Diet, exercise irreplaceable

With the vast weight loss industry, people’s constant and never-ending search for the magic pill to lose weight as quickly as possible often leads them to buy products with the best, and possibly exaggerated, claims.

Some healthcare professionals are rightly voicing concern over advertisements suggesting easy weight loss without having to work hard through diet and exercise.

Absolutely nothing can replace the importance of a clean diet and regular exercise. There’s no secret remedy that has been buried away all these years. If there was something good, we’d all know about it. It would be on the front page of the newspapers.

Yet, commercials promising weight loss with a mere tablet continue to cause gullible people to empty their wallets and fuel the billion-dollar weight-loss market.

Many products are not delivering on their promises. Most of them suggest diet and exercise must be included. You can’t lose weight without diet and exercise.

CHELSEA BEDASE El Dorado