{"id":4324,"date":"2011-06-27T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2011-07-08T12:02:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T16:02:56","slug":"avoid-these-3-supplement-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/avoid-these-3-supplement-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid These 3 Supplement Scams!"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<U>Sneaky &#8220;Muscle Supplement&#8221; Scam!<\/U><\/p>\n<p>Ever wonder why that <em>&#8220;miracle muscle builder&#8221;<\/em> supplement that hoovered up last week&#8217;s paycheck didn&#8217;t perform as well as it did for the shredded dude in the magazine ad?<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n  *  Were you just not working hard enough in the gym?<\/p>\n<p>  *  Are you just too much of a &#8220;hardgainer&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>  *  Did you forget to use the magic words?<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img135.imageshack.us\/img135\/4315\/scams.jpg\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>That&#8217;s what some of the big supplement companies would like you to believe.<\/p>\n<p>When in fact, it&#8217;s not YOU at all!<\/p>\n<p>A recent review of the slick marketing tactics used by greedy bodybuilding supplement companies revealed some pretty scary tricks that you may have fallen for in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Top 3 findings (and how you can be sure to NEVER get scammed again!):<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n==============================<br \/>\n1. &#8220;Proprietary Blends&#8221;<br \/>\n==============================<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the ingredient label on a supplement says <em>&#8220;patent-pending&#8221;<\/em> or <em>&#8220;proprietary blend&#8221;<\/em>, don&#8217;t buy it!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s scam-talk for <em>&#8220;cheap worthless supplements we don&#8217;t want to tell you about!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Companies can combine any simple compounds (whether they work or not) and submit them for a patent WITHOUT even telling you what&#8217;s in their super secret formula.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds <em>&#8220;official&#8221;<\/em>&#8230; but it&#8217;s a smoke screen!<\/p>\n<p><strong>==============================<br \/>\n2. &#8220;Pixie Dust&#8221;<br \/>\n==============================<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nMost supplements list <em>&#8220;proven&#8221;<\/em> active ingredients on their labels that CAN help you build more muscle and burn fat.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, most of them contain so LITTLE of the actual ingredient that they will literally have NO EFFECT on your body unless you take expensive MEGA-DOSES!<\/p>\n<p>Usually the language that&#8217;s used is something like, <em>&#8220;&#8230;contains an ingredient proven to blah, blah, blah&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;Contains&#8221; = &#8220;Sucker&#8221;  Don&#8217;t be one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>==============================<br \/>\n3. Scientific Jargon<br \/>\n==============================<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re conditioned to accept medicines as having a powerful effect on our body.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why supplement companies will use the latin or scientific name for a compound on the ingredients label to jack up the price for something that costs just pennies to produce.<\/p>\n<p>In an expose, a friend of mine actually found one expensive <em>&#8220;advanced&#8221;<\/em> supplement that was using the long scientific name for plain old creatine&#8230; and charging a small fortune for it.<\/p>\n<p>In another testosterone-boosting supplement, the manufacturers used the scientific name for (get this&#8230;) black tea leaves!<\/p>\n<p>The bottle cost nearly $60 and it was filled with nothing more than ground up black tea leaves with its latin name!<\/p>\n<p>Makes you want to give up on supplements, doesn&#8217;t it?<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n==============================<br \/>\nWell that would actually<br \/>\nbe a HUGE mistake!<br \/>\n==============================<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course you need to have a kick-ass training program to stimulate muscle growth.<\/p>\n<p>And you know you need to feed that muscle to make it grow, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well the fact is, there ARE some great supplements that can show you faster results in the mirror!<\/p>\n<p>The secret is to know&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n  *  Which ones actually WORK<br \/>\n  *  How much DOSAGE actually works<br \/>\n  *  And how to buy them WITHOUT going broke!<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nI know that sounds like a big challenge, right?<\/p>\n<p>Well this week, I&#8217;ve been telling everyone I know about a <em>&#8220;how-to&#8221;<\/em> guide that actually shows you how to make your OWN<br \/>\nsupplements (without any special skills or equipment).<\/p>\n<p>The site is located at:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.HomeMadeSupplements.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.HomeMadeSupplements.net<\/a><\/strong> <em><= Step-By-Step Guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m speaking about it so much because I think it&#8217;s such a <em>&#8220;no brainer&#8221;<\/em> decision for ANYONE who uses supplement at all (or wants to use supplements but can&#8217;t afford the prices).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s literally just $27 for the entire step-by-step blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll save as much as 98% by making your own supplements and you&#8217;ll know that your own formulas actually WORK!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because there are 29 ready-to-make recipes that you can use for ANY fitness goal starting right away.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine making your own:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n  *  Muscle-Builders<br \/>\n  *  FatBurners<br \/>\n  *  Hormone-Enhancers<br \/>\n  *  Testosterone Boosters<br \/>\n  *  Workout Formulas<br \/>\n  *  Mass Gainers<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;AND saving a ton of dough while getting BETTER results!<\/p>\n<p>See what I mean by <em>&#8220;no brainer&#8221;<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Check it out NOW at&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.HomeMadeSupplements.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.HomeMadeSupplements.net<\/a><\/strong> <em><= Supplement Secrets Revealed!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and this week, there&#8217;s a special <em>&#8220;bonus recipe&#8221;<\/em> for a formula that&#8217;s scientifically proven to increase your &#8220;performance&#8221; in<br \/>\nthe bedroom. (Tons of great testimonials on this one!)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on this special promotion week, ok?<\/p>\n<p>This offer goes away in just a few days so see what it&#8217;s all about at:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.HomeMadeSupplements.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.HomeMadeSupplements.net<\/a><\/strong> <em><= Step-By-Step Guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be thrilled with this deal and the results you&#8217;ll SEE and FEEL when you make your own muscle formulas and never have to be a slave to the greedy supplement companies again!<\/p>\n<p>all the best,<br \/>\nLee Hayward<br \/>\n<em>(Your Muscle Building Coach)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sneaky &#8220;Muscle Supplement&#8221; Scam! Ever wonder why that &#8220;miracle muscle builder&#8221; supplement that hoovered up last week&#8217;s paycheck didn&#8217;t perform as well as it did for the shredded dude in the magazine ad? * Were you just not working hard enough in the gym? * Are you just too much of a &#8220;hardgainer&#8221;? * Did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supplements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36tGh-17K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4383,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4324\/revisions\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}