Have you ever been duped by the claims of health supplements,beauty products or gadgets?
The health benefit claims from the makers of these probiotic drinking yoghurts have been overwhelmingly dismissed by a team of scientists at the European Food Safety Authority.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-claim-of-probiotics-not-accepted-1796375.html
The only reason these manufacturers have been publicly investigated, is that they made health claims. So these authorities are compelled to investigate by law, yet there are endless products making ludicrous claims (usually to do with health and beauty), that get away with it, and are making millions in doing so.
Top of my list is Clairol Herbal Essences Shampoo.
It promises any variety of exotic ingredients from Guavas, Papaya, icy Pineapple (wtf?), Pearl ( eh? ) and Akai berries. Yet they all smell of Hubba Bubba….every single one, no matter what the alleged ingredient.
Milky Way chocolate - Mars have made millions from whipping water. I doubt there is any chocolate in it.
So what product’s claims do you feel suspicious of?
Jess - It’s true that, if something has a scientific sounding name most think it to be more potent than something with a ‘natural’ ingredient and therefore worth the price tag.
JOMAMO- I’m thinking of lots to do with keep fit now - I had a pedometer that recorded 20 paces every time I so much as sniffed or blinked.Do you remember those sauna suit thingies? Like tin foil babygros…*shakes head*
Hypocrite- lololol I hope that’s true ’spillmaster’…from Ronco. I bought something similar that were like crystals and then expanded to gel to mop up spills.Twas crud……
Coneilius- lol @ detox..,if that were possible then we could all do without our Livers 
January 28th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I stick to the simple stuff. tyeady thisdauy
January 29th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Anything ”natural”
Slimming tablets,tanning tablets,moisturisers,exfoliators—if it has a chemical sounding ingredient I trust it.
But claim that something works because it contains essence of anything or the bark of something or a previously undiscovered mineral then I am suspicious and believe it to be a con.
I am mightily gullible and someone could put hydraulic acid in a jar-tell it was face peel and I would happily hand over £100 for it Princess Jess
January 29th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Mmmm…Hubba Bubba.
That Flora stuff,that is meant to lower cholesterol. When Gloria first started her “challenge” there was a woman whose level didn’t go below 5…now she’s mysteriously disappeared from the adverts.
(I think Glora had her killed!)
My mum rushed to Boots to spend £20 on a tiny tube of anti ageing serum, and she still has a face like an old handbag!
Pffft….. Beccy (Ali never gets a chance!)
February 1st, 2010 at 7:10 am
I love those infomercials for exercise machines,the ones with little electrodey bits that promise to give you abs like Arnold Schwarzenegger if you attach them to your muffin top whilst vegging out on the sofa watching Eastenders.LOL.
And Cillit Bang was a huge disappointment.
One bang and the dirt is gone? More like one bang and my kitchen tiles were f*cked. ★★★★ JOMAMO ★★★★
February 4th, 2010 at 3:25 am
Ponds…Ponds has an ad here in India that guarantees “your husband will fall in love with you all over again”…! i bought it..(actually just because i liked the jar…nice pearly red lid…!)….2 weeks..and i’m still waiting for roses like in the ad…he knows…he quirks one eyebrow up everytime i point to it on my dressing table & grins.
Also, those little graters / slicers that promise factory precison diced vegetables…i tried one & nearly had my middle finger sliced like a neat french fry …nothing beats my trusty kitchen knife.
x Faith
February 6th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
lol - Yes!
Boots No7 Protect and Perfect Serum - ‘helps to reduce the appearance of pores, smoothing lines and wrinkles in just 4 weeks’.
I’m still waiting after 6 months never mind 4 weeks. Sapphire
February 9th, 2010 at 12:58 am
As an IBS sufferer, I’ve tried a few of these fantasy yoghurt drinks. They gave me indigestion at best and the scoots at worst. Well, I think it was them; it’s hard to tell for sure.
Edit. I just purchased a “spill master” vacuum attachment. It had better be able to get up spilled beer, or I’ll have to cry over the £3 wasted. (was £39.99)
Edit 2. I just tried it. It can actually suck up spilled stuff, so that was a good £3 investment.
Hypocrite - slightly here
February 11th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Hi tech sellers are notorious for selling expensive ‘must have’ features that ya don’t need
‘Built-in obsolescence’ is an almost ubiquitous scam too Boyoboy0
February 13th, 2010 at 6:00 am
Me and Health Supplements go together like,Hedgehogs and Road Safety! Bear
February 15th, 2010 at 7:12 am
Yes, I once ordered a mouse over the phone with some guy who had a Scottish accent. When it finally arrived it was a moose! Rage In Eden
February 15th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Oh Yes!!!!
Clairol Nice ‘n’ Easy Medium Blonde hair colour.
Said on the box, ‘To cover all grey’, even my ‘little bit’ of grey.
The day before my holiday I gave it a try.
It turned out to be Mediocre Plum Blonde with more than a hint of purple in it.
I had to go on my holiday with a head of effing purple hair.
“It’s not so bad’ said Mr A, lying through his teeth.
Well I just had to grin and bear it.
Luckily it settled down to a kind of all washed out colour after a few shampoos. Aurora
February 17th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Mascaras… I’ve banned myself from buying anymore & am struggling because L’Oreal have bought out a lash renewal serum which I want so much…
Thing is, I’ve got short & sparse lashes which I hate so I’ve spent an absolute fortune in the past couple of years finding something which makes my lashes look decent.
Moisturisers from Clarins, Clinique etc to discover that the one that truly helps dry skin is the £4 organic one from Tesco which is more natural than any of the expensive stuff, well worth the expensive £4 price tag
Hair Volumisers… I have thick but straight & unvolumed hair. Spend a fortune.
Basically, my weakness is beauty stuff.
Foodwise, I get whats on offer. Phran
February 19th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
is that like yogurt is US? they are delish.. Lulu
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:03 am
That hair dye that is supposed to work in 10 minutes. I wasn’t too trusting so left it on for 20 and it didn’t work AT ALL. I am highly distrustful of those overpriced moisturisers with high faluting chemicals that are probably just chalk and water. olliedog
February 24th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Your answer Aurora made me laugh, i used clairol ash blonde last week, well thats what it said on the box, more like dirty brown blonde on my hair. creamfeather
February 28th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Diet foods and drinks are the strangest thing to me. A whole industry has built up around them.
I think it`s a way of people fooling themselves. They`ve shown time and time again, that a lot of the diet stuff has more preservatives and is often higher in sugar and salt than the normal stuff.
It`s all about balance. Treating yourself to a cream cake, pizza or full fat coke won`t kill you, as long as you make an effort to eat fresh foods, as much as you can.
How many food scares have we had. First, it was have butter rather than margerine. Well, butter is a natural food, margerine isn`t and it tastes revolting anyway.
Then don`t have too many eggs. Eggs are a good source of protein and iron.
Then it was coffee. As if having a few cups of coffee is going to lead a healthy person to the undertakers.
Have a bit of what you fancy. Nobody really knows, why some people live to 100 and some don`t. Genetics probably has a lot to do with it also. Not just lifestyle. Smiley Orange Care Bear
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:20 am
I hate all that Guff, especially when they a celeb to endorse their product.
And whats a ‘detox’? Do we all walk around with dangerous levels of poison in our body which we can only get rid of by buying the (very expensive) product out of Holland and Barret?
Luckily there is a good organisation called sense about science which tends to blow all these myths out of the water. Corneilius