SlimShots Diet

Just saw this on TV in Miami. Slimshots.com will sell you what looks like a bunch of small coffee creamer cups for $59. Here's their pitch:

How does it work?

* SlimShots has been proven to increase the feeling to satiety [i.e., being full].
* Satiety is the long term effect of a meal—how long it takes to become hungry again and how much food is consumed at the next meal.
* General Explanation: SlimShots™ triggers the body’s natural appetite control mechanism, the ileal brake, satisfying users for long periods of time and in turn, allowing them to eat less, without sacrifice and without depriving them of their favorite foods.

How do I use SlimShots?

* For optimal effectiveness; take two shots per day the 1st week; one shot [9.3 ml container] at breakfast and one shot at lunch. Thereafter, one shot at breakfast should be sufficient. However, response rates can vary for individuals depending on different factors like body weight.
* SlimShots comes in mini shots [i.e., about the site of a coffee creamer], which can be kept at work, in the kitchen or in your purse.
* SlimShots can be taken as a shot or added to coffee, yogurt, cereal or shakes.

Who can take it?

* Anyone who wishes to manage their appetite and moderate their food intake.
* It’s suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
* It’s an ideal compliment to weight loss products except Alli.
* If taking any kind of medication, you should consult your doctor before taking SlimShots as a precaution.

SlimShots should be taken in conjunction with a balanced diet and be viewed as part of a sustainable food and weight management regimen.

Hollywood Diet Ingredients

People all over the world have tried to analyze the Hollywood Diet. Well, our DSI (Diet Scam Investigators) Miami Office actually went to the store and read the ingredients.

Here's what it contains:

water
fructose
pineapple juice
orange juice
apple juice
prune juice
white grape juice
lemon juices juice
extracts of bilberry
green tea extract
ginkgo biloba
grapeseed extract

The instructions are take 4 times a day and eat nothing else. It isn't surprising that you would lose weight since you're getting about 400 calories per day.

Celebrity Diets - Real People Part 1

Real people on celebrity diets.

Avoid the Superbowl Binge

Here's a great video on keeping the calories in control during the Superbowl Snackfest.

Is Phelps Diet All Wet?

This isn't a scam diet as long as you can swim faster than Aquaman.

Here’s Phelps’s typical 12,000 calorie a day diet:

Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch: One pound of enriched pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. Energy drinks packing 1,000 calories.

Dinner: One pound of pasta. An entire pizza. More energy drinks.

Get in the pool ladies!!!

Hoodia Love?

Don't, I repeat, don't waste your money on the diet supplement Hoodia. I bought a box of the Hoodia chocolates and after consuming 5 of the small, bitter bites, I then downed a liter of Coke, a bag of Doritos, and I think a bowl of Raisin Bran. Bottom line is the cereal was a better appetite suppressant than the Hoodia. Or maybe it was the Doritos?

Top 10 Worst Diets of 2008

1. Ear Stapling. Think about this: how many chubby people do you know with multiple piercings? (If you're having trouble envisioning, think about going to a Ren Faire.)

2. Original Hollywood Celebrity Diet. Sure, you too can lose weight if you live on 400 calories a day for two weeks. Wow, it's like magic!

3. Kimkins. Gives sketchy advice like super-low calorie levels and also laxatives (eeek!), but finding out that the diet's supposed inventor and biggest success story actually weighs over 300 pounds must have been très awkward.

4. Hydroxycut. Starbucks sells buckets of caffeine for much less money than these capsules, and with no scary ephedra accidentally making its way into your misto.

5. Celluslim. Random words thrown together to name pills that made a lot of people feel ishy. Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to us.

6. Chitosan. Weirdly, found to reduce cholesterol to some extent, but totally does not help you lose weight even a little.

7. Slim Slippers. Are you kidding us? Reflexology has no proven association with weight loss or metabolism and also, need we mention that these are slippers! For your feet!

8. Hoodia. It might be TrimSpa, but it's also bullshit, baby!

9. Diet Patch. Come on, you're on a diet, not an ocean voyage.

10. Mariah Carey's Purple Food diet. No, really. Purple food.