Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Diet while you sleep elixirs Message-ID: <155@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 14:12:06 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.155 Posted: Wed Dec 5 14:12:06 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:26:33 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 22 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 Transaction Technology, Inc. and unrelated to anyone else's. 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 United States (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 ...{garfield,lasspvax,linus,cmcl2,seismo}!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe