Fraud Tip of the Day - January 6

Body wraps and slim suits - You won't burn fat away, but you will burn a hole in your wallet!

Slim suits and body wraps have been around since your grandmother was a little girl but they didn't help her lose weight any more than they will help you.

Body wraps or slim suits as they are sometimes called have been around for a long, long time. Your grandmother may have one of these beauties in her attic gather dust. Leave it there. It didn't work for her and it's not going to work for you.

Body wraps claim to work by locking in your body's natural heat so that the pounds just melt away. Some claim to shrink fat cells whatever that means. Some weight loss wraps claim to have the additional benefit of having been soaked in herbs.

If locking in heat is good, soaked in herbs must be even better right? The jokers selling this garbage are counting on someone believing them. Believe they must when you consider how long these things have been around.

Slim suits and body wraps do not address the reasons we gain weight. We tend to gain weight when we eat too much or exercise too little. Wearing a slim suit or body wrap does nothing to address that fact.

Anyone claiming that wearing their product will help you burn away fat should be called a liar, a scam artist or worse. If you don't believe us, ask your grandmother.