1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of my Heart Radio. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. Fit 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: tip the latest Miracle weight loss supplement. Now, for those 4 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: of you who have listened to my show before, I 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: assume most of you read the title and the red 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: flags went up right away, as they should have. Yes, 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: this is the most clickbait title I will probably ever use, 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: but I'm doing it for a purpose. The amount of 9 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: money wasted spent on products supplements that don't work is astounding. 10 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: So that's a quick fit tip. Going to go through 11 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: it quickly. The scam industry. And as I was researching 12 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: this quick fit tip, I realized I have to do 13 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: a whole podcast, a longer one on just the scams 14 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: that are out there, because it's not just supplements. So 15 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this big tip on supplements and look 16 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: for a much longer show on products and creams and 17 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: things like that that are just scams, their scams. Now, again, 18 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: you should have read that title, hopefully, and that word 19 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: miracle should have jumped right out and even latest, And 20 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: so that's how I'm gonna start out. When you see 21 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: a product advertise that has words in it like breakthrough miracle. 22 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: Even terms that are associated with metabolism, metabolism boosting, metabolism reset. 23 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,559 Speaker 1: Red flags should go up right away. They are drawing 24 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: you in and scamming you. And the incredible thing about 25 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: these products is they're expensive. They cost nothing to make, 26 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: by and large because there's nothing in them except placebo 27 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: type elements for the most part, and the ones that 28 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: have stuff in them generally dangerous. We'll talk about that 29 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: at the end. And I'm gonna give you two examples too, 30 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: widely known examples of these scams. So who remembers SENSA. Okay, 31 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: this was a powder that you were supposed to sprinkle 32 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: on your food that was going to enhance the smell 33 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: and the taste. And what did that do. It was 34 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: supposed to make you eat less and lose weight without dying. Okay. 35 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: One of the biggest scams in recent history. One of 36 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: just that made the most money. There's so many scams, 37 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: all right. They made three hundred and sixty four million 38 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: dollars in four years. Three hundred and sixty four million 39 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: dollars in four years, according to the FDC. It's probably 40 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: more because these people hide the money. Unbelievable uh, and 41 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: and the claim was again, users will feel full faster, 42 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: so they eat less and lose weight without dieting and 43 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: without changing their exercise regime. It promised thirty pound weight loss. 44 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: Now that is the biggest red flag because even the 45 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: couple products that might work a little bit again topic 46 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: for another show, the weight loss is generally minimal. It 47 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: is generally prescription, and you still have to do diet 48 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: and exercise. So if you ever see a product that 49 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: promises weight loss without diet and exercise, please save your money. 50 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: Please don't waste time. Okay. Sense of Products was ordered 51 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: to pay five million as part of a forty six 52 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: point five million judgment. So they make so much money, 53 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: they hide the money. Then they get the fine, which 54 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: isn't that big relative to what they made on the product, 55 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: and then they oftentimes say they can't pay it. So 56 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: in this case they I think ended up paying half 57 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: of what the judgment was forty six roughly half five million. 58 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: They were ordered to pay twenty six. They made three 59 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: sixty four that they admitted to. But these are not 60 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: generally upstanding people. They hide the money, they make it 61 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: really quickly and they're gone, all right. The other one 62 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: I want to just give you. And there are so 63 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: many green coffee extract Now, this made it to the 64 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: doctor a show, and this you know, it wasn't good 65 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: for Dr Oz's reputation. And this promised to eliminate ten 66 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: of your body weight. Okay based on a study that 67 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: end I quote was so hopelessly flawed that no reliable 68 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: conclusions could be drawn from it. Okay, This green coffee 69 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: extract promised substantial weight loss and fat loss. Promised you 70 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: would lose seventeen points seven pounds. I love the point 71 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: seven ten point five percent of your body weight and 72 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: scent of your body fat, with or without diet and exercise. 