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		<title>Leptovox Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/leptovox.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Leptovox bottle image" /></a><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> is one of those products that&#8217;s trying to do it all &#8212; We&#8217;re going to dive into this review and examine the merits behind the Leptovox claim<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p>
<p>Letpovox has gathered quite a loyal following on the internet.  The story most likely goes that the company behind Lipovox (a similar product) saw the success of Leptovox and copied it.  It happens all the time with diet pills and for the most part, goes unchecked (because it happens so fast).  For example, take <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/nuphedragen-review/" >Nuphedragen</a> and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/fenphedra-review/" >Fenphedra</a> and let me know which you prefer (I actually prefer Fenphedra).</p>
<h3>The Leptovox Difference</h3>
<p>What is the difference between <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> and Lipovox?  The 10 Superfoods are present in both.  For a quick refresher, the 10 superfoods, known for their extremely healthy qualities are listed below.  I&#8217;ve referenced where I&#8217;ve reviewed one of the ingredients in more depth.  As time presents itself, I hope to have reviews available for all of them:</p>
<ol>
<li>Brazilian Acai</li>
<li>Cayenne Pepper Fruit</li>
<li>Garlic (see my <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >garlic review</a>)</li>
<li>Soybeans</li>
<li>Barley</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >Wheatgrass</a></li>
<li>Kefir</li>
<li>Alfalfa</li>
<li>Flaxseed</li>
<li>Buckwheat</li>
</ol>
<p>The differences lie in the few other ingredients:</p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Leptovox</th>
<th>Lipovox</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Idebenone</li>
<li>EGCG (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >green tea</a>)</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Green Tea</li>
<li>Salmon Oil Powder</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/alpha-lipoic-acid-review/" >Alpha Lipoic Acid</a></li>
<li>DMAE</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="left">Idebenone is supposed to help the skin slow the aging process and is present in plenty of wrinkle creams that you apply topically. <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >Green tea</a> is an effective stimulant for weight loss, and ALA has great benefits.</p>
<p align="left">Are these differences big enough to stew over? Definitely.</p>
<h3>Leptovox Reviewed Further</h3>
<p>One thing that might give <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> something extra though is the fact that it comes with a 7-day detoxification pill.  These are not to be used regularly, as detoxifying your body too frequently can cause problems.  But detoxification in moderation is very healthful.  The weight lost from detoxification is <em>not</em> fat loss.  For the most part it&#8217;s just your body getting rid of waste.  You may notice that your stomach is a <em>bit</em> slimmer, but just a bit.</p>
<p>The only time I ever did a detox, it did feel great so I&#8217;d recommend giving it a shot.  It&#8217;s nice they bundle the detox with <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> so you can use them in concert with each other.</p>
<p>If you buy a bunch of Leptovox you get a whole slew of other diet pills so you can stack them for maximum results.  One is a carb/fat blocker and another is an herbal &#8220;pick me up&#8221; if you will.  We won&#8217;t get into these specifically, but I wanted to put that out there.</p>
<h3>Leptovox Guarantee</h3>
<p>Leptovox comes with a Lifetime moneyback guarantee, which instills confidence in me only when I&#8217;ve tested their customer service.  I did just that and sent them my normal email asking about an order that hadn&#8217;t arrived yet.  They responded about 14 hours later asking me for more information so they could resolve the issue.  Test passed.</p>
<p>Anyway, the lifetime guarantee is also done by Lipovox, but I don&#8217;t see it done by too many other diet pill companies so kudos to Leptovox for that.</p>
<h3>Overall Conclusion with Leptovox</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for bang for your buck, <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> is a great bet.  The 10 Superfoods are well known possessing very desirable nutritional profiles and the extra ingredients there (particularly the green tea) aid in weight loss quite a bit.  Letpovox is a solid bet, wit natural ingredients, so it gets a thumbs up.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/leptovox.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Leptovox bottle image" /></a><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> is one of those products that&#8217;s trying to do it all &#8212; We&#8217;re going to dive into this review and examine the merits behind the Leptovox claim<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p>
