Homeopathy on Trial?
Not yet, but it could happen. Via the ”Journal of Are You Fucking Kidding” (JAYFK), comes an update on a class-action lawsuit in California against Boiron, one of the largest manufacturers of...
View ArticleMultivitamins Can’t Compensate for Unhealthy Behaviors
This may seem sort of obvious, but according to a recent study on smokers, apparently it’s not. Ben Goldacre of the Guardian tells the story: …researchers took 74 undergraduates who were daily smokers,...
View ArticleJames S. Fell Has Internet E-Book Scams Pegged… Almost.
James S. Fell, the author of the ”In-Your-Face Fitness” feature in the L.A. Times, has a great column this week: “Friend Through Thick and Thin?” With tongue firmly in cheek, he dissects a...
View ArticleFTC Temporarily Halts Fake News Sites Selling Weight Loss Supplements
Another day, another supplement scam. The FTC is coming down on yet-another-bunch-of-crooks using phony “news” sites to separate people from their money. The complaint alleges that the defendants hired...
View ArticleAcai Scammers Fined $1.5 Million
Last year, I made note of a court order suspending sales of certain acai berry supplement products. The defendants were making over-the-top, unproven weight loss and “detox” claims, offering phony...
View Article“The Red Flags of Quackery”
I thought this was cute, so figured I’d share it (click to enlarge/view the original): My fave quote from the creator’s post (below the comic), explaining the different categories: “Helps Your Body…”:...
View ArticleDeborah Blum: “Chemical-free nonsense”
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled over an ad for a “detox” book. The ad was a sight to behold, too – shrill, over-the-top and totally hysterical. The trainer who put his name to it – AND the (fairly...
View Article“The Cure For Everything”
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of “Weighty Matters” reviews an interesting new book, “The Cure For Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages About Health, Fitness and Happiness.” Sounds like it could be good… You...
View ArticleBoiron Settles Lawsuit for $5 Million
This video has been making the rounds… I really don’t have the heart to make fun of these folks. But seriously: so many random patterns occur in nature, it’s not the least bit surprising that some of...
View ArticleVibrational HCG… Really?!
Over the weekend, I surfed over to Science-Based Medicine, and scanned this post by pharmacist Scott Gavura about HCG and weight loss. It’s a well-written article, although if you’ve seen what Paul and...
View ArticleToxins… not “Toxins”
D’ya think the food we eat is filled with toxins? If so, this Guardian article, “I survived the deadliest meal in the world,” should disabuse you of this notion. If they really were, you’d probably be...
View ArticleThey Don’t Warn ‘Loud” Enough, Methinks…
If there’s one thing we see here on UltimateFatBurner.com time and time again, it is consumers falling victim to scams… mostly of the weight loss kind (not surprising, given the subject matter we...
View ArticleToo Funny…
While sipping my a.m. coffee, I stumbled on over an article from The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, about a blogger who thinks he’s invented the perfect alternative to food. Yes… you read that right. An...
View ArticleAn Addendum to Paul’s Metabosyn Review…
I’ve been pretty busy lately, so I haven’t kept up with the newest material on the main domain. But I had some extra time today, so I thought I’d take a look. There’s some good stuff there (kudos to...
View ArticleWIRED: “What’s Actually Inside an Average Cup of Coffee”
LOL – I love coffee AND chemistry, so this little vid from the folks at WIRED magazine is a two-fer for me. Ok, I also (sort of) enjoy stuff that (gently) twists the tails of the “chemophobes” in our...
View ArticleSh*t That Drives Me Crazy! (Good-Bye Critical Thinking)
If there’s one thing that drives me nearly batsh*t crazy, it’s that so often, critical thinking skills seemed to be washed away into the gutter as soon as the topic of “Big Pharma” comes up. There’s a...
View ArticleWhat was the Biggest Supplement Scam of 2013? “Detox” and Detoxing…
To celebrate the New Year, I decided to spend a little time thinking about the past 12 months, and specifically, the biggest supplement scam that has been “pulled” on the unsuspecting public. I didn’t...
View ArticleIn the Weight Loss World, “Doctor Recommended” Means Sweet FA!
In my publication “Dirty, Rotten Tricks! Supplement Company Lies That Cost You Money!“, I talk about the “doctor recommended” scam. Essentially, the word of a medical doctor holds a lot of sway with...
View ArticleWhat’s Dr. Oz Smoking?
I’ve ranted and raved on more than one occasional about Dr. Oz and his breathless endorsements of weight loss supplements that have no business being endorsed. But no matter; regardless or whether or...
View ArticleLogical Fallacies
I can’t take credit for this resource – Yoni Freedhoff from the Weighty Matters blog posted a link to it a short while back, in reference to a previous discussion he had about Girl Guide cookies. Yoni...
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