Alright - I don't know if you guys get this on your radio stations, but it bugs me no end. The add is for a mix of liquid protein and aloe vera and you take one tablespoon at bed time and they promise it will cause you loose 2 pants sizes in 2 months without exercise or diet.

Yeah, right ... and I'm sure they would like to sell me a nice little bridge in Brooklyn too.

Here's the website. NoDiet.com (http://nodiet.com/)

This is NOT an endorsement. I'm asking for help to find any info - any negatives, dangers, etc of this particular product. They don't name the company that makes it on the web site (go figure) but maybe some of you know what it is. I want to get this quackery off the air here and it will help if I have exact product information to report to the FTC. I'm not about to waste my money on it (I have better things to spend $100 on).

Thanks for any help, guys.

God Bless,
mik

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Aloe Vera in Weight Loss:

Obesity has become an epidemic in our times. Up till now weight loss remedies had numerous problems. Weight loss diets used to involve distressing diets and workouts that involved a major disruption of daily living. A greater problem was to maintain the ideal body weight for any length of time. An increasing appreciation of nature’s potential and relentless research into age-old wisdom has finally found an ideal weight loss supplement: Aloe Vera.

Aloe Vera is increasingly being recognized as one of the best agents to promote weight loss. The Aloe Vera gel is an effective agent not only to reduce but also to stabilize the body mass index. The Aloe Vera gel action on body weight is multi-pronged, making it suitable for varied population groups and individuals. Aloe Vera has something to offer to everyone.

Aloe Vera stimulates the metabolic rate in the liver cells helping us to burn more energy. The activity of each cell rises and more heat is generated. The increasing amount of fuel required for this task is derived from fat and carbohydrate stores of the body. This has a direct effect on the body mass index. Thus taking Aloe Vera supplements is akin to doing multiple workouts over a week.

Aloe Vera also has a high content of "Collagen Protein". Supplementing Aloe Vera in the diet increases protein intake. Proteins are difficult to digest and the body spends more energy assimilating them into the system. This additional expenditure of energy is well suited for someone who wants to exchange flab for brawn. Imagine a supplement that builds you up while burning your fat stores at the same time.

As mentioned above, Aloe Vera decreases the transit time that food spends in the intestine. The faster food moves the less is absorbed, enhancing the above actions of Aloe Vera on the body mass index. Little wonder then that some of the names ascribed to this medicinal herb over the years include "The Dietary Plant" and "The Harmony Remedy"!


So you've got a protein supplement working in accordance with a laxative... umm - you do the math :)

Ok, thanks - that's th ekind of info I needed. I didn't even think to google aloe vera and weight loss together.

Does anyone know what company produces this?

God Bless,
mik

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TBA
COLLEGEVILLE, 19426
US

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+1.6104091968
Fax: +1.6104091968
4030 TOWNSHIP LINE RD
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Fascinating that the admin contact has an AOL address...

:;falls on floor laughing:

Yeah, there are just so many warning bells that go off when I go to that site - they play her adds on a local station 20, 30 times a day and I just can't listen to it any more because I end up screaming at the radio "IT'S A SCAM, CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?!!!?". "Research shows" this, "our studies" show that - and maybe it's just this one chick selling snake oil out of her basement in West-By-God-Virginia.

Now, after I get my nap in, I'm going to hit the FTC's site and see what I need to do to register a complaint, because they are making some pretty astounding claims about this protein and laxative concoction.

God Bless,
mik