SkepticJ said:
Let me see how many scam diet pills I can name from TV:
Relacore
Cortislim
Thyrin-ATC
Leptoprin
Propolene
and one slips my mind, it's geared towards women. Estroven, Estrogen.....something.
Recently I decided to do some checking into what exactly was in these products, because I suspected that most of them are probably the same thing, and possibly even made by the same company, and also because I'm tired of seeing "Dr." Greg Cyanamun and those women who try to sound so serious while taking about belly fat and warning you that their product is for "serious" weight control, etc. It turns out I was mostly correct.
The television commercials just look and sound too similar, not to mention the names of the products.
These are the ones I looked into:
Cortislim
Relacore
Leptoprin-SD
Estrin-D
Zantrex
As it turns out, Cortislim and Relacore are mainly
Magnolia bark, which is purported to be a stress-reducer, and some other herbs. So these are just herbal concoctions with little or no proven benefit for weight loss (although exacerbated stress can lead to
weight gain, there is much more to weight loss than merely reducing stress).
Leptoprin (the one that costs $153), Estrin-D, and Zantrex are nothing but
xanthine compounds, which are basically caffeine-like stimulants, rendering them merely a new variation on the old (and unwise) caffeine pill dieting tactic.
It's difficult to prove a common manufacturer based on the scant information given on the websites, as none of them (except Cortislim) provide mailing addresses. Most merely offer a name such as Something Laboratories, an e-mail address, and a phone number. However, Estrin-D and Zantrex, at least, appear to be made by the made company since their websites link to one another. Relacore's and Leptoprin's sites both offer some kind of "free diet support" which require signing up with one's e-mail address. The sign-up pages for these products are identical, save the names, indicating a common source behind the scenes. I suspect the marketing strategy in use here is one company making it appear that there are different competing products, some of which are being made to look as if they are designed specifically toward certain demographic groups.