<p>Letpovox has gathered quite a loyal following on the internet.  The story most likely goes that the company behind Lipovox (a similar product) saw the success of Leptovox and copied it.  It happens all the time with diet pills and for the most part, goes unchecked (because it happens so fast).  For example, take <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/nuphedragen-review/" >Nuphedragen</a> and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/fenphedra-review/" >Fenphedra</a> and let me know which you prefer (I actually prefer Fenphedra).</p>
<h3>The Leptovox Difference</h3>
<p>What is the difference between <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> and Lipovox?  The 10 Superfoods are present in both.  For a quick refresher, the 10 superfoods, known for their extremely healthy qualities are listed below.  I&#8217;ve referenced where I&#8217;ve reviewed one of the ingredients in more depth.  As time presents itself, I hope to have reviews available for all of them:</p>
<ol>
<li>Brazilian Acai</li>
<li>Cayenne Pepper Fruit</li>
<li>Garlic (see my <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >garlic review</a>)</li>
<li>Soybeans</li>
<li>Barley</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >Wheatgrass</a></li>
<li>Kefir</li>
<li>Alfalfa</li>
<li>Flaxseed</li>
<li>Buckwheat</li>
</ol>
<p>The differences lie in the few other ingredients:</p>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Leptovox</th>
<th>Lipovox</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Idebenone</li>
<li>EGCG (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >green tea</a>)</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>Green Tea</li>
<li>Salmon Oil Powder</li>
<li><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/alpha-lipoic-acid-review/" >Alpha Lipoic Acid</a></li>
<li>DMAE</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="left">Idebenone is supposed to help the skin slow the aging process and is present in plenty of wrinkle creams that you apply topically. <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >Green tea</a> is an effective stimulant for weight loss, and ALA has great benefits.</p>
<p align="left">Are these differences big enough to stew over? Definitely.</p>
<h3>Leptovox Reviewed Further</h3>
<p>One thing that might give <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> something extra though is the fact that it comes with a 7-day detoxification pill.  These are not to be used regularly, as detoxifying your body too frequently can cause problems.  But detoxification in moderation is very healthful.  The weight lost from detoxification is <em>not</em> fat loss.  For the most part it&#8217;s just your body getting rid of waste.  You may notice that your stomach is a <em>bit</em> slimmer, but just a bit.</p>
<p>The only time I ever did a detox, it did feel great so I&#8217;d recommend giving it a shot.  It&#8217;s nice they bundle the detox with <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> so you can use them in concert with each other.</p>
<p>If you buy a bunch of Leptovox you get a whole slew of other diet pills so you can stack them for maximum results.  One is a carb/fat blocker and another is an herbal &#8220;pick me up&#8221; if you will.  We won&#8217;t get into these specifically, but I wanted to put that out there.</p>
<h3>Leptovox Guarantee</h3>
<p>Leptovox comes with a Lifetime moneyback guarantee, which instills confidence in me only when I&#8217;ve tested their customer service.  I did just that and sent them my normal email asking about an order that hadn&#8217;t arrived yet.  They responded about 14 hours later asking me for more information so they could resolve the issue.  Test passed.</p>
<p>Anyway, the lifetime guarantee is also done by Lipovox, but I don&#8217;t see it done by too many other diet pill companies so kudos to Leptovox for that.</p>
<h3>Overall Conclusion with Leptovox</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for bang for your buck, <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=leptovox" rel="nofollow">Leptovox</a> is a great bet.  The 10 Superfoods are well known possessing very desirable nutritional profiles and the extra ingredients there (particularly the green tea) aid in weight loss quite a bit.  Letpovox is a solid bet, wit natural ingredients, so it gets a thumbs up.</p>
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		<title>Lipovox Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cal</dc:creator>
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<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox">Lipovox</a> is one of my favorite diet pills.  Not because it has some amazing ingredient complex (though they do score points for being unique) or flashy packaging, but because they have the most unique sales pitch I&#8217;ve ever read.</p>
<h3>The Lipovox Story</h3>
<p>They let it start out in the serene state of Hawaii.</p>
<p>The gist of it is (and I can&#8217;t confirm the veracity of the story, entertaining&#8211;yes, true?  Who knows.  It&#8217;s probably somewhere in between) that a college student was watching Oprah where a certain Dr. Perricone was on the show talking about superfoods that combat the body&#8217;s natural aging process.</p>
<p>It may have been <a href="http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200411/tows_past_20041110.jhtml" target="_blank">this show</a>.</p>
