Today’s American population is no stranger to the unrelenting advertising of absurd weight loss solutions from numerous companies. It seems that every other commercial on television is informing the public about some new and unbelievable diet supplement that is “guaranteed” to work, and work quickly. Because the United States of America has become accustomed to a fast paced lifestyle in the ways of fast food chains on every highway, fast methods of communication (e.g. text messaging and video messaging), fast shopping and shipping via the internet, why wouldn’t we expect weight loss products to work quickly also? The bottom line: there are no short cuts to weight loss and healthy nutrition. The public consumer must learn to be more skeptical
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When I researched the SlimWeight Patch on all of these famous media outlets, I came back empty handed. So I continued my search onto more reputable scientific organizations. Two more red flags rose when I was unable to research the product itself, nor find a commonality between its “proven” ingredients and weight loss, or a single peer review. On the home page of the SlimWeight Patch, there is an explanation of how this two-step process works. The first step: use the patch. The second step: “Maintain a Health and Active Lifestyle by ensuring that you eat a balanced diet that falls in-line with your medically advised calorific intake as well as supplementing this with a combination of gentle and intensive exercise 3-5 times a week.” So, why spend money on this patch when the second step is really all one needs to lose weight? As declared by Jeanne Goldberg, Ph.D., “The basic message is boring.” Most people want to believe that something like a patch full of natural ingredients can magically sculpt your body, as the website promotes. That claim has just received another red flag. It is simply too good to be true. I have found that the more meticulously I read the SlimWeight Patch website, the more upset I get for those who may have purchased this overpriced and nonsensical diet
When I researched the SlimWeight Patch on all of these famous media outlets, I came back empty handed. So I continued my search onto more reputable scientific organizations. Two more red flags rose when I was unable to research the product itself, nor find a commonality between its “proven” ingredients and weight loss, or a single peer review. On the home page of the SlimWeight Patch, there is an explanation of how this two-step process works. The first step: use the patch. The second step: “Maintain a Health and Active Lifestyle by ensuring that you eat a balanced diet that falls in-line with your medically advised calorific intake as well as supplementing this with a combination of gentle and intensive exercise 3-5 times a week.” So, why spend money on this patch when the second step is really all one needs to lose weight? As declared by Jeanne Goldberg, Ph.D., “The basic message is boring.” Most people want to believe that something like a patch full of natural ingredients can magically sculpt your body, as the website promotes. That claim has just received another red flag. It is simply too good to be true. I have found that the more meticulously I read the SlimWeight Patch website, the more upset I get for those who may have purchased this overpriced and nonsensical diet