Diet Pills and Weight Loss Drugs: Urgent Consumer Alert
April 19th, 2011
Today’s post is in honor of honesty and truth in the health and fitness field. So I have a handful of extremely helpful items for you – and everyone else you’d like to share this with.
The first reason for this post is to maintain my promise to you. To keep you informed and up to date on the dangerous and scandalous doings in the fitness and nutrition business. Consumers are VERY vulnerable when it comes to this topic – so I do all I can to help you, protect you and keep you safe…
The second reason for this post is to celebrate the release of an awesome new free report from my partners at prograde: What They NEVER Want You To Find Out About Diet Pills
But don’t go there yet – please read these updates first so you know the dangers that surround you and your loved ones every day…
1) Diet Pill/Weight-Loss Pill Consumer Alert
Irwin Naturals enters $2.65 million settlement.
Irwin Naturals, of Los Angeles, CA, has agreed pay $2.65 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the District Attorneys of Orange, Alameda, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, and Sonoma counties. The suit, filed about two years ago, charged that the company:
**Violated Proposition 65, which requires a warning label on products that expose the consumer to over half a microgram of lead per day.
**Marketed hoodia products that did not contain the Hoodia gordonii herb. Laboratory testing revealed that certain Irwin Naturals products, Green Tea Fat Metabolizer and Green Tea Fat Burner, contained over half a microgram of lead. Samples of the company’s System Six and Green Tea Fat Meltdown dietary supplements tested up to 10 times over the legal limit of lead and Green Tea Fat Burner tested over 14 times over the legal limit of lead.
**Failed to reimburse customers in timely fashion for returned products.
**Charged some direct sales customers for products not ordered.
The settlement requires Irwin to pay $1.95 million in civil penalties, up to $100,000 in restitution to California consumers who did not receive previously request refunds, and $600,000 in investigative costs. Without admitting fault, the company also agreed to injunctive terms that would prevent any future unfair or deceptive business practices. Officials say the outcome is the largest multi-jurisdictional settlement of its kind in California by a dietary supplement manufacturer for unfair business practices. [Dietary supplement distributor to pay $2.65 million to settle historic statewide unfair business practices lawsuit. News release, Orange County District Attorney, Feb 1, 2011] http://www.orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp?page=8&recordid=2171
2) 2010 Slim Chance Awards Announced
Francie M. Berg, M.S., who operates the Healthy Weight Network, has issued the 22nd annual set of “Slim Chance Awards” to weight-loss schemes promoters. Her 2010 picks are:
**Worst Claim: Ultimate Cleanse. Ultimate Cleanse cashes in on a popular quack theme: the body must be detoxified regularly to get rid of wastes and toxins. Aside from their basic silliness, cleansing programs are often high-risk, containing potent laxatives.
**Worst Product: HCG Supplements. HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), a hormone produced during pregnancy, is claimed to reset the hypothalamus, improve metabolism and mobilize fat stores. However, there is no scientific evidence supporting HCG treatment as a weight or fat loss strategy. Common short-term effects include fatigue, headache, mood swings, depression, confusion, dizziness and stomach pain.
**Most Outrageous: Basic Research LLC. Basic Research, marketer of bogus products, carries an extensive history of FTC warnings, charges, fines and on-going lawsuits against multiple products. Also doing business as Carter-Reed Company, it has been a plaintiff or defendant in more than 40 suits filed in federal court in the past five years.
**Worst Gimmick: Lapex BCS Lipo Laser. Promoters promise: “Lose 31/2 -7 inches of fat in 3 weeks. . . . proven inches lost, without diet or exercise . . . the LipoLaser is the only non-diet, non-invasive, pain-free way to lose inches of fat . . . all effortlessly and easily.” Supposedly, shining the lighted device on a pocket of fat gives results “almost exactly the same as exercise” only instead of “hormones opening the fat cells with exercise, the Laser light opens the fat cells-right through your skin. The same stuff comes out of the fat cells.”
I know I have some ’scientific’ subscribers who will appreciate this Review Article from the Journal of Obesity:
Drugs/Pharmacotherapies for Obesity: Past, Current, and Future Therapies
- Lisa L. Ioannides-Demos, Loretta Piccenna, and John J. McNeil
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Centre, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Obesity Drugs & Diet Pills: Past, Present and Future – The Inside Scoop
And..
The report below may be the most important report you read all year. PLEASE share today’s entire blog post with anyone you know who needs to learn about all the garbage that is out there – and how to separate it from the true and honest information.