<p>You can find the <a href="http://www.oprah.com/health/beauty/health_beauty_superfood.jhtml" target="_blank">ten superfoods listed here</a>.</p>
<p>The end of the story is that people not only improved their skin, but also lost weight.  Too good to be true?  I took a closer look.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Ingredients (the &#8220;Superfoods&#8221;)</h3>
<p>One of the superfoods listed is <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >wheatgrass, which I reviewed</a> (I&#8217;m neutral on it&#8211;healthy, yes, but does it do all the things proponents claim it can do? Research is lacking).</p>
<p>&#8220;Anything from the &#8216;Allium  Family&#8217;&#8221; includes garlic, which is what Lipovox includes.  Garlic is a very healthy supplement.  I took an <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >in-depth look at garlic</a> earlier today.</p>
<p>The full list of <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> ingredients (there are a ton):</p>
<ul>
<li>Brazilian Acai</li>
<li>Cayenne Pepper Fruit</li>
<li>Garlic (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >garlic review</a>)</li>
<li>Soybeans Isoflavones</li>
<li>Barley</li>
<li>Wheatgrass (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >wheatgrass review</a>)</li>
<li>Lactobacillus Acidophilus</li>
<li>Alfalfa Sprouts</li>
<li>Flaxseed</li>
<li>Buckwheat</li>
<li>Green Tea Extract (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >green tea review</a>)</li>
<li> Salmon Oil Powder</li>
<li>Alpha Lipoic Acid</li>
<li>DMAE</li>
</ul>
<p>I hope to eventually review all of the ingredients included in Lipovox, but the heavy hitting weight loss ingredient (Green Tea) is already covered.  Flaxseed and Buckwheat should help with appetite suppression and it&#8217;s a given that Lactobacillus Acidophilus is a healthy probiotic.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a tossup.  They don&#8217;t provide supplement facts, so it&#8217;s impossible to tell <em>how much</em> of these ingredients are in <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a>.</p>
<p>As you can read in my review of Green Tea, research indicates that Green Tea does increase the metabolic rate and, hence, help you burn more calories.  These other ingredients are healthful so all in all, the ingredient profile here is pretty strong.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Customer Service</h3>
<p><strong>Email #1</strong></p>
<p>I emailed Lipovox customer service and inquired about &#8220;my order&#8221; that I had placed two weeks before.  I didn&#8217;t act irate, but the tone of my email was certainly one of annoyance.  They responded in 10 minutes&#8211;literally.   I thought that was a bit of an anomaly (maybe they were doing emails right then and I got lucky).</p>
<p><strong>Email #2</strong></p>
<p>So I sent another the next day from a different email address under a different name, different wording but similar situation.  The response came back in three hours.</p>
<p>You may consider implementing this customer service strategy with any company where you&#8217;re considering purchasing.  It&#8217;s important that you don&#8217;t just inquire about purchasing.  Of course they&#8217;re going to answer that one quickly.  You have to pretend you&#8217;ve already purchased and gauge their willingness to respond you once they <em>already have your money</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a>&#8216; customer service team passed my little test.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Acne Spin</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how I feel about Dr. Perricone.  It seems to me it&#8217;s just his way of making a buck.  If your skin does improve taking Lipovox, just consider it gravy &#8212; I wouldn&#8217;t buy this as a skin care pill.  I would buy it as a weight loss pill with a potential side benefit.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Testimonials</h3>
<p>If you read this site for longer than about three minutes you&#8217;ll realize that I don&#8217;t put any stock in testimonials as they are written on a company&#8217;s website.  Those are far too easy to fabricate.  For instance, look at this testimonial I just received:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cal, you are the hottest anonymous diet pill critic I have ever seen.  Please, let&#8217;s meet up.</p>
<p>Julie  &#8212; Atlanta, GA</p></blockquote>
<p>And that&#8217;s about all it takes.  A few keystrokes and a bit of an imagination.</p>
<p>I do attempt to find feedback about products that come from actual users of the product.  Internet forums don&#8217;t help.  Anyone can post there.  Blogs don&#8217;t help.  Anyone can leave a comment.  Amazon?  That&#8217;s a bit better.  Though even with Amazon, anyone can leave a review.  eBay?  eBay&#8217;s a special case and one that I like.  You can only give feedback if you&#8217;re on record as having purchased that product from that seller.</p>
<p>I found Lipovox for sale on eBay and it appears that the Lipovox company is the outlet there.  I contacted the seller and verified that they are indeed the same company as <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox.com</a>.  They&#8217;re feedback there, as of this writing, is at 98.5% &#8212; with over 50,000 feedback ratings!  I couldn&#8217;t believe their success there.</p>
