Daily Candy Downer

I get a dose of Daily Candy sent to my inbox from this website. I've been pretty impressed with the things they come up with - I get to hear about tons of pre-sales and club openings that will still inevitably drain my pockets... And, at first glance, the dose below piqued my interest too. The New Year always brings the new diet back on to my to-do list. But after reading through today's Dedicated Email, I realized it was just one big downer... Read on to see what I mean.

DEDICATED E-MAIL January 14, 2009 Sensationally Thin Love eating but hate being overweight? Well, ladies, now you can have your cake and weight loss, too! Hold on to your fork; you won’t believe what’s been brought to market. The new Sensa™ Weight-Loss System allows you to lose the weight you want while eating whatever your heart desires. Truly amazing. Sensa is the brainchild of one of the nation’s leading neurologists, Dr. Hirsch. You may have seen him on Oprah, CNN, Dateline NBC, or Extra. Average weight loss over six months is 30.5 pounds. And Sensa is clinically proven, so you know it works. Just how do you sprinkle yourself thin? Simply toss flavorless Sensa Tastant crystals on the food you eat, and they’ll naturally curb your tendency to overindulge by using your body’s sense of smell and taste. Put it on your food and watch the pounds fall away! Dr. Hirsch was compelled to formulate this safe, natural weight-loss method (25 years in the making!) because he knows diets just don’t work. Send stress and deprivation packing, throw a Sensa shaker in your purse, and sprinkle your way to a thinner you! Sensa. Weight loss you can believe in. Click here for a special offer: DailyCandy readers can try Sensa free!

Woah, wait... Hold on just a minute... So I can sprinkle this crystal powder onto my food - thus making it taste and/or smell like crap - and then I just won't want to eat it anymore!? Hooray! Congrats, guys, you've solved America's problem with overindulgence. Just use this powder to ultimately alter your senses so that the chocolate cake you love so much starts to smell like dog poo. I'm sure that's not a dangerous thing to do... 

Daily Candy, you are my news source for fabulous store openings, special deals around town, and new and fun trends. Maybe you should find advertisers in those areas so that you don't have to peddle this Dexatrim-like diet crap. It's tacky and I expected more from you guys... 

But, Oprah, good luck with it all.