If you do not know whether or not to believe a weight-loss or nutrition claim, check it out! The Federal Trade Commission (http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wgtloss.html) has information on deceptive weight-loss advertising claims. Even more about false weight-loss claims can be found at Quackwatch.org.
You can also find out more about nutrition and weight loss by talking with a registered dietitian. To find a registered dietitian in your area, visit the American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org).
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Don't Get Scammed by False Weight Loss Promises
Posted by Jason Glassbrook, CFT at 6:10 PM
Labels: diets, nutrition, scams, weight loss
3 Comments:
Interesting topic. I like the links to the FTC and Quackwatch websites. It's interesting that no prescription drugs for weightloss having nasty side effects, such as phentermine or xenical show up their lists. HMMM... Pharmaceutical Lobbyists strike again?
That's a good point, Scott. I'm inspired to write a future blog entry on just that topic. Thanks for the comment
While I agree there are some false claims about many things in the health field, weight loss is not the only one. Many of the items medical professionals prescribe have side effects that require more medicine, and on and on.. Many of our government officials are bought off by various drug companies. The officials influence the FTC and FDA. Also the folks at quackwatch are not above the level either. I see many people quote quackwatch but do not research the folks behind it...
http://www.canlyme.com/quackwatch.html
I have even seen sites that quote quackwatch and quackwatch quotes them about the same article...talk about circular reasoning...something just is not right.
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