As a result of the settlement, Duncan and his companies must pay $9 million to refund customers who bought the supplement and stop making weight-loss claims until the extract’s properties can be substantiated by two well-controlled clinical studies.
The first study on the extract, which was initially cited by The Dr. Oz Show, was considered “severely flawed” and a FTC complaint against the study’s sponsor was settled in September 2014.
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So if you’re up late and at home watching one of those great-looking infomercials that sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Here are three ways to spot a diet scam:
I. If you lose weight by doing absolutely nothing but a pill – Weight loss requires some effort. Plain and simple. Some programs require more than others, but the consistent thing is effort.
II. Anything that guarantees substantial weight loss in a short period of time – To be blunt, anybody, anywhere can lose a lot of weight in a short period of time, but it will never be healthy and won’t last. So don’t fall victim to that.
III. You’ll lose weight permanently – and never have to do anything else ever again – Ok, so never ever ever? Even those celebrities who have the best bodies ever, are still eating a certain kind of way, exercising a number a days a week, among other things, but they do it because it’s their lifestyle. Not a diet.
Dr. Oz Approved Diet Turns Out To Be A Scam was originally published on blackdoctor.org
