Lose It For Ever – Dave Elger

In “Food, Inc.,” filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

This film is now showing in select theaters. Go here for info.

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FDA is taking action to help ensure that these products and other products containing undeclared prescription ingredients are removed from the marketplace.

Undeclared Drug Product(s) Name
Sibutramine: Sibutramine is a Schedule IV controlled substance and the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Meridia, an approved prescription drug to treat obesity. Sibutramine was found in the following products:
2 Day Diet
*2 Day Diet Slim Advance
*2x Powerful Slimming
3 Day Diet
*3 Days Fit
3x Slimming Power
5x Imelda Perfect Slimming
7 Day Herbal Slim
*7 Days Diet
*7 Diet
7 Diet Day/Night Formula
8 Factor Diet
*Eight Factor Diet
*21 Double Slim
24 Hours Diet
999 Fitness Essence
*BioEmagrecim
*Body Creator
*Body Shaping
*Body Slimming
*Cosmo Slim
Extrim Plus
*Extrim Plus 24 Hour Reburn
*Fasting Diet
Fatloss Slimming
GMP
*Imelda Fat Reducer
Imelda Perfect Slim
*JM Fat Reducer
Lida DaiDaihua
*Meili
*Meizitang
*Miaozi MeiMiaoQianZiJiaoNang
Miaozi Slim Capsules
*Natural Model
Perfect Slim
Perfect Slim 5x
*Perfect Slim Up
*Powerful Slim
ProSlim Plus
*Reduce Weight
Royal Slimming Formula
*Sana Plus
Slim 3 in 1
*Slim 3 in 1 Extra Slim Formula
*Slim 3 in 1 Extra Slim Waist Formula
*Slim 3 in 1 M18 Royal Diet
*Slim 3 in 1 Slim Formula
*Slim Burn
*Slim Express 4 in 1
Slim Express 360
*Slim Fast
Slim Tech
*Slim Up
*Slim Waist Formula
*Slim Waistline
*Sliminate
*Slimming Formula
Somotrim
*Super Fat Burner
Superslim
*Super Slimming
*Trim 2 Plus
Triple Slim
Venom Hyperdrive 3.0
*Waist Strength Formula
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Rimonabant: Rimonabant is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Zimulti which has not been approved in the United States. In Europe the drug is known as Acomplia. It is found in the following product:
Phyto Shape

Phenytoin (trace) henytoin is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Dilantin, an approved anti-seizure medication. Because there were trace amounts of this drug in some of these products, the risk was not assessed. However, these products could pose a risk to consumers who are allergic or hypersensitive to phenytoin. Products include:
3x Slimming Power
Extrim Plus

Phenolphthalein henolphthalein was an ingredient in some Over-the-Counter laxative products until 1999 when the FDA reclassified the drug as “not generally recognized as safe and effective” after studies indicated that phenolphthalein presented a potential carcinogenic risk. Phenolphthalein has also been found to be genotoxic in that it can damage or cause mutations to DNA. Products include:
8 Factor Diet
24 Hours Diet
Fatloss Slimming
Imelda Perfect Slim
Perfect Slim 5x
Royal Slimming Formula
Superslim
Zhen de Shou

Bumetanide:Bumetanide is a the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Bumex, a prescription diuretic. It’s found in the following:
Starcaps

source: fda.gov

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High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a highly processed sweetener and preservative, is manufactured from chemically altered cornstarch. Does that sound natural to you? It does to the FDA, which recently reversed its original stance (from April 2008) and ruled that products containing the sweetener may be labeled “natural,” since synthetic agents used during processing don’t actually come into contact with the corn syrup.

MY COMMENT: Huh?

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States is seeking to recall 23 different products marketed as for weight loss because they contain undeclared active pharmaceutical substances that may pose serious health risks to consumers.  medicalnewstoday.com:

MY COMMENT:  I discourage anybody from taking over the counter weight loss supplements.  Just read the article then decide for yourself.   Here is the list of products recalled by the FDA.

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