Diet Fraud Alerts

Health Canada warnings about Brazilian diet pills
Two weight loss products contain controlled substances

Health Canada is warning consumers not to use two unapproved products being marketed as natural health products for weight loss because they may contain substances that could lead to serious side effects or injury. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that Emagrece Sim, also known as the Brazilian Diet Pill, and Herbathin, contain the prescription-only pharmaceutical compound fluoxetine HCl (the active ingredient in Prozac), the controlled substance chlordiazepoxide HCl (an active ingredient in Librax) and the controlled substance fenproporex. Emagrece Sim and Herbathin are not authorized for sale in Canada.

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Canadian Feds crack down on bogus weight loss products
We've heard it all before. We have all seen the ads for products that promise weight loss without diet or exercise. They're on late night infomercials, in newspapers and on the Internet. They all have one thing in common: they are too good to be true.

• Now the federal Competition Bureau is cracking down on these companies.