{"id":115176,"date":"2018-12-05T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/?p=115176"},"modified":"2018-12-04T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:05:12","slug":"why-celebrities-selling-diet-products-on-instagram-is-a-really-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wellness\/why-celebrities-selling-diet-products-on-instagram-is-a-really-bad-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Celebrities Selling Diet Products On Instagram Is A Really Bad Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the tea, sis?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember the first time I saw Kim Kardashian promoting lollipops on her Instagram that suppressed hunger to prevent her from snacking. It infuriated me because I would personally never want to replace any sort of food with a magic lollipop. Recently, The Good Place<\/em> actress, and vocal body positivity activist Jameela Jamil went on a rant on her social channels about celebrities, and social media infulencers selling diet supplements through Instagram and other social media platforms. Shakes, teas, and hunger suppressant lollipops have been making the rounds on social media for a while now, with the likes of Kardashian\/Jenners, and various Victoria\u2019s Secret models, and Cardi B promoting them as a way to attain their signature bodies. The problem is that they\u2019re actually selling a super unhealthy way to shed pounds.<\/p>\n

After the swarm of Black Friday promotion posts had started popping up, Jamil popped off with a tweet that read \u201cGive us the discount codes to your nutritionists, personal chefs, personal trainers, airbrushers and plastic surgeons you bloody liars.\u201d Aside from being hilarious, the tweet was also incredibly poignant. <\/p>\n

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Recently Cardi B credited her post-partum weight loss to a detox tea. Meanwhile, what is most likely going on behind the scenes is vigorous exercise with a personal trainer, meal prepping from a personal chef, and if we\u2019re going to spill some real tea, probably a bit of plastic surgery too. We\u2019re certainly not here to shame celebrities for wanting to look snatched 2 weeks after giving birth to a eight-pound baby. I get that looking a certain way is a very big part of their job. All we\u2019re asking for is a bit of honestly. Because honestly, if all Cardi B was doing to lose the baby weight was drinking laxative tea morning, noon, and night, she would have probably perished from dehydration by now. That\u2019s the thing about these products that are being mass-marketed to us; they\u2019re just not healthy the way they\u2019re being advertised.<\/p>\n

A lot of people may think they\u2019re buying a tea that will magically make them skinny, but what they don\u2019t realize is that what they\u2019re actually buying, and consuming is a laxative. And if they\u2019re not careful, could be really harmful in the long run for their bodies, and overall health. It\u2019s impractical to expect that a drink will totally transform your body.\u00a0 I\u2019m not really in the position to be a \u201chealth and wellness expert\u201d, but if the idea of hunger-suppressing lollipops sounds like a good idea to you, try carrying a healthy snack around instead. I make it a point to always have at least one healthy snack in my purse in case I\u2019m feeling hungry. Can I interest you in a granola bar, or maybe some almonds, or perhaps some dried fruit? If your body is telling you it\u2019s hungry, you need to feed it. Pushing those feelings of hunger down damages your metabolism, and may lead to a much bigger problem.<\/p>\n

Jamil, who has been very candid and open about her struggles with an eating disorder as a young adult has made it her personal mission to expose the truth behind these products that are being sold to new moms, and young women. Following her tweet, Jameela posted a string of videos of her promoting fake versions of the products honestly. While standing in a gorgeous dress, she suddenly darts off camera and the next scene sees her finishing her #AD from the bathroom. In another rant, she asked the viewers if they knew that what they were buying were in fact, laxatives. She then went on to explain how dangerous it is for people with such large platforms to be selling these products while a lot of the people they\u2019re selling them to are impressionable young adults.<\/p>\n

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If influencers and celebrities were actually honest with us about some of these Slimming\/detox products… #itburns<\/a><\/p>\n

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