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Scams related to weight loss products or services, including those that promise guaranteed results.
Consumers can verify a celebrity health-product endorsement by checking the source of the claim, searching for corroboration from the celebrity’s verified channels, looking for regulatory or news scru...
Gelatide is presented and marketed as a liquid “gelatin trick” supplement promising easy weight loss, but multiple independent reviewers and consumer complaints characterize it as a scam-style marketi...
and deceptive “news” product pages are now mass-produced with Photoshop, AI voice/video tools and coordinated ad placements designed to shortcut trust; researchers and consumer agencies warn these fak...
Yale Medicine and Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff have publicly stated that the viral “pink salt trick” for weight loss is not medically supported and has no connection to her or Yale, and Yale’s specialist pr...
Online -treatment-scams">health products that promise miracle cures, pressure immediate purchases, request odd payment methods, or lack verifiable clinical evidence are reliably suspicious; federal co...
Keto influencers’ commercial relationships substantially erode the credibility of their medical advice because the vast majority profit directly from the diets they promote, creating predictable finan...
AI-generated celebrity endorsements have become a core tool in online weight‑loss scams: fraudsters use deepfake images and synthetic video or audio to create convincing “testimonials” that lure consu...