<p>Now, eBay feedback taken into consideration, maybe this college kid really did stumble onto something.  I don&#8217;t put a lot of stock into the superfoods, as I&#8217;ve already mentioned, but I&#8217;m having a hard time coming up with the reason why in the face of their actual customer feedback.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Negatives</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t like when companies place images of magazines on their site to somehow add credibility.  <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> did that with their Oprah, Shape, Fitness, and Self magazines spread across the top.  Yes, Oprah talked about the superfoods with Dr. Perricone, but that is hardly  an endorsement for Lipovox specifically.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t provide supplement facts.  Not many do without some sort of proprietary blend (off the top of my head, <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/fenphedra-review/" >Fenphedra does</a>)  I wish the Lipovox company would.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t provide a lot of information about the company behind Lipovox.  While I&#8217;m put at ease when they respond to emails so quickly, I still wish they&#8217;d maybe say how long they&#8217;ve been around (from the ebay presence, I would say it&#8217;s several years&#8211;probably 3 or 4).</p>
<h3>Lipovox Positives</h3>
<p>Green Tea is an effective ingredient for weight loss and they have it in there.  The other ingredients are certainly healthful.</p>
<p>They offer a moneyback guarantee and don&#8217;t try and rope you into some crappy, rip-off autoship like <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/thermocerin-review/" >thermocerin</a> and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/thermocerin-review/" >lipocerin</a>.</p>
<h3>Overall Conclusion on Lipovox</h3>
<p>New spin on an old problem, astounding track record on ebay, a bit hypey on the marketing side, but overall a contender in the diet pill market.  I give <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> a green light.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.criticalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/lipovox.gif" alt="Lipovox Bottle" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox">Lipovox</a> is one of my favorite diet pills.  Not because it has some amazing ingredient complex (though they do score points for being unique) or flashy packaging, but because they have the most unique sales pitch I&#8217;ve ever read.</p>
<h3>The Lipovox Story</h3>
<p>They let it start out in the serene state of Hawaii.</p>
<p>The gist of it is (and I can&#8217;t confirm the veracity of the story, entertaining&#8211;yes, true?  Who knows.  It&#8217;s probably somewhere in between) that a college student was watching Oprah where a certain Dr. Perricone was on the show talking about superfoods that combat the body&#8217;s natural aging process.</p>
<p>It may have been <a href="http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200411/tows_past_20041110.jhtml" target="_blank">this show</a>.</p>
<p>You can find the <a href="http://www.oprah.com/health/beauty/health_beauty_superfood.jhtml" target="_blank">ten superfoods listed here</a>.</p>
<p>The end of the story is that people not only improved their skin, but also lost weight.  Too good to be true?  I took a closer look.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Ingredients (the &#8220;Superfoods&#8221;)</h3>
<p>One of the superfoods listed is <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >wheatgrass, which I reviewed</a> (I&#8217;m neutral on it&#8211;healthy, yes, but does it do all the things proponents claim it can do? Research is lacking).</p>
<p>&#8220;Anything from the &#8216;Allium  Family&#8217;&#8221; includes garlic, which is what Lipovox includes.  Garlic is a very healthy supplement.  I took an <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >in-depth look at garlic</a> earlier today.</p>
<p>The full list of <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> ingredients (there are a ton):</p>
<ul>
<li>Brazilian Acai</li>
<li>Cayenne Pepper Fruit</li>
<li>Garlic (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/garlic-review/" >garlic review</a>)</li>
<li>Soybeans Isoflavones</li>
<li>Barley</li>
<li>Wheatgrass (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/wheatgrass-review/" >wheatgrass review</a>)</li>
<li>Lactobacillus Acidophilus</li>
<li>Alfalfa Sprouts</li>
<li>Flaxseed</li>
<li>Buckwheat</li>
<li>Green Tea Extract (<a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/green-tea-review/" >green tea review</a>)</li>
<li> Salmon Oil Powder</li>
<li>Alpha Lipoic Acid</li>
<li>DMAE</li>
</ul>
<p>I hope to eventually review all of the ingredients included in Lipovox, but the heavy hitting weight loss ingredient (Green Tea) is already covered.  Flaxseed and Buckwheat should help with appetite suppression and it&#8217;s a given that Lactobacillus Acidophilus is a healthy probiotic.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a tossup.  They don&#8217;t provide supplement facts, so it&#8217;s impossible to tell <em>how much</em> of these ingredients are in <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a>.</p>
