When Jenny takes tabloid stories out of context.

In early October Jenny posted this Sun article as a claim that JP products are more effective in combating weight issues than advice you get from your doctor. Read that sentence again and let it sink in.

What Jenny doesn't seem to realise, or is deliberately ignoring, is:

- Based on that part of the article from her photo (there's no way I'm paying a Sun subscription to read the whole thing), JP isn't mentioned at all. So how she can claim this is evidence that her junk products are worthwhile is beyond me.

- It's from the Sun. For non UK readers the Sun is the gossip magazine newspaper of Britain that is more concerned with boobs and football, not contemporary, relevant issues.

- Based on my interpretation the article is saying that social media is more effective than doctors. What I believe this is based on is the fact that because social media connects us to many people from various walks of life, who can then share their experiences with each other, people learn new ways to address their weight issues and may discover why do date their attempts have been unsuccessful. Above all else, it is likely that people are getting advice about calories-in-calories-out and how this simple but extremely effective system can be the difference between you over-eating, and getting fat, and eating at a deficit and losing weight.

It certainly does not mean that obese people selling over-priced junk on Facebook is more effective than doctors. Above all else, the doctor is the number one person anyone should go to if they are concerned about their health. To claim based on a tabloid article that doesn't even mention your pyramid scheme that it's as good as, if not better, than qualified, expert, medical advice is outright shameful.

Oh, by the way, Facebook count down to 564. That means that since I began posting in the middle of October, Jenny has been losing an average of over one person a day. In a later post I'll do the maths but, regardless, it really doesn't look like attending Brighton for that inspirational (and costly) JP conference has done her sales any good whatsoever.