Re: Xocai – Healthy Chocolate
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:27 pm
Thanks for an interesting post, Mickey.
As the poster above noted, Steven "Dr. Chocolate" Warren MD, has quite an impressive curriculum vitae on his site. At least it appears he didn't get his credentials through some on line degree mill.
But what the heck is this guy doing being associated with the likes of Jeanette and Martin Brooks?
MLM Nightmares - Jeanette and Martin Brooks’ Network Marketing Career
... and the follow up response from mlmwatchdog.com:
MXI XOCAI Choclate questions Investigations and truth
... make interesting reading.
That aside, my issue is the sloppy way the study is set up. A lot of questions arise.
Not the least of which, the guy running the study, "Dr. Chocolate", has a financial interest in the outcome of the study. Do you really think he can be objective? Do you think he's going to report anything that puts the product or results in a negative light?
That's sort of like Yoli promising to hire a 3rd party independent lab to prove their product was the best. How can you hire someone to do that and expect them to be objective?
My main beef though is that they talk solely about weight loss. There's no accounting what those lbs lost are made up of - fat, muscle or just water loss.
Put anyone on a 1200-1500 calorie diet, as you say, and they're going to lose weight.
But what about after the trial? Are they going to maintain that weight loss? Done the way they did this study, a large part of that weight loss is going to be muscle tissue, which is going to slow your metabolism. Making rebound weight gain an almost certainty.
Which is what I think they're hoping for. Once the weight comes back, then you're going to order some more of the shakes. Right?
Weight Loss Clinical Study - Update from Drs Kennedy and Warren
As the poster above noted, Steven "Dr. Chocolate" Warren MD, has quite an impressive curriculum vitae on his site. At least it appears he didn't get his credentials through some on line degree mill.
But what the heck is this guy doing being associated with the likes of Jeanette and Martin Brooks?
MLM Nightmares - Jeanette and Martin Brooks’ Network Marketing Career
... and the follow up response from mlmwatchdog.com:
MXI XOCAI Choclate questions Investigations and truth
... make interesting reading.
That aside, my issue is the sloppy way the study is set up. A lot of questions arise.
Not the least of which, the guy running the study, "Dr. Chocolate", has a financial interest in the outcome of the study. Do you really think he can be objective? Do you think he's going to report anything that puts the product or results in a negative light?
That's sort of like Yoli promising to hire a 3rd party independent lab to prove their product was the best. How can you hire someone to do that and expect them to be objective?
My main beef though is that they talk solely about weight loss. There's no accounting what those lbs lost are made up of - fat, muscle or just water loss.
Put anyone on a 1200-1500 calorie diet, as you say, and they're going to lose weight.
But what about after the trial? Are they going to maintain that weight loss? Done the way they did this study, a large part of that weight loss is going to be muscle tissue, which is going to slow your metabolism. Making rebound weight gain an almost certainty.
Which is what I think they're hoping for. Once the weight comes back, then you're going to order some more of the shakes. Right?
Weight Loss Clinical Study - Update from Drs Kennedy and Warren