| We've all seen the beautiful bodies on the | | | | even been tempted to try them. All they do, in |
| television and on posters - slim, attractive people | | | | fact, is remove some of the water in your body |
| advertising anything from the newest movie to | | | | - not the fat. Remember that the human body is |
| perfumes. But how did they get those beautiful | | | | capable of losing 2 or 3 pounds a week with a |
| slim bodies? Well, putting aside the sometimes | | | | rigorous exercise and diet regime, not 50 pounds |
| obvious addition of a little airbrush work, they will | | | | overnight! |
| probably tell you that it takes time, effort, and | | | | • The Slimming Soap |
| more than a little sweat. | | | | This is a recent product that claims to reduce |
| But not everyone has the inclination, time, | | | | body fat by "emulsification while taking a bath". It |
| patience or indeed the motivation to look they | | | | is reputedly made from a unique concoction of |
| way they want - these people often look to the | | | | seaweed and "secret" Chinese herbs. Whilst it's |
| easiest alternative - a rapid weight loss program. | | | | true that these soaps do indeed make your skin |
| Unfortunately, these rapid weight loss programs | | | | feel softer, the process of reducing subcutaneous |
| are not always as effective as they are made | | | | fat by applying any substance to the outer |
| out to be. | | | | epidermis of skin seems a little far-fetched. |
| Rapid weight loss programs are often only as | | | | Scientists agree - there is precisely zero scientific |
| good as they last - by that we mean that as | | | | evidence to show that these soaps do indeed |
| soon as you stop doing them, the weight quickly | | | | work. |
| comes back. And to persevere with any rapid | | | | • Magnetic Earrings |
| weight loss program for an extended period of | | | | Magnetic earrings work by balancing your |
| time can actually seriously damage your health. | | | | magnetic field, helping to enhance the healing |
| Rapid weight loss programs are not good for the | | | | process and accelerate rapid weight loss. Once |
| long-term - for that you need a program that will | | | | again, these assumptions are based on theory |
| enable you to eat healthily and lose weight at a | | | | rather than fact. To properly align your body |
| reasonable rate - this way you can lose weight | | | | magnetically, you would have to travel to the |
| and also find it easier to keep the weight off. | | | | earth's core, and there is no scientific fact to |
| Losing weight rapidly is often through the loss of | | | | support their claimed properties. True, they can |
| water, not fat. Dehydration is never good under | | | | look nice, but if you're after aesthetics, then a |
| any circumstances. If you do lose a lot of weight | | | | nice pair of earrings from the jewelers might go |
| through water, your body will simply replace that | | | | down a little better. |
| weight the next time you take a drink of water | | | | The truth of the matter is that if you are looking |
| anyway. Some of the following products have | | | | for a beautiful, slim, toned body you have to |
| recently emerged that claim to make you lose | | | | work for it. There are no miracle cures, and there |
| weight incredibly rapidly: | | | | are no scientifically proven ways to lose weight |
| • The Diet Pill | | | | overnight - our bodies are simply not capable of it. |
| Water-removal is often how so-called "diet pills" | | | | So the next time you see an advertisement for |
| work. We've all seen the advertisements for | | | | the next big miracle cure and it seems good to |
| these alleged miracle cures, and some of us have | | | | be true - it probably is. |