Interesting tidbit in today's news about the weight loss portion of the claims companies make about their products...
Is Dr. Oz scamming his viewers? He was under fire when he appeared before Congress yesterday. The celebrity doctor was scolded by the consumer protection panel for promoting weight-loss products that don't work. Oz agreed that there is no long-term miracle pill that can get rid of pounds without diet and exercise. He says he promotes these products only to give his viewers hope. He?s agreed to stop
Nothing specifically there about
herbal products though, but then again no one seems to be coming forward with any decisive proof that they DO actually work either. I'm of the mind that certan products can
assist in weight loss, provided the person is also at least eating right and getting in at least some physical activity in. I have yet to see the miracle product, herbal or otherwise, that simply rids the body of fat without any added effort on the part of the individual.
For the most part the only "weight" being lost from overweight people is the wieght being lifted from their wallets, by hundreds if not thousands of companies and their 'claims', like this Oz fellow.