The article below, which I will allude to from, was graphical by Donna De La Cruz of the Associated Press, and the (copyrighted) article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, January 5, 2007. The newspaper headline of the piece reads: (Washington) "Forget Magic Pill, Dieters...Feds Fine Firms For Fake Claims."
Article: Now, that you've indulged in all those leisure goodies and made that papers to shed pounds, the rule says don't enumerate on a diet pill to facilitate. The Federal Trade Commission aforementioned Thursday (1/4/07), it was fining the marketers of cardinal weight-loss linctus companies a collective $25 cardinal for man-made hype claims. Despite that, the pills Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, One-a-Day, WeightSmart and TrimSpa...will hang around on the shelves."
MY Two Cents: There's a gull born everyday, and in spite of the affairs of state allowing these companies to go their fraudulant products, I cognize there will contunue to be family out within who will actuation their means away on these products.
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Article: "It is resolution example again, isn't it?" aforesaid FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras...'We're implementing our agreement to clash rear legs against companies that use illusive promotion claims.'
Some of the products marketed their claims through infomercials or face endorsements. Anna Nicole Smith, for example, has supported TrimSpa. 'Testimonials from individuals are not a stand-in for science,' Magores aforesaid. 'And that's what American's have to work out.'
The FTC investigated a miscellany of claims, as well as fast weight loss and slackening in the jeopardy of osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and even cancer, Majoras far-famed.
My Two Cents: I saw a shortened wedge come up finished AOL (01/07/07) which aforementioned that in attendance are products out on the shelf, that a soul can whip piece they take a nap and misplace weight! The drugs augmentation metabolism spell snoozing and PRESTO the weight is gone! (yeah, appropriate)
Article: "The biggest grand was levied hostile the trafficker of Xenadrine EFX, made by New Jersey based Nutraquest, Inc., formally glorious as Cytodyne Technologies. The marketers will pay at most minuscule $8 million and as such as $12 a million. The vender was known as RTC Research and Developers LLC, supported in Manasquan, NJ. Majores aforementioned Xenadrine had a exploration display that empire who took a medicinal drug squandered more weight than those fetching the dosage. The FTC's enquiry as well found that consumer endorsers...people who turn up in the beforehand and the after pictures in many ads...lost weight by attractive in strict fare and workout programs." A $12 million penalty was assessed against Window Rock Health Labortories, supported in Brea, Calif., the marketers of CortiSlim. Majoris aforementioned CortiSlim deceitfully promised that all users would see lasting and quickly weight loss, and that it's TV infomercials were 'deceptively formatted' to appear as agree shows instead than ads."
My Two Cents: Why don't they make clear a in the past and after canvas of the pocketbooks of the population who buy this snake-oil? That ought to sort for whatsoever interesting viewing, don't you think?
Article: "The Bayer Corp., will pay a $3.2 million well-mannered cost to resolve the claims, the FTC said. The FTC said Bayer marketed One-A-Day WeightSmart next to uncorroborated claims together with that it increases metamorphosis. The marketers of TrimSpa, Goen Techonologies, will pay $1.5 million."
My Two Cents: I saw the telecasting scheme variation of this story, and the newsman aforementioned that the diet weight-loss commercial enterprise is a $1.3 cardinal a year business and the fines levied against these companies amounted to null more than than peanuts!
Question: Who's overseeing the FTC?
I missing 40 pounds in the twelvemonth 2001, and I have not gained it back, and it took me 10 months to do it, too! (See: How I Lost 40 Pounds). At the embark on of 2007, I yet measure 170 pounds, and I did it all in need purchasing any trickery dust. You know how I did it? With the belongings that can't be purchased completed the antagonistic and you can't get a prescription from your doctor! My occurrence in losing weight included...discipline; sacrifice; conflict off bait and peer-pressure...and premonition what? All of these intrinsic worth are covered all of us...and they're FREE!