser, MBA, RD, NSCA-CPT at
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