Spa “Fat Melting” Machine Not Shown to be Safe or Effective
Via Lindsay Beyerstein, here’s another “buyer beware” story from the Orange County Register about the LipoTron 3000 – which is promoted in spas/clinics as a non-invasive way to remove stubborn fat deposits. For several years, doctors and medical spas around the country have touted a Fullerton company’s fat-melting device called the LipoTron 3000, or Lipo-Ex, as a revolutionary way for people to slim down....
Talk About Inflated Ad Claims!
I’ve seen some pretty outrageous claims for supps before, but I think the claims for “Undoit,” an Australian product, take the cake: A WEIGHT-LOSS treatment that claims to allow users to gorge on fatty foods and then “undo it” by taking a specified number of its herbal pills is fighting a push to have it banned by the industry regulator. The “Undoit” pills’ website tells readers they can...
Sketchers On the Hook for $40 Million in Consumer Refunds
Ha-ha-ha-ha! The Federal Trade Commission announced that Skechers USA, Inc. has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that the company deceived consumers by making unfounded claims that Shape-ups would help people lose weight, and strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles. Besides Shape-ups, Skechers also made deceptive claims about its Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone-ups shoes, the FTC alleged....
Fererro USA Settles Nutella Lawsuits
Here’s ABC News’ report: No surprises here… as I noted last year: When I was asked about Nutella on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum some years ago, I referred to it as “greasy sugar spread,” which is basically what it is. The primary ingredients are sugar and palm oil… the “nut” part runs a very distant third. The Nutella web site claims there are “over 50 hazelnuts per 13 oz. jar.” According to NutritionData.com,...
Shake Weight Study: It Barely Works!
Lord, how I HATE misleading headlines! Yesterday, I was surfing around teh internets, and a headline at MSNBC caught my eye: “Turns out, the Shake Weight actually does work.” Naturally, I did a double-take on that one! Like most professionals, I viewed the thing as little more than just a goofy gimmick… could it be that I was wrong? Nope… although I had to read through the bulk of the article in order to...
James S. Fell Has Internet E-Book Scams Pegged… Almost.
James S. Fell, the author of the “In-Your-Face Fitness” feature in the L.A. Times, has a great column this week: “Friend Through Thick and Thin?” With tongue firmly in cheek, he dissects a stereotypical ad for a weight loss/fitness e-book sold on the internet… and he zeroes in on the “red flags” that any prospective purchaser should be aware of. A sample: You told me you knew the...
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