I spend a lot of time attempting to expose scammy supplements because I believe that almost all of them are completely bogus. They often will attempt to lure people in with promises of results and will even have "clinical trials" to back up the dubious claims that they often make. It can be extremely difficult to determine whether or not a particular product funded their own clinical trials and if they did, you can almost be 100% sure that the findings are not genuine. You see, with a lot of things, if a product is used in an extremely specific way with an exact type of person a desired result can actually happen. However, this is not how people actually live their lives and the only thing that these bogus clinical trials are going to report to you is that a certain result occurred. They are almost never peer-reviewed and even if they are, you still need to be skeptical because there are plenty of "peers" out there that can be bought just like a politician.
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Yes, yes they are
The products not doing what the manufacturer claims is just the tip of the iceberg here though and things get a lot more dirty than just having fake trials or claims on a product. While I am not a big fan of government intervention in our lives there is a very real reason why supplement companies are able to get away with bogus claims and it is because they are an absolute Goliath of a lobbying machine and this is why the FDA and other such organizations around the world don't expose them for the liars that they are.
Lately, I was looking through someone's junk mail... like in the form of actual physical mail that surprised me that someone would still receive such things and I noticed a bunch of adverts from various supplements. I asked why he was getting these things and while he can't be certain, he believes that his gym is selling their client's addresses to anyone that will pay money for it.
Most of these companies were offering a 7-30 day supply for free so that you, the honest customer, can see for yourself how effective the product is before you commit!
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I am a big believer in the idea that there is no such thing as "free" so I skipped all the big print and shiny graphics and just went to the website of one of the supplement manufacturers. On this site they talk big about how it is free and no risk and other such stuff that only a fool would fall for but therein lies the problem. There are so many fools in the world right now.
In order to receive the free product you still need to provide your credit card details in order to cover the very small shipping fee of around $1. Ok, fair enough... we can't expect the company to give us stuff for free and mail it to us right?
Well on the bottom of the page there was a "terms and conditions" section that lead to a page that was written in lawyer talk and buried in the middle of it all was how they get you. It is true that you will only be charged for the shipping on the first box but by agreeing to the T&C that nobody ever reads you are also agreeing to receive a 3-month supply to the tune of $79 unless you go through some sort of convoluted process to cancel it. This particular company is called merely "New Way Health" and it is a dietary supplement that is meant to help with healthy skin. Their website newwayhealth.com is now offline as they have most likely simply changed the name of the company. Finding them online now is probably impossible because I guess they were just a fly by night operation that ripped off thousands of people and then simply closed up shop. The "free trial" signup cannot even be found online anymore.
I don't know how companies like this are able to get away with things like this but for the most part I think it is best to ignore any "free trials" unless there is a guy on the side of the street handing out bottles of the stuff. I don't know who needs to hear this but you should never be putting your credit card information into a rather unknown website.
My friend never even reads these adverts when they arrive but it is almost certainly his gym that sold his address and I guess scammers are needing to resort to more and more elusive ways of ripping people off. I would be willing to bet that the capsules in question also do not contain what they say they do, nor do they accomplish what the product claims.
I stand by my stance that there are extremely few supplements that actually do ANYTHING. To this day I stand ONLY by whey protein and to a much lessor degree creatine.
If you are interested in supplements, and I don't think you should be, be certain to investigate the absolute crud out of it before your hand over your money.
I have no educational background for the claims I make here. What I do have is 30 years of experience in health and fitness and a lot of that knowledge comes from doing the wrong thing initially. Perhaps you can learn from my mistakes and never make them yourself
I saw a flyer/advert that promised penis enlargement via using a cream. Look I know this is big business in Africa more so than the health supplements and obviously this is not regulated either. If you are simple and desperate you will try this stuff out and not only do we know they don't work but also what harm are they doing to you internally? Maybe nothing because they are all harmless ingredients, but who knows.
creams just generally speaking are snake oils. Even the old man muscle stuff doesn't actually do anything for your muscles the menthol just feels nice. The idea that you could grow your private parts with a cream is absurd. But a fool and his money are quickly parted I think the saying goes?