Have you ever gone so far as to purchase a mail-order diet pill, "cellulite cream", Ab-domenizer, meal-replacement shake, appetite suppressant, "slimming tea" or "all-natural" herbal weight-loss product?
Have they worked as promised to you by the glossy advertisements, personal
testimonials and money-back guarantees? Or have you noticed that the only thinning going on, is with your patience and your wallet?! Even worse -- have you experienced adverse side effects from the products you consumed?
Because of the various loopholes in the advertising world, manufacturers of absolutely bogus -- and some quite harmful -- products are able to market their quackery with false testimonies and claims of "scientific breakthroughs" without citing any scientific studies. They promise "easy", "fast", "permanent" weight loss to anyone who is vulnerable and able to pay the amount that flashes up on the screen or across the page of the magazines.
You might not think it's such a big deal . . . surely, weight loss scams are few and far between, aren't they? 50 billion US dollars per year lost to fraudulent weight loss products say otherwise. Want to know how to be a smart consumer? Ready to become an informed eye who's critical of the mass media and not likely to throw away any hard-earned money? Then read on . . .