What will they think of next?

Did you ever see or read Charlie & the Chocolate Factory? As a child, it was strangly one of my favorite stories, and I often thought of how neat it would be to have a whole meal in a piece of gum...especially now, as the holiday is quickly approaching! I could use ever tactic known to man to better make use of my very limited, and too short, time. Please tell me I'm not the only one who needs 40 hours a day to get everything completed!

While quickly searching for something interesting to share, I found information about a "new" lip balm, which claims to help you lose weight by containing an appetite suppressant. Seriously? Seriously??!?!

The article, found on Nutrition.com, reads as follows:

When the temperatures drop and the air becomes cold and dry many people cover their lips with lip balm to protect them against moisture loss. Lip balms and glosses come in all colors and flavors and most people have their own personal preference. There’s even a lip balm that claims to help with weight loss. This new lip balm with appetite suppressants is growing in popularity in the U.K. as women clamor to add it to their arsenal of weight loss tools.

A lip balm with appetite suppressants? It sounds like an unlikely combination; but that’s not stopping people from snatching it up in hopes of dropping a few pounds by licking their lips. In the United States, this new lip balm with appetite suppressants is called Fat Burner Energy Lip Balm and it’s now being sold in stores and online. A Lip Balm With Appetite Suppressants?What’s in this new lip balm with appetite suppressants and does it really do what it claims? The balm contains green tea extract, chromium picolinate, hoodia extract, and caffeine – all ingredients that have been marketed as appetite suppressants and metabolism boosters in the past. The ingredients are blended together and added to an emollient blend of shea butter and soy oils. This new lip balm comes in a variety of flavors including acai berry, pomegranate, vanilla, and strawberry. A tube sells for $5.99.

How Does Fat Burner Energy Lip Balm Work?The developers of this lip balm with appetite suppressants claim that when it’s applied to the lips, the active ingredients are absorbed into the blood stream – helping to control appetite and promoting greater fat burning while keeping lips smooth and moist at the same time.

Does a Lip Balm With Appetite Suppressants Really Work?The reality is that the active ingredients in Fat Burner Energy Lip Balm are unlikely to be absorbed into the blood stream in significant amounts through applying a lip balm. Even if absorbed, the science behind the fat burning and appetite suppressing effects of these four extracts is not proven. Some studies have shown that caffeine and green tea modestly stimulate the metabolism, but only when the equivalent of five or six glasses of green tea are drank per day – not with the amounts found in Fat Burner Energy Lip Balm. Even though Hoodia has been aggressively marketed as an appetite suppressant, there are no human studies that support its effectiveness.

The Bottom Line? This new lip balm with appetite suppressants is unlikely to be a life or weight changer. At best it’ll keep your lips moist. As always, there are no easy shortcuts for weight control – eating a healthy diet and exercising wins out every time.

I'm confident that the ever-lasting Gobstopper & meal in a gum will be announced in the near future! I can't wait!

Until Tomorrow!

Keep healthy, keep safe and keep going!

Have an awesome day!

♥Fit~NOW~Girl♥