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Weight Loss Claims "False"

Feds Challenge Slim Down Solution

January 24, 2003
The Federal Trade Commission has charged Slim Down Solution, LLC, Maderia Management, Inc., and several related companies with using false and unsubstantiated claims in the marketing and advertising of "Slim Down Solution" - a purported weight-loss product.

The company's advertising claimed that the product's key ingredient, D-glucosamine, absorbs up to 20 grams of dietary fat and causes significant weight loss without diet or exercise. According to the FTC complaint, these claims are false.

In their advertisements, the SDS defendants used such statements as:

• "The Slim Down Solution is an incredible tiny tablet that contains D-Glucosamine, a powerful, all-natural, fat magnet and trapper . . . . One tablet can help eliminate as much as 20 grams of Fat!"
• "Lose 10 Pounds And 2 Inches In 30 Days Or Your Money Back!"
• "[T]here are many diet programs and systems out there. . . . But the one thing they all have in common is that you have to change your lifestyle and your eating habits for them to be successful. . . . The Slim Down Solution doesn't require you to change anything. That's the beauty of it. It's effortless."

The complaint alleges that the SDS defendants violated the FTC Act by falsely representing that Slim Down Solution:

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