Diet pills no-no

Read this in the Fashion Magazine's (one of Canada's fashion mags) April issue. I hope you dolls are not taking any of the diet pills mentioned below. Now that the weather's warming up, and bikini season's not far away, we want to get in shape. But don't be tempted to take any diet pills. Healthy eating and exercise is always the right way to go.


Glowing testinmonials, claims of clinically proven success, and promises of painless, life-altering results--it's enough to make even a cynic wonder if diet pills could work. But this January, the marketers of four major supplements in the States were slapped with US$25 million in penalties to settle charges of deceptive advertising. CortiSlim, Xenadrine EFX, TrimSpa and One-a-Day WeightSmart--the last three are still sold in Canada, with the last one as One-a-Day with Non-Medicinal Green Tea--where slammed by the Federal Trade Commission for making false and/or unsubstantiated claims. "You won't find weightloss in a bottle of pills that claims it has the latest scientific breakthrough or miracle ingredient" explained FTC chairman Deborah Platt Majoras in an official statement. "Paying for fad science is a good way to lose cash, not pounds."