More on Hydroxycut
Iovate just released a consumer Q & A on the Hydroxycut recall, which is posted on a special site: HydroxycutInformation.com. I instinctively rolled my eyes at this para: We conduct internal analyses of individual ingredients, and undertake extensive medical, scientific and toxicological literature reviews on the safety of the ingredients during the development stage of each product. Additionally, third-party experts from the...
Clown Car Supplements II – Hydroxycut Edition
The FDA warning and Hydroxycut recall are all over the news now, and the major retailers appear to have pulled the products from their inventories. While the reports of liver injury are limited (23 so far), they’re still not easy to dismiss. Nor is it a good idea to do so, especially since there are some “take home” lessons from the current situation. One of them is a point that Paul and I have stressed in earlier...
FDA Warning: Stop Using Hydroxycut Products
Hot off the presses… The FDA said it has received 23 reports of serious liver injuries linked to Hydroxycut products, which are also used as energy enhancers and as fat burners. The reports include the 2007 death of a 19-year-old man living in the Southwest, which was reported to the FDA in March. Other serious liver problems reported included liver damage that resulted in a transplant in 2002, liver failure, jaundice, seizures...
Bony or Beautiful?
OMFG. I’m amazed that anyone would even ask that question. The woman belongs in a hospital, not a beauty pageant.
1,000 Calories a Day is Torture
Literally… In an effort to rationalize the use of dietary manipulation on detainees, Bush administration officials turned to Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. In a footnote to a May 10, 2005, memorandum from the Office of Legal Council, the Bush attorney general’s office argued that restricting the caloric intake of terrorist suspects to 1000 calories a day was medically safe because people in the United States were dieting along...
Weight Loss Lip Gloss
Yeah, I know…it’s a real eye-roller. Nonetheless, people do fall for gimmicks like this, especially when the products are attractively packaged and the ad spiels are dressed up with sciency-sounding explanations about transdermal absorption of “clinically proven” ingredients. Thus, I was prepared to high-five an article in the L.A. Times: “A Little Lip Gloss, a Little Weight Loss” by Alexandra...
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