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Danger: Excessive use of either diuretics or laxatives can lead to damage of the intestinal wall, renal damage, severe dehydration and heart problems. Plus, you won’t lose any fat, just water weight.

Diet Patch – After nicotine patches that help people to quit smoking became popular, diet product manufacturers had to get a piece of the action, so they came up with the diet patch. Supposedly, when you wear a diet patch for whatever length of time they specify, these will help you to lose weight by giving you a constant supply of appetite suppressant.

Danger: The FDA has banned many of these diet patches from being sold because there is no proof that they work in helping people lose real weight and are not considered safe. Basically, diet patches have been proven to be scams and you should stay far away from them.

Fat Burning Massager – These are often sold as stomach or thigh toning belts. You wrap the belt around your waist or thigh and turn on the electricity. That warm buzz you feel is supposed to be burning off that belly and thigh fat while you go about your business.

Danger: While electrical muscle stimulation is often used for legitimate body therapy, their use as a quick fat loss tool is strictly a gimmick. You may experience burns or electrical shock from these products if used incorrectly. These don’t work and are a waste of money.

Fasting – Often the first thing people think about when they want to lose weight quickly is to go on a food fast. They reason, if food is the cause of their weight gain, surely, depriving the body of food will create the opposite effect. Juice fasting has become a very popular weight loss method.

Danger: Staying on any fast for more than one day is going to be nearly impossible for most people. The very nature of a fast causes extreme hunger, and many will simply go off the fast and binge on the foods they’ve been craving. A long-term fast will also compromise your immune system and could cause vital organ distress.

Fad diets and fad diet products are not considered by experts to be the best way to lose weight in the short or long term. When you are choosing a weight loss plan, be sure that it includes a healthy, daily diet meal plan, and has enough calories to maintain weight without causing you any harm.