INTRODUCTION
I. Attention Catcher: I bet some of you have experienced the freshman 15. Some of you probably even felt like you would go to any lengths just to lose weight. For example, taking weight loss supplements.
II. Audience Relevance: It would be peaches and cream if we didn’t have to get up and go work out and eat healthy. Only if we could take a magic pill and it all just go away and you could be the perfect size you want.
III. Thesis Statement: Today I will inform you on the history of weight loss supplements, some present findings, and the effectiveness of these supplements.
IV. Preview: From this speech you will learn about the effectiveness of weight loss supplements, advertising of supplements, and some ingredients
Transition: First, I will specify how some of the supplements are not.
BODY
I. Main Point: Theses pills do affect your body and/or health, and also your life.
A. Subpoint: The cause and effect of some dangerous supplements in the body.
1. Sub-sub point: Studies have shown that people who took a high calorie intake nutritional supplement, had a frequent feature in motor neuron disease (Körner, Hendricks, Kollewe, Kapf,Dengler, Silani, & Petri , 2013).
2. Sub-sub point: Some supplements combine potent anorectics, which can have adverse effects (Cohen, Goday, & Swann 2012).
B. Sub-point: Life or Death
1. Sub-sub point: The most recent generation is the rainbow diet pills. Back in the 1960’s dozens of deaths had occurred before the FDA could take it off the shelf (Cohen et al., 2012).
Transition: Now that I have demonstrated how effective weight loss supplements are and some negative outcome, now I will discuss one major theme of weight loss supplements, which is advertising.
II. Main Point: You see it all over your television. False advertising is how some people make money. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
A. Subpoint: Since America has an obesity epidemic there is more pressure
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