Ridiculous Diet Gadgets and Weight Loss Scams

Unfortunately, living in a world filled with advertisements and media influences, we are surrounded by diet, food, and weight images everywhere we look. There is a new diet fad every few months, diet warnings of what to eat and not eat, diet tips, etc. Many of these diets are ridiculous and use the media to try to get people to buy certain products. These advertisements and claims tend to create a culture where we are never supposed to be satisfied with our bodies! However, some humor may be found in the absurdness of many of the diet and weight loss gadgets that have emerged throughout the years. The following in a list of some of the worst and most ridiculous diet gadgets….and yes….people did buy these!

1. Get Slim Slippers: these slippers are supposed to slim you down by using by using magnets, reflexology science, and gravity. Taken together, these help to "naturally" increase your metabolism and activate nerves connected to digestion and eating habits.

2. Eyeglasses: There were eyeglasses being sold claiming to suppress the appetite by using color lenses. These lenses were supposed to project a certain image onto people's eyes to lesson the desire to eat. (What did they see….I wonder….)

3. Earrings: weight-loss earrings were being sold that were custom-fit to the person's ears. They were supposed to fit the ear while hitting points similar to those in acupuncture that aid in controlling hunger.

4. Svelt PATCH: This is a patch that a person can stick anywhere that is supposed to trigger fat burning, absorb fat, stimulate the thyroid, stimulate the metabolism, fight water retention, control appetite, and help prevent muscle loss. Quite the list of claims!

5. Shoe Insoles: These are insoles that a person is supposed to slip into their shoes they have little knobs that are supposed to hit certain reflex centers through acupressure and make you look slimmer.

6. Bliss Ray of Hope: Sunscreen that is supposed to help you look thinner by using caffeine molecules. Imagine that…get a tan and look slimmer all in one day!

7. Slim Fit 20: Caffeine tights….who said wearing tights can't be beneficial? These claim to help people look slimmer by using body heat to stimulate the caffeine in the tights which then stimulates your metabolism.

8. Promise: A lip balm appetite suppressant. They say that is you want to eat or snack, you apply this lip balm and suddenly your appetite will be curbed!

9. The Vacunaut: a fat burning wetsuit that helps you lose weight just by wearing it while you work out. (The picture of the person wearing the suit in the advertisement is one to check out!)

10. SLIMist: a spray that you are supposed to inhale before you eat to help you eat less.

It is amazing to see some of the products out there on the market. Every year there are awards called the Slim Chance Awards that talk about the worst diet products, gimmicks, and gadgets. For more information about these awards, or any of the products above, check out the following websites.

http://www.diet-blog.com/
http://www.healthyweight.net/
http://www.quackwatch.org
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/hl/nutr/food/alert01252000.jsp
http://www.hooah4health.com/body/fitness/slimming.htm