One word: money.
Most of these ads are created by marketing companies — not doctors, not researchers. Their strategies include:
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Fake or paid testimonials
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Photoshopped before/after pictures
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Product names that change monthly to avoid complaints
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Clickbait phrases like “Doctors don’t want you to know this”
Every year, the FDA (USA) and COFEPRIS (Mexico) remove dozens of products falsely claiming to “cure diabetes”… but as soon as one disappears, more appear.
And here’s where things turn genuinely dangerous.