Short-cuts to weight loss

How are you doing on your resolutions to lose weight and get into those jeans you bought three years ago to motivate you? Feeling like you might need a wee bit of help achieving your goals?

In case you feel tempted to call the operators that are standing by, or going online to http://www.loseyourfatasswithoutworkingit.com/ to pay $69.99 (plus S&H) for magical herbal compounds guaranteed to cause you to shed the pounds, take a look at these ads from the 30s:




If you think that stuff on TV is any less hair-brained, then here’s what you should do: just send me the $69.99 and you’ll get every bit as much weight loss benefit, And you’ll save the shipping and handling costs.

Don’t believe me? Have a read of this short history of diet pills.

And lest you think you can believe the claims of the American Dairy Association or anything funded by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board or even (these days) the American Peanut Council, take a look at this:



Up to you, of course, but when someone’s trying like mad to sell you something their focus is more on their financial health than your physical health.

Just sayin’.