Dont Fall For These Weight Loss Gimmicks!

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 appetite. It sounds pretty reasonable, doesnt it? After all, if someone had told you five years ago that you could quit **** by sticking a circle of fabric on your skin would you have believed them?
 
Unfortunately, this one isnt true. According to Dr. Michael Myers, who maintains the popular web site weight.com, its just another 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 effort on your part.
 
Here are a few of the current weight loss gimmicks and the truth about them.
 
The Diet Patch

Transdermal delivery 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, because it helps promote healthy thyroid function. It was abandoned because of side effects and the untoward effects when treatment with iodine ceases. In other words, its an outdated medication being revived for delivery in a new way.
 
Wash your fat away with slimming soap!

The claim is that this is an ancient Chinese soap that contains a unique blend of ingredients derived from seaweed which will emulsify the fat. Further, it comes in several different versions, including one that is specifically meant to give you beautiful thighs. In all truth, the ingredients sound like theyd do a lovely job of softening and toning your skin, but theres not an ounce of research quoted anywhere that can be checked for the results. Until I see the proof, Ill just figure that any weight loss resulted from vigorous scrubbing not the ingredients!
 
Magnetic Weight Loss earrings

Yes, earrings. According to the press, its another ancient Chinese Secret that has to do with balancing the magnetism in the body. By wearing a magnet near the ear, you can suppress hunger, increase metabolism, speed up the healing process and reduce pain.  Again, though theres mention of studies, none are cited, and I couldnt find any in any medical journals. It wont kill you, at least, and the earrings are pretty, but I wouldnt put much stock in their weight loss properties.
 
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 belts. If it sounds too good to be true, remember, it probably is. The only gimmick to weight loss is to eat less and move more!