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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

What is it about dieting pills and supplements, that make people actually believe they will work?

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MrArmando: 3 months ago | Last edited at 11:07PM on 2/24/2013

Some people just can't deal with being considered a pound overweight, making them look into everything besides the obvious answer: Exercise and proper diet! Marketing and salesman can trick people into believing they can do half the stuff said on the package. A good commercial that gives the family a chuckle, and it suddenly is considered a good product.

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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

Thanks for the answer MrArmando. Sad that society is that gullible.

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MrArmando: 3 months ago

I agree with you, Cjkenkel. I must add. I haven't been on Ask.com very long, but from when I have been on I have seen that you are very knowledgable. Good job!

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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

Thank you very much. :)

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L0vEmuSiC: 3 months ago via Android

Marketing.

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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

Really that simple huh?

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L0vEmuSiC: 3 months ago via Android

I believe so. Put someone thin in the commercial, people believe they'll look like that.

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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

It's sad that people are that gullible.

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L0vEmuSiC: 3 months ago via Android

Common sense isn't that common anymore.

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Cjkenkel: 3 months ago

No it most certainly is not.

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Minji: 3 months ago via iPhone

Some people are so desperate to lose weight that they will try anything... :-/

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Neanderthal: 3 months ago

except what really works.... Like diet and exercise.

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gatorblu: 3 months ago

Because most of our lives we have been told a pill can fix what is wrong with us. That is why there is a huge diet pill industry and we are running out of antibiotics that work.

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Neanderthal: 3 months ago

The amazing commercials and false testimonies by those paid actors.

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winetastergirl: 3 months ago

One woman on a Lipozene commercial said she lost 35 pounds in 2 weeks. I was thinking you would be dead if you lost 35 pounds in 2 weeks.

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winetastergirl: 3 months ago

Most people are looking for an easy way out, instead of the only thing that works, which is putting the fork down and going for a walk.

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peter35: 3 months ago via iPhone

Right on

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winetastergirl: 3 months ago

Thanks P35, and good morning to you!

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jamshabam: 3 months ago via iPhone

Because some do work. I used diet pills and it worked for me.

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shikitty78: 3 months ago via iPhone

Some work for some people. Actually a lot. Me, my aunt and cousin lost a lot of weight on adipax(which was given by a doctor for a certain amount of time). It controls hunger.

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