Close X
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
ADVT 
Health & Fitness

'Caffeinated underwear won't help you lose weight'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 06 Oct, 2014 05:33 AM
  • 'Caffeinated underwear won't help you lose weight'
If you are curious about underwear that carries caffeine, aloe vera and vitamin E and claims to help you shed extra kilos by just wearing them for few days, read this.
 
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an enforcement order against two such US brands that claim caffeinated underwear will make your behind smoother and slimmer, wired.com reported.
 
"The companies deceptively advertised, marketed and sold women's undergarments infused with micro-encapsulated caffeine, retinol and other ingredients," the order read.
 
"The company made claims that wearing its shapewear would eliminate or substantially reduce cellulite; reduce the wearer's hip measurements by up to two inches and their thigh measurements by one inch; and reduce thigh and hip measurements without any effort," it added.
 
The developers of such underwear claim that caffeine promotes fat destruction.
 
The FTC also ruled that the trials relied upon to make these claims were faulty.
 
"Any claim that a product worn on the body causes substantial weight loss is always false," it added.
 
Caffeine is both water and fat soluble; that's how it gets into your skin.
 
That also means that when is is washed, lots of the caffeine will be washed out of the fabric, the report added.

MORE Health & Fitness ARTICLES

Good Sleep Means Less Sick Leave At Work

Good Sleep Means Less Sick Leave At Work
If you sleep for seven to eight hours, you are less likely to apply for sick leave at work, finds a fascinating study.

Good Sleep Means Less Sick Leave At Work

Can sleep loss shrink your brain?

Can sleep loss shrink your brain?
Adequate sleep could be a key indicator of sharpness as you age as researchers have found that sleep difficulties may be linked to faster rates of decline in brain volume....

Can sleep loss shrink your brain?

Can't take stress? Blame it on your genes

Can't take stress? Blame it on your genes
The findings could lead researchers to understand better the development of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression and the consequent...

Can't take stress? Blame it on your genes

Exercise can stem frequent night urination in men

Exercise can stem frequent night urination in men
"Combined with other management strategies, physical activity may provide a strategy for the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) related...

Exercise can stem frequent night urination in men

Daily breakfast may protect kids from diabetes

Daily breakfast may protect kids from diabetes
Make sure that your kids do not skip breakfast as researchers have found that regular consumption of a healthy breakfast may help children lower their...

Daily breakfast may protect kids from diabetes

Spinach drink kills craving for junk food

Spinach drink kills craving for junk food
A spinach extract containing green leaf membranes called thylakoids decreases "hedonic hunger" - eating for pleasure rather than to satisfy...

Spinach drink kills craving for junk food