Oh and on the product itself...their 'official website' doesn't give much information other than it's 100% fiber and it's "all natural" (like every other OTC majic pill out there).
$90 is a lot of money to pay for a fiber pill. I think I paid something like $7.00 for a package of FiberCon at the drugstore...
OH and I just LOVE the fact that they're using the good old Fat Trapping explanation. Kind of reminds ya of Chitosan, doesn't it? And that stuff didn't work either, did it??
Incidentally, the active ingredient they tout in this product as such a miracle (Konjac/Glucomannan) is in a BUNCH of other - CHEAPER - diet pills. I just checked Netrition.com and you can get Glucomannan made by Nature's Way (a reputable company!) for....
10.95 plus shipping. But I guess it doesn't 'work' as well as Propolene, since their ad doesn't have some model dressed in a doctor's white coat.
This just KILLS me - from their website:
Quote:
- Propolene works!
- It's easy!
- You'll feel full!
- No dieting!
And right under "No Dieting!" they state:
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In order to optimize your body’s thermic (fat burning) effect, you should eat five times daily: Breakfast, AM Snack, Lunch, PM Snack, and Dinner, and remember, your portion sizes should be no larger than your fist.
The diet plan (which was included as a PDF on their website) is just that - a low-calorie diet plan. Even without the pills, if you followed it, you'd lose weight.
Hmm...portion sizes no larger than your fist - I dunno but that sounds like a DIET to ME!!!
And one more thought - if this pill, and the hundreds of others on the market, REALLY worked - the New York Times, all the national newspapers, along with the Journal of the American Medical Association would have it as FRONT PAGE NEWS. Obesity is the biggest health problem in the US (and the world) today - a pill that TRULY worked would be HUGE national and worldwide news.
Sorry to sound, um, sarcastic here, but I can't believe that companies can still get away with this crap. But it's all marketing and packaging. Underneath it all, you're just basically getting the same stuff that's in the $10.95 Nature's Way bottle.
PS - on the Leporatin (sp) - they won't be able to sell the stuff after next Thursday anyway (FDA's cutoff date on ephedra products is 15 April) so it's kind of a moot point whether it's cheaper or 'ephedra free'. BTW that was/is overpriced crap too...just a WAY overpriced ECA stack that you could buy under 100 or so different brand names for less than 1/4 the price...