How to tell which weight loss plans work
Have you ever wondered whether weight loss plans that are advertised online actually work? Most of us just do our own research by reading reputable sources online, browsing the forums, and looking out for reviews from people who have used the weight loss plans. If you're wondering how cookies and muffins actually help you lose weight, this article will shed light to your questions.
Looking at all those pretty web sites and reading all those testimonials makes you want to click click click that buy button, and get those free samples of the new weight loss plan; but disappointment lurks around the next webpage. How to know what you're getting when it's just a website, and how to tell truth from the hype? Here's six ways how.
1) Learn to recognize a slick come on.
If you read many websites, you will see a trend. Check out some of the work-at-home sites, the most over hyped moneymakers. There might be honest sites out there, but chances are you'll find the same pattern over and over. Long, long passages that make you want a product the more you read. If you see a diet website just like that, watch out! Real diets should have info, not ads for themselves. Lose weight quick! Lose weight now! Chant the magic words and the pounds will shed off onto your neighbor! Ask yourself if it really is possible, and healthy.
2) Check out the information.
It's your body, and your health. Sure, reading a long list of labels is boring, and even more time consuming to check every single ingredient. Except for the one that causes heart defect. Now that you're spending all your time on bad health, don't you wish you had taken a few more minutes to check out the ingredients? Read through the list, and type each one into a search engine. See what people say about it. Are acai berries really the next best thing? Should you eat five pounds a day, or just drink the icky tea? Has this product been banned in other countries? You should know these things before wasting time and money and risking your life on diet fads.
3) Read the testimonials.
Yes, number one here said to watch out for them, because too many can read like an advertising gimmick. But type the name in a search engine, and look for warning signs. People saying it doesn't work, causes stomach upset, landed them in the hospital. People are eager to share the good and the bad. Read as much as you can, not just on the site selling the product, but actual consumer ratings, and surveys and blogs. Don't be afraid to email people and ask how the diet affected them. If it causes unstoppable diarrhea, you should probably know that before you get stuck in a long business meeting, or social function.
4) Question everything
Ask yourself if you believe it. Ask yourself if someone really would post that message. If a doctor and head of so and so recommended a product, type his name into a search engine. Is he a real person? Did he write an article detailing how the product killed every lab rat he had? Maybe they rewrote his comments, or only posted half phrases. This product is a great pesticide killed millions. Highly recommended. Lose millions of pounds. If the product was the result of a lab test, does it describe what the test was, and results? Giving a diet pill to cancer patients, and a placebo to obese people will produce results the company wants, but isn't this skewed just a bit?
Most of us can't afford to run to a doctor every time we want to lose weight, and most doctors just can't keep up with every diet pill, not when they have more serious issues to deal with and keep up with research. Almost everyone has to do their own research, and this is one of the wonders of the Internet. The truth will out eventually, but you are going to have look for it.
Be brave. Ask questions. Show caution. You can separate the hype from truth. It just takes a little digging.