<p>As you can read in my review of Green Tea, research indicates that Green Tea does increase the metabolic rate and, hence, help you burn more calories.  These other ingredients are healthful so all in all, the ingredient profile here is pretty strong.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Customer Service</h3>
<p><strong>Email #1</strong></p>
<p>I emailed Lipovox customer service and inquired about &#8220;my order&#8221; that I had placed two weeks before.  I didn&#8217;t act irate, but the tone of my email was certainly one of annoyance.  They responded in 10 minutes&#8211;literally.   I thought that was a bit of an anomaly (maybe they were doing emails right then and I got lucky).</p>
<p><strong>Email #2</strong></p>
<p>So I sent another the next day from a different email address under a different name, different wording but similar situation.  The response came back in three hours.</p>
<p>You may consider implementing this customer service strategy with any company where you&#8217;re considering purchasing.  It&#8217;s important that you don&#8217;t just inquire about purchasing.  Of course they&#8217;re going to answer that one quickly.  You have to pretend you&#8217;ve already purchased and gauge their willingness to respond you once they <em>already have your money</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a>&#8216; customer service team passed my little test.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Acne Spin</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how I feel about Dr. Perricone.  It seems to me it&#8217;s just his way of making a buck.  If your skin does improve taking Lipovox, just consider it gravy &#8212; I wouldn&#8217;t buy this as a skin care pill.  I would buy it as a weight loss pill with a potential side benefit.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Testimonials</h3>
<p>If you read this site for longer than about three minutes you&#8217;ll realize that I don&#8217;t put any stock in testimonials as they are written on a company&#8217;s website.  Those are far too easy to fabricate.  For instance, look at this testimonial I just received:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cal, you are the hottest anonymous diet pill critic I have ever seen.  Please, let&#8217;s meet up.</p>
<p>Julie  &#8212; Atlanta, GA</p></blockquote>
<p>And that&#8217;s about all it takes.  A few keystrokes and a bit of an imagination.</p>
<p>I do attempt to find feedback about products that come from actual users of the product.  Internet forums don&#8217;t help.  Anyone can post there.  Blogs don&#8217;t help.  Anyone can leave a comment.  Amazon?  That&#8217;s a bit better.  Though even with Amazon, anyone can leave a review.  eBay?  eBay&#8217;s a special case and one that I like.  You can only give feedback if you&#8217;re on record as having purchased that product from that seller.</p>
<p>I found Lipovox for sale on eBay and it appears that the Lipovox company is the outlet there.  I contacted the seller and verified that they are indeed the same company as <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox.com</a>.  They&#8217;re feedback there, as of this writing, is at 98.5% &#8212; with over 50,000 feedback ratings!  I couldn&#8217;t believe their success there.</p>
<p>Now, eBay feedback taken into consideration, maybe this college kid really did stumble onto something.  I don&#8217;t put a lot of stock into the superfoods, as I&#8217;ve already mentioned, but I&#8217;m having a hard time coming up with the reason why in the face of their actual customer feedback.</p>
<h3>Lipovox Negatives</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t like when companies place images of magazines on their site to somehow add credibility.  <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> did that with their Oprah, Shape, Fitness, and Self magazines spread across the top.  Yes, Oprah talked about the superfoods with Dr. Perricone, but that is hardly  an endorsement for Lipovox specifically.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t provide supplement facts.  Not many do without some sort of proprietary blend (off the top of my head, <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/fenphedra-review/" >Fenphedra does</a>)  I wish the Lipovox company would.</p>
<p>They don&#8217;t provide a lot of information about the company behind Lipovox.  While I&#8217;m put at ease when they respond to emails so quickly, I still wish they&#8217;d maybe say how long they&#8217;ve been around (from the ebay presence, I would say it&#8217;s several years&#8211;probably 3 or 4).</p>
<h3>Lipovox Positives</h3>
<p>Green Tea is an effective ingredient for weight loss and they have it in there.  The other ingredients are certainly healthful.</p>
<p>They offer a moneyback guarantee and don&#8217;t try and rope you into some crappy, rip-off autoship like <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/thermocerin-review/" >thermocerin</a> and <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/2008/thermocerin-review/" >lipocerin</a>.</p>
<h3>Overall Conclusion on Lipovox</h3>
<p>New spin on an old problem, astounding track record on ebay, a bit hypey on the marketing side, but overall a contender in the diet pill market.  I give <a href="http://www.criticalorie.com/goto.php?a=lipovox" rel="nofollow">Lipovox</a> a green light.</p>
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