Weight loss scams and how to spot them

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,943 Member
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    Orphia wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    Zombie !

    Nah, there's plenty of life in it left. :wink:

    And plenty of truth too.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
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    CSARdiver wrote: »
    This needs immediate favored/most helpful thread status.

    Agreed. I've nominated it for 'sticky status' - please do so as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177916/nominate-posts-for-announcement-status-stickies#latest

    :)

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    CSARdiver wrote: »
    This needs immediate favored/most helpful thread status.

    Agreed. I've nominated it for 'sticky status' - please do so as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177916/nominate-posts-for-announcement-status-stickies#latest

    :)

    Aww, thank you, @snickerscharlie sweetie! <3
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    Anything that starts with "One weird thing..."
  • maryelgin1988
    maryelgin1988 Posts: 185 Member
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    Anything that doesn't involve CICO.
  • laur357
    laur357 Posts: 896 Member
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    **Results shown are not typical

    Gotta love the fine print . . .

  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
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    tennisdude2004 wrote: »


    So basically before calorie counting became popular all diets were scams ?? Or anyone now eating sensibly without the aid of food scales and a diary counting calories is following a scam diet!

    That's good to know!

    I have a 1944 cookbook. It's diet advice is to make your salad dressing and mayonnaise with mineral oil. And eat a lot of salads.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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    Any thread on MFP with the title "Does ____________ work", which is dormant, and then is necro-ed 3 months after the last post by someone with < 10 total posts.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    Feels like this could use a bump for visibility today.

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    edited September 2015
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    When they advertise a pill or food and the before/after pics are all buff and clearly those people have been lifting heavy by the looks of their physiques not just taking a dumb pill....I'm looking at you Hydroxycut.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    edited September 2015
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    Oh and detoxes and cleanses pertaining to weight loss and fitness.
  • kuroshii
    kuroshii Posts: 168 Member
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    "Lose weight by simply wearing <this thing> while watching TV and doing regular chores around your house."
  • kiela64
    kiela64 Posts: 1,447 Member
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    - claims the calories DON'T MATTER if you eat X and/or don't eat Y
    - "superfoods"
    - focus on partial or prepackaged foods (eg juicing or eating only the company's frozen dinners)
    - gaining weight is "part of the body reseting its metabolism" and you should "just keep going"
    - demonizes GMOs, cooked foods, or random specific foods for no apparent reason (like beans - who hates beans? what?)
    - or simply attaches moral values to specific foods (apart from meat/dairy/eggs or fair trade issues, which are legitimate moral concerns with food)
    - adds complicated rules that are extremely difficult to follow (eg "food combining" - don't eat x with y but only eat y with z but you have to eat z only if jupiter is in retrograde)
    - ignores/sets strong limits on vegetables. just WHY. How. No.
    - requires a lot of supplementation/living on shakes or bars only
    - feels "cultish" and critics are attacked/shamed/sued
    - is something you wear that passively helps you lose weight
    - makes socializing impossible/alienates you/makes you feel AWFUL
    - more than a 2lb weight loss/week
    - has injections or strange apparatuses that are highly invasive
    - advocates for lower than 1200cal/day
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    Claims that it is the one true way to guarantee weightloss

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