Jamie Garcia Professor Orr ENG 103 MW 8:30 14 May 2014 Garcinia Cambogia: Can A Pill A Day Keep The Extra Weight Away? The world has finally been introduced to a weight loss solution that requires no crazy hours at the gym or intensive diet to see results. It’s been labeled as “the most exciting breakthrough in natural weight loss to date” by the American TV doctor and guru Dr. Oz (Gunnar). This development in weight loss is called Garcinia Cambogia, which is a small pumpkin shaped fruit that is found in Southeast Asia and has been clinically proven to inhibit the absorption of fat and “stop weight gain” (garciniacambogiarush.com). The promoters of Garcinia Cambogia say these pills will not only block fat cells within the body, and decrease belly fat, but they will also balance moods by increasing levels in Serotonin and manage Cortisol, the stress hormone. To encourage prospective buyers, advertisements include phrases such as “the father of all weight loss products” or “claim your free bottle,” along with a picture of a fit woman or before and after picture. By basing their products reliability on numerous personal statements and case studies, Garcinia Cambogia is not trustworthy. The first major claims by the promoters is that the product will block fat cells within the body, which will then lead to weight loss. To test this claim, several studies were completed in both animals and humans. In the tests ran on rats they discovered, “it [Garcinia Cambogia] can inhibit a fat producing enzyme called Citrate Lyase, making it more difficult for the body to produce fat out of carbohydrates. This could theoretically lead to reduced appetite and cravings. There are plenty of studies in rats showing that Garcinia Cambogia consistentl... ... middle of paper ... ... quote I found within the article was “If the treatment itself is harmless, why shouldn’t suffering people be given a chance to try it? There may be no strong evidence that it works, but if it does, the benefits to many people would be substantial. The costs to people-in terms of potential physical harm-are low. So on balance, it’s the best to urge people to try it, the possible benefits outweigh the possible costs.” I believe it does in fact benefit people, not 100% of the time, but there are definitely many people who have generated hope from these “cures.” Promoting unproven treatments does bring both harm and good; however, the results are ultimately up to the person and their body. If a cure fails for someone, hopefully it makes them more determined to find a solution that will actually work for them and if they do then they did in fact find a miracle cure.
Recently, another weight loss supplement has stepped into the ever-increasing market. This drug, called Stimulife 750, is a supposedly all-natural herbal supplement that promotes weight loss without any effort from the client. Both the parent company – Stimulife International – and various distributors of Stimulife 750 make bold blanket statements such as “Stimulife 750 has everything good and nothing bad,” which set the success of the pill far higher than is possible. Furthermore, these individuals attempting to sell the product use a variety of marketing techniques to encourage purchasing the supplement; however, they provide no scientific evidence to support the claims they make regarding the safety and effectiveness of the product. By appealing to the clients’ desire for a natural and easy way to lose weight, providing pseudo-scientific statements to convey a sense of authenticity to the product, and befriending the client by seeming to care for their best interests, the distributers attempt to woo more clients. However, Stimulife 750 contains many ingredients included in other “unsafe” weight loss supplements and scientific research shows no clear evidence that Stimulife 750 is any more effective or safe as other diet pills.
“Miracle weight loss? No such thing, feds say in $34 million suit”, is the headline by Maggle Fox, for NBC news. Recently, on January 7, 2014, Federal Trade Commission, USA’s consumer protection agency, announced a charge of 34 million dollars to Sensa LLC along with other three companies L’Occitane, which markets a skin cream would effective to shed some inches and HCG Diet Direct, which sells an untested hormone, which they claim as a weight-loss agent, and Lean Spa, for its promotion of acai berry as weigh loss diet supplement by colon cleanse method. FTC has field complaint against them for making deceptive advertisement of their weight loss product. FTC said that these companies made millions by misleading consumers with unproven weight-loss claims and advertisement. It is a fraud, and the company has to pay for it.
It increases the rate at which the body converts the food that you eat and the stored body fats into usable energy in the body. If you reduce the amount of stored fat in the body, then by default that translates into a significant weight loss result; and the good thing about this dietary supplement is that it allows you to make use of other supplements in conjunction.
The desire to change one’s body image is very prevalent in today’s society; and in most cases what people want to change is their weight. Companies who market diet programs and miracle diet drugs are very much aware of this commonality among consumers and take advantage of the susceptible nature of those who want to lose the weight and lose it fast. Among the multitude of pills, programs and promises that are offered as cures to the unhappiness of being fat, one new concept has emerged that stretches the boundaries of logic: the catabolic diet.
...not guaranteed. Pseudoscientific treatments repeatedly offer extravagant and guaranteed results (Fin, Bothe and Bramlett, 2005, p. 177). Finally, criterion ten looks at the therapy approach. Scientific research should be detailed and explicit, and should examine the cause and effect of both the disorder and the treatment. Many pseudoscience therapies claim that treatments only work if applied and analyzed universally, with the whole person in mind (Fin, Bothe and Bramlett, 2005, p. 177).
