Putting Caffeine In Your Underwear Won't Make You Slimmer, Alas

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/30/352727644/putting-caffeine-in-your-underwear-wont-make-you-slimmer-alas?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered two companies, Norm Thompson Outfitters Inc. and Wacoal America, to stop marketing shapewear infused with caffeine. The firms claimed that the amped-up underwear would cause fat loss and a reduction in body size.

The Norm Thompson company marketed its garments by saying they would "reduce the size of your hips by up to 2.1 inches and your thighs by up to one inch, and would eliminate or reduce cellulite and that scientific tests proved those results."

But the federal government says those claims are false and not supported by scientific evidence.

"If someone says you can lose weight by wearing the clothes they are selling, steer clear," Jessica Rich, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement Monday. "The best approach is tried and true: diet and exercise."

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1. The people that made these know that people will buy anything, especially if it promised to

lose weight.