Laura's weight loss scam
Their explanation, according to the FTC, was that the chemicals in the stuff you sprinkled on the food made you feel satisfied with less food and therefore would eat less. They just pop back up the next year with new gimmicks with new names and sales pitches. Sensa powder, which came in 12 flavors, was sold at chains including Costco and GNC, touted in a promotional book by Hirsch, and was advertised on the Home Shopping Network, on the radio and in magazines, the FTC said. The Worst Serial Killers From Around The World. Get ready for a new batch in the coming year while you read about the most notorious scams from last year. Norm Thompson Outfitters and Wacoal America got in trouble with the FTC earlier this year for claiming their shapewear would help consumers shed cellulite and pounds. The HCG diet was the most common scam that my friends and neighbors fell for last year. You either got a shot (made it seem very medical) or put a few drops of it under your tongue. This scam appealed to all of us who wished there were some sort of magic fairy dust that we could sprinkle on food to make the calories disappear. What they are refunding is nothing compared to what they scammed. Of course, you had to stick to a 500-calorie diet at the same time, which has anyone dropping fast, sometimes 10 pounds in that first week. They claimed it would reduce your appetite, reset your metabolism and help you lose a pound a day. As Americans resolve to lose weight and diet this year, scammers are at the ready to collect what amounts to hundreds of millions each year in products that swear to trim inches and cut pounds, usually without any exercise. Shrinking Beauty borrows from exotic botanical sources to mimic this oceanic wonder.
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The pitch was that there was a hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin) from human placenta that would boost your metabolism. Caffeine-infused underwear that promises to destroy fat cells. That created excited gossip, and the HCG diet caught on like wildfire. Our slimming and toning formula mirrors the ecdysteroid hormone lobsters produce to get skinny and wiggle free of their shells. The FTC has been catching these frauds for years. Human chorionic gonadotropin has been fraudulently pitched for decades as a weight loss ingredient, the agency said. Worse than stealing from you, they keep you from using the real solution to your weight problem while sending you on a goose chase that will leave you feeling hopeless. This sea creature knows exactly how to shrink a size effortlessly without going on a diet. For a lot of us who have tried and failed so many times, this promise of magic weight loss by medical sounding people was just too tempting to pass up, even though we knew better, with sources like WebMD debunking it. They all have the same tempting pitch: a pill, an herb or potion that will melt off the fat effortlessly by revving your metabolism or some such thing. Homeopathic drops made from HCG, a hormone produced by the human placenta. They are just a sample of the rogues gallery of conmen scheming to pick your pocket. Thousands, maybe millions of trusting people forked over their hard-earned paychecks to these con artists who sold them weight loss quackery. A magical powder you can sprinkle on food to help curb your appetite.