73 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: In twenty two weeks. They were ordered to pay three 74 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: point five million, a drop in the bucket relative to 75 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 1: what they made. I am sure you will never lose 76 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: weight without diet and exercise, even with as I said, 77 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: the pharmaceutical drugs. The pharmaceutical drugs, and how do most 78 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: prescription weight loss drugs work decreasing appetite or increasing your 79 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: feelings of fullness? So it's not burning fat, it's not 80 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: increasing your metabolism. Some do both, and one exception is 81 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: or a stat and that again the topic for another day, 82 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: although I don't want to cover it in great detail 83 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: because it interferes with your absorption of fat. So this 84 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: is the one where you better be close to a 85 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 1: bathroom and you better not eat too much fat or 86 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: you're going to run into major issues. Oh my gosh. 87 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: And I have stories about that that I'm just not 88 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: going to share with you. Not personal experience, but people 89 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: have told me about accidents they had trying products with 90 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: or with stat Okay, so you will never find a 91 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: product that allows you to spend six month or whatever 92 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: it is and lose weight without diet or exercise. Please 93 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: don't waste your money. And if it says you can 94 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: eat whatever you want, run the other way because that's 95 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: the only way you're gonna burn calories. And finally, there's 96 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: no such thing as a free trial. That's how they 97 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: get you. And oh, you're gonna get those free bottles, right, Yeah, 98 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: they get your credit card. You gotta get the credit 99 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: card first, then try to get out of that, charging 100 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: your card over and over. And by the time they 101 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: find these companies and find these companies, it's too late 102 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: and you can't get your money back because they've hitten 103 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: the money already. So please, I apologize for the title. 104 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: I apologize for the clickbait title to get you in, 105 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: but it's for a reason the amount of money wasted. 106 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: A number of people who have asked me about this 107 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: latest grace latest. No, you will read about it here, 108 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: about it on the news in reliable publications. And let 109 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: me leave you with this. Actually, because of social media, 110 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: there are fake news sites. They will grab pictures of 111 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: celebrities because again, the fines are so negligible relative to 112 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: how much money they can make. So you need to 113 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: be more cautious than ever before. And now you know. 114 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: All you need to know is if it sounds too 115 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: good to be true, kind of like the way you 116 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: should go through life. It is if it says no diet, 117 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: if it says no exercise, if it says fat burning, 118 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: metabolism boosting, latest breakthrough run the other way. That's it. 119 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: I just saved you so much money. And listen, my 120 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: final thought on this is, even if even if they 121 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: ever came out with a pill, which I don't believe 122 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: would ever happen without serious side effects, and then fan 123 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: back in the day people die at heart valve issues, 124 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: there's always a cost. We were not meant to take 125 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 1: pills to lose weight. We were meant to move and 126 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: move frequently. So if there was a pill that stopped 127 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: us from moving and moving frequently, our mental health would 128 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: suffer immeasurably. Our health would suffer immeasurably. We need to exercise. 129 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: It is not just about weight loss. Now. I know 130 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: you say, well, I just want that initial boost. It 131 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: doesn't exist. It doesn't exist. So save your money, spend 132 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: your money unhealthy food, spend your money on exercise equipment, 133 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: and you will be so much better off and so 134 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: much happier. There you have it, quick fittip latest miracle 135 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: weight loss product doesn't exist. And yes, as I said 136 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: at the start, I will do one on There's so 137 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:39,719 Speaker 1: many other great crazy products and stories, creams, electric stimulation, 138 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: all that kind of fun stuff. I'll cover that as well, 139 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: but not today. All right, there is no pill. Don't 140 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: go to your supplement store, don't buy anything online that 141 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: promises what I outlined at the beginning. Alright, please rate 142 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: the show if you have not subscribed, If you have 143 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: not reach out if you want to. Tom a Fit 144 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 1: is my Twitter and Instagram tom h Fit. You go 145 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: to Fitness Disrupted dot com email me through the site 146 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: as well. Thank you so much for listening. Truly appreciate it. 147 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 1: Want you to have your best life. I want you 148 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: to be as healthy as possible. Just read a great 149 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: comment from someone on the podcast, and it was just about, 150 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: how you know, common sensical and and brutally common sensical. 151 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: My show is. And yes, I could give you deep, 152 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: deep exercise science and and all that kind of stuff 153 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,600 Speaker 1: that's not going to really help you when it comes 154 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: to what you need to do every day. I'm going 155 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: to distill it down and I'm gonna give you the 156 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: most actionable advice that you can use, because that's what 157 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: it's all about. All right, No weight loss pills, Go 158 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: buy fruit and vegetables and willing sources of protein and 159 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 1: healthy fats. All right, thank you for listening. Remember there 160 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: are three things we control, how much we move, what 161 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: we put into our mouths, and our attitude. Let's throw 162 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: in a fourth one just for the heck of it. 163 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: For this show, only what we spend our money on. 164 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 1: Spend your money on things you know are gonna work, 165 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: healthy food and things that make you move more. 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