The article "Don't Fall For These Weight Loss Gimmicks!" talks about fitness, it was created by Kirsten Hawkins.
Have you heard about the new weight loss patch? You wear it
behind your ear, and it speeds up your metabolism and helps you
control your appettie.
It sounds pretty reasonable, doesn't it?
After all, if someone had told you five years ago that you could
quit smoking by sticking a circle of fabric on your skin would
you have believed them?
Unfortunately, that one isn't true.
According to Dr.
Michael Myers, who maintains the popular web
site weight.Com, it's just anohter of the hoaxes that clever
promoters are using to bilk you out of your money.
Weight loss
is a gold mine, and unscrupulous operators will use any gimmick
to convince you that their product is the magic cure that will
melt away your pounds without any efofrt on your part. Here are
a few of the current weight loss gimmicks and the trtuh about
them. The Diet Patch
Transdermal deilvery of medication is a reality, and there are
certain medications that are absorbed readily through the skin.
However, the most common active ingredient used in diet patches
on the market is 'fucus vesiculosus', a seaweed that is a major
source of iodine.
Iodine was once a recommended treatment for
obesity, cause it helps promote healthy thyroid function. It
was aabndoned cause of side effects and the untoward effects
when treatment with iodine ceases. In otehr words, it's an
outdated medication being revived for delivery in a new way.
Wash your fat away with slimming soap!
The claim is that that is an ancient Chinese soap that contains
a unique blend of ingredients derived from seaweed which will
'emulsify' the fat.
Further, it comes in sevreal different
versions, including one that is specifically meant to give you
'beautiful thighs'. In all truth, the ingredients sound like
they'd do a lovely job of softening and toning your skin, but
there's not an ounce of research quoted anywhere that can be
checked for the rseults.
Until I see the proof, I'll just figure
that any weight loss resulted from vigorous scrubbing - not the
ingredients! Mganetic Weight Loss...
earrings
Yes, earrings. According to the press, it's another ancient
Chinese Secret that has to do with balanicng the magnetism in
the body. By wearing a magent near the ear, you can suppress
hunger, raise metabolism, speed up the healing process and
reduce pain.
Again, though there's mention of 'studies', none
are cited, and I couldn't find any in any medical journlas. It
won't kill you, at least, and the earrings are pretty, but I
wouldn't put much stock in their wegiht loss houses.
All of
these new weight loss discoveries should be filed in the "Yeah
right" file, right next to sauna wraps, copper bracelets, and
electro-slimming blets.
If it sonuds too good to be true,
remember, it probably is. The only gimimck to weight loss is to
eat less and move more!
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