Something to worry about? "The Vapor Diet"

[PhoenixD]

Someone just posted this on Reddit

I am not sure that billing "vaping" as a "Revolutionary Weight Loss Product" is helpful to us keeping the regulations away from e-cigs. ?
Inhale, Indulge, Lose Weight

I'm kinda frightened by the implications (like enlisting non-smokers? FDA regulation of weight loss products, and so on). Reassure me, please!

 

[Jay-dub]

Neato! There was someone new in this forum asking questions for the same reason just last week. If vaping is healthier than being obese and if vaping helps one be less obese; I think it'd be selfish not to share the benefits. I don't see broadening the exposure of vaping beyond ex-smokers to be a bad thing.

Edit: Stories of smokers transitioning to vaping and having improved health will create ripple effects. When a mother/sister/father/brother etc... has improved health that means something to all those close to them. If people use it to lose weight the success stories will be just as beneficial to vaping. It helped a person I care about, therefore I support it.

 

[rico942]

Vaping makes me hungry ...

 

[vaperature]

So they're adding "diet supplements" to zero mg juice and selling an evod starter kit for a hundred bucks basically. The last time I started a thread about "herbal juices" it got shut down pretty quickly since ECF only endorses nic and non-nic juices, just to let you know.

 

[Novalok]

That has to be a lie, every time i vape something delicious i want to eat something delicious..

 

[Myrany]

I've lost 35 pounds since I started vaping to quit smoking. I think its a combo of not snacking, drinking more water, and being able to get up and move around more.

 

[Tiktik]

I have to drink a lot of liquid.
I hope it can help me lose weight


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[DetraMental]

I know I haven't gained any weight since I started vaping so that's a plus or would that be a minus Vaping is good

 

[CommaHolly]

well I for one have gained 40 lbs since I started vaping. sigh.

 

[TraceyS]

I've lost about 18lbs since starting to vape!

Tracey

 

[PhoenixD]

OP here. How nice to hear all the weight loss stories. But I was concerned about someone deciding to advertise vaping as a "weight loss product" and the government regulation it would bring if that's the case I mean wouldn't they want to take it off the market to, like, do years of "testing"?. . . It seems like people just think it's a cool idea to advertise it that way. Maybe it's me, I worry too much I know. So maybe it's just me being paranoid, lol. I'm already in "love" with all things vaping and my only worry is if they start regulating it

 

[Traver]

I don't know if people lose weight from vaping. If true and it became known to the public the national stampede to would overwhelm the government.

 

[Zippoz]

I don't if people lose weight from vaping. If true and it became known to the public the national stampede to would overwhelm the government.

If that happened, it would be AWESOME, but I really doubt that it would for a few reasons: 1, most people still think ecigs are harmful to your health, so they wouldn't try it. 2, the FDA has banned numerous weight loss products that were wildly successful in sales, such as hydroxycut. (Which was really just amphetamines lol)

That said, I think this is an awful product that is selfishly taking advantage of an industry that already faces a lot of heat.

 

[Steamix]

Just what we need at the moment, some outfit trying to turn a fast buck by selling overpriced stuff and making unsubstantiated claims. Wouldn't be surprised if BP is pulling the strings on that one ( TM registration and all that ). No, I'm not wearing a tinfoil head, but if something is clean, make it look dirty, lump the dirt ( which you generated yourself ) with the clean, try to chuck it that way ...

Machiavell 101...

 

[Iffy]

I'm at da same weight as when I started vaping. Maybe it's my additional liquid intake... beer...

 

[cocacola31173]

I gained weight since vaping but I think that part of it is Im home all the time since I got laid off. Going to join the gym and start in the pool.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Gosh, this is just asking for trouble with the FDA.

 

[DC2]

I like the idea of using vaping as a weight loss tool, but only for the flavor.
When they start adding supplements then it becomes an issue.

If vaping plain flavored juices were found to help people stay away from fattening foods more people would start vaping.
And if that happened, it might help reverse the trend to denormalize vaping.

 

[Jay-dub]

Genies out of the bottle. Supply will meet demand one way or another. The government can only prolong the inevitable. There is not a single tool, drug, or technology that's solely used for it's original/singular purpose.

 

[AgentAnia]

First off, I see this as kind of another gimmicky weight-loss thing, but it might actually work for some people.

I notice that nowhere on the website do they mention nicotine, so whatever claims are made for the product, even though it looks like an ecig, it's *not* an ecig, *not* a tobacco product, so does not come under FDA CTP regs. More likely, if FDA takes notice, it will be whatever division handles dietary supplements. (Unless, of course, they decide that *anything* that looks like smoking, even tho no nicotine, belongs to CTP, which would be ludicrous, but since when has that stopped them?)

(Kind of a neat looking battery, IMO!)