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The Latest $19.95 Diet Ripoff


While buying some toiletries at a local Duane Reade drugstore, I found myself in the weight-loss products aisle. Between the Slimfast shakes and Atkins Advantage Bars, stood a row of colorful liquid bottles sporting labels marked Hollywood Celebrity Diet. Just drink a jug of this vitamin-enriched fruit juice, and you can lose up to 10 pounds in 2 days! If you believe that, I have some magic beans to sell you. Trust me, all you will lose by going on this juice fast is a couple of pounds of water (not fat) weight and $19.95 plus tax. In addition, you will likely
be slowing your metabolism, making future weight loss efforts even more difficult.

Jul 15, 2003    3:35 pm
 
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