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Charlotte,#2Consumer Suggestion
Fri, June 02, 2006
I am currently a client of LA Weightloss and have read every report made here and comment that followed. I learned alot that I didn't know regarding their business practices and it truly does disgust me. Considering people are made to feel they need these LA lights to be successful on the program.. Has anyone ever taken these "candy bars" to a lab to have them tested for "hidden" ingredients? How do these bars makes you lose weight when their sugar content and carbohydrate is so high? I agree that the sugar content is high as well as the carbohydrates. Makes you wonder what use they truly do have. For those who are currently clients. I was told that you can have the LA Smoothie in replace of fruit. I specifically asked, "So, I dont' have to eat fruit, I can just make this smoothie?" The response was yes. However, I was told that Fusion (a combination of vegetable juice and fruit) wasn't to be taken everyday and it counts as 2 vegetables and 1 fruit. With that in mind, let us talk about ingredients. The first ingredient is what will be mostly in a product, and the second to a lesser degree and so on. The first 5 ingredients are important. So, I looked at both ingredients - LA Smoothie and V8 Fusion. Here is what is written: LA Smoothie Ingredients: Sucrose, crystalline fructose, LA Smoothie real fruit blend (banana, strawberry, strawberry seeds), cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor. V8 Fusion Ingredients: Reconstituted vegetable blend (water and concentrated juices of sweet potatoes, carrots, yellow tomatoes),reconstituted fruit juice (water and concentrated juices of white grapes, oranges and pineapple. I would like to know what benefits anyone losing weight with such a high sugar/carbohydrate content? The lites have high sugar/carbohydrate too. I will be contacting Campbell's, makers of V8 juice/Fusion, to get in full detail what they mean by reconstituted. I'll update when I gather more information.
Richard
Dundee,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, May 31, 2006
My wife uses LA Weight loss. When we signed her up, I too was shocked at the cost. It is incredible that you were allowed to negotiate the Bars out of the contract. They would have nothing of it when I spoke to them about it. My wife has also had some less than stellar service at the Sherwood Location. And They are crazy about pushing the extra sales. To resolve this you should just find out when the lil girl doesnt work and go in then. You may also consider using a different location. If my wife hadn't got so excited about LAWL I am confident she wouldn't have signed up after thinking about it more.