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The fat-burning lip balm
Rex Features
A Los Angeles-based company has produced a new lip balm that it claims boosts energy, suppresses hunger and burns fat.
'Burner Balm' contains a trio of natural ingredients that all reduce appetite: Hoodia extract, chromium picolinate and natural caffeine, which also restores alertness. Natural green tea extract has also been added for increased energy and metabolism.
On sale now in the UK, via HQHair.com, the balm was the brainchild of Dr. Allan Kurtz in direct response to complaints made by his patients with regards to weight gain and lack of energy.
‘Oral gratification is the biggest challenge to weight loss so I decided to develop a product that mocks that gratification, and Burner Balm was born,’ he said.
According to its manufacturers, Pacific Shore Holdings, the £4.95 Burner Balm is a healthy alternative to energy drinks or energy shots, which can be loaded with chemicals and sugars.
And in addition to its weight loss and energy-increasing properties the balm also provides a protective barrier from the harsh elements, locking in moisture on the lips, while preventing them from drying out and becoming chapped.
One of the key fat burning components is chromium picolinate, an ingredient that dieticians know well. Chromium is a mineral that humans require in trace amounts and is found in small quantities in foods such as processed meats and cheese.
It has been credited with helping the body process carbohydrates and fats and is marketed as a weight-loss aid for dieters and a muscle-building aid for bodybuilders and athletes.
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Friday 10 July 2009
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Where can we buy this??????? :)
Comment by Janie on July 10 13:08
Please tell me where I can buy this !
Comment by Lisa on July 10 14:37
Sounds a bit bizarre really but good at the same time :)
Comment by Kim S on July 10 15:06
Yes definately where can I buy this product? :-)
Comment by Cheryl Gailley on July 10 15:30
Please tell me where I can buy this?!!
Comment by Alison on July 10 15:54
Is this available in the UK?
Comment by Barbara on July 10 17:37
I just put 'Burner Balm' in search - there's a website and you can order it. It took me five minutes - $5.99 and $5 postage! Not sure of exchange rate, but it's about the same in pounds I think. Easy!
Comment by Denise Humphries on July 10 18:14
Wow and it's cheap too!! Even if it doesn't work I'd try it surely!
Comment by Beatrice on July 10 18:23
please can you tell me where i can buy this/i definately want to try it?!!!!!!!!!
Comment by cindy rigby on July 10 19:16
People are such sheep! just buy chromium supplements and drink green tea, then you are getting some of your water intake also!
Comment by Lauren on July 10 19:24
Just tell me were you can get it. Sounds to good to be true but you could have some fun with it.
Comment by Anne McColgan on July 10 19:41
I need this right now !!
Comment by Lynn Fleming on July 10 20:04
where can i get it from
Comment by lovette on July 11 11:22
Anyone know where to buy it yet? I want - no, need - this!
Comment by Fiona on July 11 18:01
I want one
Comment by Jennifer on July 11 19:48
where can this be bought ?????????????
Comment by trish on July 12 10:32
It says HQhair is a place you can buy it is everyone BLIND??
Comment by Helen on July 13 12:19
How is this different from any other metabolism booster? Considering the harm that some of them can do, I am always a bit suspicious...
Comment by Tharin on July 16 12:43
do you seriously think a lip balm can do this?
Comment by amber g on July 21 16:28
Purchased it.......just put it on and my lips have disappeared. No only joking...will it work? Probably not but it is fun trying lol
Comment by Andi on July 24 13:59
buy it here! http://www.hqhair.com/code/products.asp?pageid=1817&featuredproduct=17109&pid=1
Comment by Jane on August 06 12:30
where can you buy this product? can you get it at a walgreens store, or a wal-mart?
Comment by Sarah. on September 01 23:28
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