Therefore, he states he wants to “focus the paper on the arguments offered in support of the claim that these trials were unethical,” (302). The first criticism states,” injustice was done to the control group…second, the participants in the trial were coerced into participating…third, the countries in question were exploited,” (302). Against the first criticism, he argues that if the clinical trials were not conducted the participants would not have received proper treatment. For the second criticism, he states that coercion, “involves a threat to put someone below their baseline unless they cooperate with the demands of the person
These patients are desperate and are vulnerable, often consenting to research studies without fully understanding the potential outcome. Therefore, it is imperative to educate the patients, public, and regulatory agencies regarding the pros and cons of these therapies.
The study took advantage of an oppressed and vulnerable population that was in need of medical care. Some of the many ethical concerns of this experiment were the lack of informed consent, invasion of privacy, deception of participants, physical harm, mental harm, and a lack of gain versus harm. One ethical problem in this experiment was that the benefits did not outweigh the harm to participants. At the conclusion of the study there were virtually no benefits for the participants or to the treatment of syphilis. We now have
Losing weight and getting in shape is not a logically simple task. According to research studies it is estimated that 40-50 percent of U.S. households purchase supplements costing Americans over 40 billion dollars per year (SNAC). There are numerous objectives that individuals do not take into consideration like proper diet, training regimens, and even quality sleep. Some understand the importance of combining all elements to have great success while others are searching for the “miracle” pill. In recent years weight loss supplements have exploded into the market of fitness. Some of the supplements like ephedra and yohimbine have been used for weight loss and other purposes. Ephedra is a drug used traditionally in ...
Fad diets are unhealthy. Some people believe that fad diets work. Fad diets are getting more and more popular in the dieting market. In today’s society people should be more educated on these diets before using them and these fad diets should be prescribed to a qualified patient by a health physician or doctor to people that are heavily obese that need to lose weight rapidly to help them with their health. Fad diet supplements are wrong because they provide no nutrients for the body and people need to know that they need healthy nutrients for a healthy weight loss. Because these diets are non-nutritional for one’s body, many people are harming their bodies just by taking these pills. Not all fad diets are for everyone. Many people are quick to believe that these diet supplements will shred inches off their waste line and shed those extra pounds fast just from advertisement. There are a variety of problems with fad diets. These diets should not be sold over the counter because of the lack of knowledge behind these diets, health risks, false advertisement and misuse. Studies prove that these diets are for short term weight loss and that they do not work long term. Also a study has been proven that citizens that use these fad diets will lose some weight but end up going back to their original weight within three years.
A million types of fad diets promising people to lose weight by using drugs or specific diet plans such as 5:2, paleo, hormone cure, virgin, bulletproof. Moreover, each type of fad diets has own specific style. Studies show that 108 million people in US following fad diets (ABC News Staff, 2012). The fad diets are the same as fashion that people use it enthusiastically for a period of time to give them beauty, elegant and perfect appearance. A fad diet is the most dangerous type of diet and it causes many health problems. This paper will look at two areas, which are physical and mental problems. Fad diets is becoming more popular because the consumers spend a huge amount of their money to follow specific type of diets to lose their weight
The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar machine, perpetually fueled by not only new information, but also data that have remained true for decades. Although it is unsurprising that the human body will lose weight when it expends more calories than it consumes, new findings lead to several alternative diets and weight loss methods that gain much more popularity than the basic concept of eating less and exercising more. For
...per medical treatment. V.S. Ramachandran states that “randomized, controlled trial research do not make clinical decisions for physicians; rather, they must be applied to individual patients and clinical situations based on value judgments, both by physicians and patients. Clinical decision-making must entail value judgments about the costs and benefits of available treatments” (91). A patient can practice medicine by deciding whether a certain treatment option is right for him or her. For example, an individual might choose to take medication instead of having surgery because of monetary costs, or decide which prescription drug to take based on the potential side effects. Overall, though a physician may advise an individual on a certain treatment to cure him or her of a medical concern, it is ultimately the patients’ decision on whether or not to carry it out.
Every day people are becoming more and more concerned with their health and their appearance. Thanks to scientific research there are many remedies to improve the human body. As far as weight loss there is exercise, diets, pills, and different surgical procedures. Diet pills have become a very popular supplement to assist in weight loss, but with diet pills come many questions; are they safe, do they really work, and mainly if they are a good product or not. In order to know whether or not something a quality product, is to know how it works. The ingredients are very important and unfortunately not every diet pill has the same ingredients. There are multiple types of pills, with different effects, and conditions. There are three popular types of pills. There are appetite suppressors, metabolism regulators, and fat absorbing pills. Combining these effects into one pill with the correct usage creates positive results.
if these treatments have been proved to have no effect. Many companies claim that they can cure the illness, but only do it for the money.