SOME MATERIAL THAT I CAME ACROSS IN MY FILES
In 1910 they were selling Phtoline weight loss tablets that contained arsenic, strychnine, caffeine and poke berries. Arsenic speeds up the digestive tract; and poke berries acts as a laxative.
In 1914 a product came out called Gardner Reducing Machines. You were to stand between two rollers that were supposed to give you a fat shedding massage.
In the 1920s, Lucky Strike promoted its cigarettes as diet aids. "Reach for a Lucky, instead of a sweet". I remember hearing that commercial in the 50's and 60's.
In 1935 an estimated 100,000 Americans tried diet pills containing dinitrophenol, a chemical used in the manufacture of dyes, insecticides and explosives. The regimen was inspired by the observation that workers in World War I munitions factories lost weight. Use fell off by 1938, after several cases of death or temporary blindness.
We still continue, until this day, to have many diets and weight loss schemes that make promises but fore warn us of the dangers. These products are usually offered in huge full page ads country wide.
In 1910 they were selling Phtoline weight loss tablets that contained arsenic, strychnine, caffeine and poke berries. Arsenic speeds up the digestive tract; and poke berries acts as a laxative.
In 1914 a product came out called Gardner Reducing Machines. You were to stand between two rollers that were supposed to give you a fat shedding massage.
In the 1920s, Lucky Strike promoted its cigarettes as diet aids. "Reach for a Lucky, instead of a sweet". I remember hearing that commercial in the 50's and 60's.
In 1935 an estimated 100,000 Americans tried diet pills containing dinitrophenol, a chemical used in the manufacture of dyes, insecticides and explosives. The regimen was inspired by the observation that workers in World War I munitions factories lost weight. Use fell off by 1938, after several cases of death or temporary blindness.
We still continue, until this day, to have many diets and weight loss schemes that make promises but fore warn us of the dangers. These products are usually offered in huge full page ads country wide.
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