How would you like to lose weight by just putting a patch onto your skin? Weight loss patches seem to be all the rage in today’s fitness industry, with celebrities endorsing patches that contain different drugs that allegedly allow you to lose weight even while simply sitting down at your office. Such weight loss patches contain compounds like Hoodia, and extract from an African plant that can apparently allow for easy weight loss.
However, recent cases brought before the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, show that weight loss patches are not as good as they are cooked up to be. In particular, the FTC sued a retailer and manufacturer of weight loss patches for making false claims on a weight loss patch, and for not backing up the claims with any research.
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The advisory channel to the FDA voted that the agency should not approve it due to the psychiatric risks observed from the use of Acomplia/Zimulti, the diet pill scientifically known as rimonabant from Sanofi-aventis.
Its company has withdrawn its application for U.S. approval because they lacked the time to fix the problems.
Marc Cluzel, a senior vice president of scientific and medical affairs at Sanofi, said on the conference call that the company is committed to getting the medicine approved in the U.S. Sanofi will meet with the regulator soon to try to better understand what’s needed to prove the drug’s safety, he said.
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So you’ve heard about ear stapling and its effect on people who are trying to get rid some pounds or quit smoking? Not yet? Then read on…
Many health experts say that it’s not a weight loss management method that is based on any evidence. However, the owner of The Center Sanctum, Melissa Jones still argues that it’s effective since the stapling presses on the pressure points controlling the appetite and cravings.
Here’s one of Sanctum’s ear stapling customers, Marilyn Fraunfelter, a 72-year-old cancer survivor talking about ear stapling’s help in her weight loss.
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Many of the weight loss infomercials tell us about Abdominal Machines can Give You Washboard Abs.
The image is familiar: a muscled man appears on your television screen, smiles, waves, and tells you all about his journey from obesity to sexiness. He flashes pictures of his past look: the large tummy, the absent waistline, the flabby abdominals. He then begs you to look at him now: the sculpted pelvic area, the absence of fat, the abundance of raw muscle. He then tells you that he owes it all to one machine.
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