CAUTION: Mono and Charcoal Diets Can Be Dangerous

There are two types of diets.  The ones to consider are proven diets that have been successfully embraced by societies for hundreds of years (for example: mediterranean or modified paleo).   Then there are the fad diets which should be avoided as they are marketing driven and can be harmful to your health.   Two examples of … Read more

SCAM ALERT: E-Factor Diet Shrinks Your Wallet

E-Factor Diet is a  so-called diet currently being peddled on the Internet.  Its slick website ask for the “low price” of $47 for what appears to be an ebook or a “program” that “guarantees” weight loss.  This is a textbook version of the numerous other  infoscams that have infected the Web over the last six years.  … Read more

SCAM ALERT: Banned Fat Loss/Underground Fat Loss is a Lousy Loser

What would you do if you meet a new person and the first thing they tell you is clearly a lie? You’d likely runaway. Well, pretty much the first thing that Banned/Underground Fat Loss Manual tells you is a lie: its creator Matt Marshall doesn’t exist.  And that’s not the only lie to which you’ll be … Read more

SCAM ALERT: Fat Diminisher/Decimator – Wes Virgin’s Latest Rip-Off Diet Plan

Meet Wesley Virgin.  He holds himself out as “Billion Dollar Virgin”.   He’s an Internet marketing copywriter.  His most recent creation — The Fat Decimator System — may remind you a lot of the Fat Diminisher diet which is also wrote.   He’s an Internet scammer. His most recent diet scam joins the pantheon of Internet diet … Read more

SCAM ALERT: Favorite Food Diet’s Overpriced Fraud

 The Favorite Foods Diet is one of a number of so-called diets peddled on the Internet, except that it specifically targets women.   Like other Internet scams, this one offers significant weight-loss or body-shaping results, but don’t believe it. These offerings usually feature some man or woman who have come up with an “amazing” plan anchored … Read more