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Diet Pill Company Hacks Models’ Twitter Accounts, Proves Diet Pills Are The Worst

Diet Pill Company Hacks Models' Twitter Accounts, Proves Diet Pills Are The Worst

It’s a known fact that over-the-counter diet pills basically never lead to real weight loss. But that doesn’t stop the manufacturers of them from trying desperately to plant the seeds of body-negativity and, as a result, get people to buy their crappy snake oil. Yesterday, they did it by hacking the Twitter accounts of famous models, including Joan Smalls, Toni Garnn, Jourdan Dunn, and Lily Donaldson. Luckily, the models caught on pretty quick, according to Fashionista.

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8 Celebrities Who Have Shilled For Diet Pills

8 Celebrities Who Have Shilled For Diet Pills

Last week, we learned that diet pills are basically useless. Some may curb your appetite or hit you with a blast of energy, but for the most part, they rarely live up to their claims of fast weight loss. But one thing they are capable of doing is lining the pockets of celebs who agree to endorse them. From Snooki to Jillian Michaels, these stars have advertised for weight loss solutions that, by and large, don’t help you lose weight. More »

Dump The Diet Pills: Review Finds None Really Promote Weight Loss

Dump The Diet Pills: Review Finds None Really Promote Weight Loss

Lots of diet pills and products claim to promote weight loss. Some rev up metabolism with lots of caffeine or ephedra; others block absorption of fat or carbs. Some promise appetite reduction. So which type of weight-loss supplement works best? Uh, that would be none of them, according to a giant review published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Unless by ‘work’ you mean leads to bloating, heart palpitations and possibly stroke. More »

Snooki: A Badly Photoshopped Poster Child For How Not To Lose Weight

Snooki: A Badly Photoshopped Poster Child For How Not To Lose Weight

Jersey Shore‘s Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi showed off photos of herself in a swimsuit on Twitter this week, causing new commentary on her “super slim” figure. But the latest evidence of Snooki’s weight loss just makes her seem more like a poster child for how not to lose weight. Between the badly-done photoshop (is anyone else wondering where the bottom of her “monokini” went?), the risky Zantrex-3 diet pills she’s been using to lose weight, and her clear problems with body image in the past, we just wish we could give her a hug and a good body image counselor. More »

FDA: ‘Natural’ Weight-Loss Supplements Contain Banned Diet Drug Meridia

FDA: 'Natural' Weight-Loss Supplements Contain Banned Diet Drug Meridia

The Food and Drug Administration is warning against more than 20 brands of so-called ‘natural’ weight-loss pills which actually contain a banned prescription diet drug called Meridia (brand name) or sibutramine (generic). Meridia was pulled from the U.S. market in 2010 after studies showed it increased users’ risk of heart attacks and strokes. More »

Snooki Touts Diet Pills Containing 12 Times As Much Caffeine As Espresso

Snooki Touts Diet Pills Containing 12 Times As Much Caffeine As Espresso

So Zantrex-3 sounds to me like some sort of spaceship or far-off galaxy, but apparently it’s a diet pill—ahem, ‘supplement’—being promoted by Jersey Shore’s Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi as the secret to her recent weight-loss. In a new promo for the pill’s manufacturer, the 4’9″-tall reality starlet talks about how she went from 126 to 109 pounds with the help of Zantrex-3. More »

‘Natural’ Diet Pills Contain Hidden (and Dangerous) Drugs

'Natural' Diet Pills Contain Hidden (and Dangerous) Drugs

Many popular weight-loss products claiming to boost metabolism or burn fat via the awesome power of natural medicine are actually chock-full of banned pharmaceuticals and other harmful substances, the New York Times reported yesterday. Apparently, today’s magic beans fall into two categories: Those that are nothing more than regular beans, and beans that are spiked with things that will kill you. More »

Pills Rejected By The FDA Are Not the Answer for Weight-Loss

Pills Rejected By The FDA Are Not the Answer for Weight-Loss

Weight loss is long, slow process that most of us at some point in our lives will have to deal with. Since it takes such a short time to pack on the pounds, and an exponentially longer time to lose them again, our quick-fix society is always looking for easy and painless methods to drop a size without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately, the medical community is well aware of our collective neuroses and will do anything to sell us those easy weight-loss drugs . . . even if the drugs aren’t fit for consumption. Most of us will do anything to lose weight quickly and easily, but will you go so far as to take FDA rejected drugs? More »

Orexigen’s New Diet Pill, Contrave, Nears FDA Approval

Orexigen's New Diet Pill, Contrave, Nears FDA Approval

Contrave, a new diet pill from the pharmaceutical company Orexigen, won a U.S. panel recommendation that brings it one step closer to winning FDA approval, which will be announced after the final vote on January 31. Despite associated cardiovascular risks, the drug is expected to win approval, which would make it the first new diet pill to come on the market in the last decade. More »

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