The piece below, which I will quotation from, was left-slanting by Donna De La Cruz of the Associated Press, and the (copyrighted) article appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday, January 5, 2007. The header of the nonfictional prose reads: (Washington) "Forget Magic Pill, Dieters...Feds Fine Firms For Fake Claims."
Article: Now, that you've indulged in all those holiday goodies and ready-made that resolve to shelter pounds, the regime says don't enumerate on a fare thing to support. The Federal Trade Commission same Thursday (1/4/07), it was fining the marketers of four weight-loss linctus companies a collectivist $25 million for wrong exposure claims. Despite that, the pills Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, One-a-Day, WeightSmart and TrimSpa...will stay on the shelves."
MY Two Cents: There's a fool given birth everyday, and disdain the senate allowing these companies to market their fraudulant products, I cognise in that will contunue to be associates out nearby who will throw their investments away on these products.
Article: "It is resolve juncture again, isn't it?" same FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras...'We're implementing our completion to fighting backbone antagonistic companies that use false promotional material claims.'
Some of the products marketed their claims through infomercials or superstar endorsements. Anna Nicole Smith, for example, has supported TrimSpa. 'Testimonials from individuals are not a extra for science,' Magores aforesaid. 'And that's what American's have to follow.'
The FTC investigated a mixed bag of claims, plus rapid weight loss and exhaustion in the hazard of osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and even cancer, Majoras famed.
My Two Cents: I saw a fugitive section come with concluded AOL (01/07/07) which same that there are products out on the shelf, that a organism can filch piece they slumber and put in the wrong place weight! The drugs rise biological process piece sound asleep and PRESTO the weight is gone! (yeah, fitting)
Article: "The large crumbly was levied opposed to the vendor of Xenadrine EFX, made by New Jersey supported Nutraquest, Inc., authoritatively known as Cytodyne Technologies. The marketers will pay at most minuscule $8 million and as more than as $12 million. The merchant was identified as RTC Research and Developers LLC, based in Manasquan, NJ. Majores said Xenadrine had a exploration showing that society who took a medicine missing more weight than those taking the pill. The FTC's inquest also found that user endorsers...people who occur in the back and the after pictures in various ads...lost weight by attractive in rigorous diet and exertion programs." A $12 million impressive was assessed resistant Window Rock Health Labortories, supported in Brea, Calif., the marketers of CortiSlim. Majoris said CortiSlim unfairly promised that all users would see ongoing and sudden weight loss, and that it's TV infomercials were 'deceptively formatted' to be as verbalize shows a bit than ads."
My Two Cents: Why don't they appearance a past and after illustration of the pocketbooks of the associates who buy this snake-oil? That ought to cause for few unputdownable viewing, don't you think?
Article: "The Bayer Corp., will pay a $3.2 million civilian punishment to bench the claims, the FTC same. The FTC same Bayer marketed One-A-Day WeightSmart next to uncorroborated claims as well as that it increases biological process. The marketers of TrimSpa, Goen Techonologies, will pay $1.5 a million."
My Two Cents: I saw the broadcasting gridiron journal of this story, and the press officer aforesaid that the diet weight-loss industry is a $1.3 cardinal a yr business and the fines levied antagonistic these companies amounted to zilch more than peanuts!
Question: Who's overseeing the FTC?
I gone 40 pounds in the period 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 inaugurate of 2007, I yet weigh 170 pounds, and I did it all minus purchasing any wizardly dust. You cognise how I did it? With the property that can't be purchased over the negative and you can't get a prescription from your doctor! My success in losing weight integrated...discipline; sacrifice; fighting off bribery and peer-pressure...and conjecture what? All of these intrinsic worth are contained by all of us...and they're FREE!
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