And here is the link to new free report from my partners at prograde: What They NEVER Want You To Find Out About Diet Pills
click to get your copy now.
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– Joey Atlas
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Tags: Consumer Alert, Diet Pills, Diet Scams, HCG, Lipo-Laser, Weight Loss Drugs
April 20th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Thanks Joey…I have never really taken the time to thank you for your emails, messages and information that you continue to pass on so I want you to know that I truly appreciate what you do. I read everything. Thanks! Sherry
April 20th, 2011 at 2:04 am
I think if you really want to loose weight and feel better you need a long term approach… Those pills promise a miracle help but as any medicine it will poison your body… The most important thing to lose weight is love for yourself and self steem.. It needs to come from inside to the outside and you cannot buy it in pills or tea.
April 20th, 2011 at 8:35 am
Thank you, Sherry!
- Joey
April 20th, 2011 at 8:56 am
Thank you so much – I love your emails… I have a quick question is there a diet plan you could put together to follow….
April 20th, 2011 at 9:20 am
If any of these weight loss pills or gimmicks worked, all the others would be out of business. ‘Hollywood’ diets are really strict, extra-clean diets & effective (& expensive) personal trainers. I refuse to believe that any of these much-touted diets work, except those based on HCG – but who wants a daily injection? Yuck!
April 20th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
PLEASE, guys. “Loose” is an adjective. “I have LOOSE change in my pocket.”
“LOSE” is a verb. “Where can I find a magic pill to make me LOSE weight?”
Sorry. It’s driving me nuts!
April 21st, 2011 at 4:42 am
thanks joey ur vry right. 4 ril i tried 2 slimming herbs with no results. i turned bak to exrcise nd slf control. ur a wonderful teacher nd motivater
April 21st, 2011 at 1:43 pm
hi joey thanks for all the information you share with me
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:52 am
Thanks very much for the Alerts Joey , OMG ! I am so desperate to loose weight & often do look at website’s promising this & that & there so convincing ! Alarmingly scary the ammount of Lead found to be well over the limit is really scary & shows that half of these bogus companys just had profits in thr heart ! Not people’s well being ! Thank you so much for alerting me & many other’s Joey , Thank you so much xx
May 18th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Georgene: check out the info here:
What They Never Want You To Know About Diet Pills
4 Ingredients for Fat-Loss/Weight-Loss
It’s what I use and recommend to my clients who exercise and eat properly. My partners there are tops in the field.
- Joey Atlas
May 26th, 2011 at 1:38 am
Hello Joey, You are wonderful. Just thought I would pass that along. You do a fantastic Job. Thank You!!
June 8th, 2011 at 4:29 pm
THANK YOU, Betty!
- Joey
August 17th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Great post Ive tried diet pills that are prescribed and as long as you use them properly I find that they are helpful but I still eat healthly and use the gym which work a treat
December 1st, 2011 at 12:03 am
I had failed at several attempts to get into shape. I started feeling better after being on the _______________ Detox. This is my 3rd time doing the detox. After a few weeks- my metabolism had pick up and I was burning more calories and had more energy to get me through the day.
It was a great decision and it really help me to get the extra weight off. It is not full of caffeine like other over the counter weight loss supplements it is actual vitamins and it really helps get over the weight loss hump.
I am very satisfied with the _____________ Detox and it is really and easy way to help boost your metabolism and feel great.
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February 29th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
THANK YOU, Joey! You are saving lives, my friend.
May 4th, 2012 at 5:45 am
thanks very much for everything, and your concern for me. l came to appreciate u more than even. buy my problem till remain. l have lost weight- from 87kg to 76ka. l want more than that
July 13th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hello Mr Joey! I am a 28 years old women and I have two children. My little baby is 8 months. I am suffering a lot of my fat body. I used to use a diet which make me loose at about 6 kg but i don’t want to use any diet anymore. How can I eat healthy ? I don’t have so much time getting exercises even that I tried a lot. If you can help me I would be very pleased. Thank you for every minute that you spend with us.Hello Mr Joey! I am a 28 years old women and I have two children. My little baby is 8 months. I am suffering a lot of my fat body. I used to use a diet which make me loose at about 6 kg but i don’t want to use any diet anymore. How can I eat healthy ? I don’t have so much time getting exercises even that I tried a lot. If you can help me I would be very pleased. Thank you for every minute that you spend with us.