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SCAM ALERT: Avoid the Demonic Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic

February 4, 2025July 6, 2020 by mshames

“Big Pharma” is hiding C-Reactive Protein (CRP) from you.  At least, that’s the assertion made by the Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic.  The truth is the only CR_P being hidden is the entire Okinawa sales pitch.  It is one big lie dreamed up by a guy … Read more

Categories Happiness Tags adiponectin, anthocyanins, CRP, diet, Dr. Tamaki, fad, Mike Banner, Okinawa Flat Belly Tonic, rip-off, scam

ANALYSIS: How to Boost Your Immune System

March 31, 2020 by mshames

Life in the Time of Corona(virus) pandemic requires that we take special measures to keep our immune system turbocharged.  And we are going to let you in on the time-tested secrets of how to do exactly that.   But we aren’t going to suggest that you … Read more

Categories Household Tags coronavirus, diet, fad, immune booster, immune system, mediterranean diet, supplements

Shootin’ at Gluten: How to Go Gluten-Free

March 12, 2020February 28, 2020 by mshames

So is gluten-free really a “fad diet”, as some suggest?  Will it result in Vitamin B deficiencies and fiber-deficient meals?  Should a gluten-free diet only be followed by people who have been diagnosed with celiac disease?   These are common questions among those in the nutrition … Read more

Categories Happiness Tags diet, fad, gluten, gluten-free, Happiness, health, wheat

Don’t Get Burned by Eat, Sleep, Burn Diet Scheme

September 23, 2019 by mshames

Eat, Sleep, Burn is a recent diet scheme promoted on the Internet.  It is allegedly authored by Dan Garner and Todd Lamb, although it reads like the the pantheon of Internet diet scams that overcharge for information that is either bogus or available for free. … Read more

Categories Happiness Tags burn, dan garner, diet, eat, eat sleep burn, fad, rip-off, scam, scheme, sleep, todd lamb

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