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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Diet while you sleep elixirs
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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 14:12:06 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  5 14:12:06 1984
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The diet-while-you-sleep scam is just that -- a  scam.  When  you  send  in
your  $30  (or however much) you get a bottle of multi-vitamin pills and an
instruction sheet.  The instructions tell you  to  take  x  pills  4  hours
before  going  to bed and *don't eat the rest of the evening*.  This pretty
effectively assures you won't be eating for at least 12  hours  a  day.  It
also  keeps  you from eating in the evening when ingested calories are most
likely to be stored as fat rather than burned for energy.  The TV ads  I've
seen  usually  include  a fine-print disclaimer on the screen to the effect
that this technique will work without their pills.

So now you know the secret and can save yourself the money.


-- 
The Polymath
(Jerry Hollombe)                  Opinions expressed here are my own
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