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1 Dieting not
By MARY SIEGFRIED
Staff writer d
Heavy hips, pot bellies and c
back-of-the-thigh cellulite are ii
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of Americans. And nearly e
everyone is looking for a miracle n
solution.
0 But some doctors say there is a
no miraculous way to dissolve r
away fat, despite the claims of r
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many advertisements ior new i
drugs and health plans.
"Everyone is just looking for
! the easy way out, that's where i
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Dr. Henley Hurt of Columbia.
"The only way to really lose t
i weight is to cut your calorie in- 1
! take and increase your exercise ]
; program." 1
; But that doesn't stop the pro- i
^ duction of miracle weieht loss
w 1 products that claim to do
'. otherwise.
Grapefruit diet plans, in;
eluding "Grapefruit Super Pill,"
"Grapefruit II," "Grapefruit
' Diet" and "Northern Light's
! Super Grapefruit Diet," claim
! you will lose weight quickly and
; easily without ever exercising or
counting calories.
Health food slimming plans
! such as Herbal Life and
! Shakley's products claim to help
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better, they claim, but you will
! feel better. And in less than 30
! days.
"Our products will actually
; make you healthier," said Evelyn
Bailey, a distributor of Shakley's
products. "And the weight comes
. off so easily. But the best thing is
. that vou keep the weight off."
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very ounce of this back on in a torfei
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term weight loss that matters. these
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much you lose at first, it means
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are just fad diets," Fair said. ,0,
"They're too far fetchcd in their
guaranteed results."
And in many cases the results
are guaranteed. Companies claim
to be so certain of the results,
they'll offer a money back
guarantee.
Most of the grapefruit diet
plans will send your money back t,
"if you do not see results in the
first two weeks." ^
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Lambart guarantees a loss of 15
to 20 pounds in about three
weeks. But you must use the
"Slim Plan" exactly as she
prescribes, taking three pills and ^
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