Is FitTea a Scam?

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You probably have heard of FitTea before- lots of popular accounts on Instagram end up promoting this product in one way or another, in the form of shoutouts. 

Let's get one thing straight: their claim to detox is complete and utter bull, and has no scientific basis behind it. In fact, you don't even need to detox, as your body already has organs dedicated to detoxing your body (aka your kidneys). The best analogy I can think of is attempting to wash your car when it's already being washed 24/7. 

According to WebMD, toxins don't buildup in your body. The only time you truly need to "detox" is when you have failing kidneys or something of that sort (and no, this will not be solved by tea!). The company's claims further falls apart when you try to further find out what chemicals does the product detoxes from your body. Nowhere on their website do they mention specifically what chemicals are removed when you drink their tea.

In short, don't buy their product only for the detox. 

What about the other claims? 

Detoxing is not the only claim they have on their website, FitTea.com. 

They also claim to: 

• Promote fat burning!
• Promote loss of weight! (Redundant?)
• Boost Immune System!
• Found to have antimicrobial properties!
• Promote and soothes digestion!
• GMO Free! 
• Gluten free!

Although (green) tea might help a little with weight loss, green tea is more known for being a healthier alternative to coffee and some studies have shown that they may help against cancer, heart disease, and even depression. If you are looking to lose weight, don't think that you simply have to drink FitTea and you'd magically lose a couple of pounds. The best way to lose weight and keep your weight lower is to form healthy eating habits and exercise (yes, effort is needed!). 

Regarding being GMO free and gluten free, those are mostly just marketing tactics. Most of the population will live eating gluten, and science says GMOs are safe (see here and here). 

Is FitTea still worth buying?

Great question! According to Amazon reviews, the tea tastes amazing. Don't expect it to have some added benefit over any other teas though. 

If you do get FitTea with high expectations of the product, be aware of the placebo effect and what it is. Don't simply swear by the product just because you suddenly felt better and gained a thinner body*. 

Why only listen to me though? Give their website a visit and decide for yourself if you want to try out FitTea or not. It's always better to start off your day with tea instead of coffee anyways!

Pretty sure this is Victoria Justice promoting FitTea. Right? Right?!

Visit FitTea.com

Wish to research FitTea yourself? Here is your best place to start. 

Jeff 

*If you are drinking FitTea, eating right, and exercising, then expect to lose weight. Mostly because of the latter two. 

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The Ad(s) That Doesn't Make Sense

Have you heard that commercial that says, "We'll beat anyone's price or its free!"? If you think about it, there is a thing to this phrase...

Let's say you found a bed at Mattress City(I just made this up at the last moment) for $500, and the store that has the commercial with that phrase(let's call it Larry's) sold the exact mattress for $600. You went to Larry's with proof and everything so the worker will have to beat the price. So, in order to beat the price, Larry's wants to sell that bed to you for $499.99. Technically, they did beat the price, not by much, but nevertheless, Larry's price was cheaper than Mattress City's price. If you're lucky, you might get it for less. When you head on to Larry's, don't be confident that Larry is going to give you a free mattress. You're conversation will probably not go something like..

You: Hey, I found that Mattress City sells this mattress for less, and in your commercial you said that you will beat the price or else give me the mattress for free. SO YOU BETTER GIVE ME A BETTER PRICE OR ELSE!!

Worker: Oh...I completely understand.  I'LL NEVER LOWER THE PRICE FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN GET YOUR A*S A FREE MATTRESS INSTEAD OF PAYING $499.99!!! WE DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY FOR THIS MATTRESS!!!!!!!!

And when you go there, you sorta would expect a free mattress if you can find a place that sells the same mattress for less.

So can you can see in the conversation the the rude worker (as some would say), would be willing to give you a free mattress instead of gaining $499.99 from you. <--I think they would rather take some of your money instead of giving you it for no cost..

I've seen the Magic Tap commercial, and it seems amazing that its hard to not spill milk. I mean, SERIOUSLY, IT'S LIKE THE PEOPLE HAVE VERY SLOW REFLEXES..THEY KEEP ON POURING AND POURING UNTIL THE TABLE IS ALL WET..

~Jeff~

What's the worst commercial you've seen?

Need TV ads Based On Your Living Room Activity?

Similarly like what had been done previously by other companies, Verizon patented a DVR that can watch and listen to the activity going on in your living room, or wherever you decide to place that DVR. Hope its not in the bathroom..

I, myself, think this is undoubtedly creepy, but as hinted earlier, Verizon wasn't the first company to come up with a similar design for a DVR. Both Google and Comcast also did the same thing, but all were unique in their own way. Verizon gave two examples for how the DVR could be useful: sounds of arguing prompt ads for marriage counseling, while sounds of “cuddling” prompts ads for contraceptives.

Mind you, I don't know what 'contraceptives' means, so I didn't looked it up to see what it means before posting this.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/how-to-get-targeted-ads-on-your-tv-a-camera-in-your-set-top-box/

~Jeff~