Picture this: You’re parked in front of Fox News, remote in hand, when a glossy ad interrupts your scroll. “Ditch the Ozempic shots! Drop the pounds with DROP—squeeze these miracle drops into water and melt fat like never before!”
A smooth-talking male doctor (probably a chiropractor) and a poised female physician, an actual MD named Kelly Victory, nod approvingly, promising 20 to 50 pounds vanished in months, no gym, no injections, and no hassle. They flash charts of “targeted hormones” and glowing testimonials from “real patients.”
It’s catnip for Fox’s over-65 crowd, wrestling with stubborn belly fat and banking on trusted “experts.” But grab your pitchfork—this is a brazen scam from The Wellness Company (TWC), draining fixed incomes with illegal hype and zero results, all while preying on seniors’ hope.
TWC, the Boca Raton crew behind COVID-era “alternative” kits, unleashed “Drop the Pounds” (or DROP) in mid-2025 as an “oral peptide elixir.”
Pop 10 drops per 10 pounds you aim to lose into a glass of water—gulp it down mornings for appetite-zapping, metabolism-jolting magic. They tout it as a “natural Ozempic rival,” hitting GLP-1 and GIP receptors without needles.
The Wellness Center’s “DROP the pounds” liquid supplement contains a blend of ingredients like Chromium, Green Tea Leaf Extract, Green Coffee Bean Extract, African Mango, and Coleus Forskohlii, with natural caffeine for energy, but there isn’t one single “active” ingredient; rather, it relies on these herbal extracts and nutrients, plus water and natural flavors, to support weight management as a dietary supplement, not a drug — Inother words, it’s FAKE! It’s highway robberyset up by doctors people trust? Can you imagine the gumption?
Fine print enrolls you in endless billing; “free shipping” if you are dumb enough to surrender your credit card info. The ad stars aren’t randos—they’re TWC heavyweights Dr. Peter McCullough, the firebrand cardiologist who bashed vaccines on Fox, and Dr. Kelly Victory, the urgent care doc turned anti-mandate mouthpiece.
McCullough, ousted from Baylor for COVID contrarianism, beams about “breakthrough peptides” like he cracked the code on fat. Victory, with her ER cred, chimes in on “hormone harmony” and “empowering wellness.” No Dr. Drew Pinsky here—he’s TWC’s Chief Medical officer, shilling other wares like emergency kits, but sits this one out. Why? Because he knows when to dodge.
These two are Fox favorites, lending scam cred amid 42% U.S. obesity stats. Their pitch: “Drops = pounds” dosing, implying Ozempic-level shredding from seaweed slop. Creepy? Absolutely—real GLP-1s demand doctor oversight; this is DIY disaster.
Gut-punch reality: This is a scam, and woe to those who give them a credit card number. You will get 3 refills before you can cancel your subscription.
Dosage gimmick? Snake-oil sorcery, not science—extra drops won’t torch calories like hot sauce hacks. Side effects: Bloating, cramps, nada lost. Trustpilot torches TWC at 1.1 stars from 245 rants: “Zero pounds after $998—diarrhea jackpot!”
Trustpilot.com quotes a senior citizen: “McCullough’s ‘truth-teller’? Stole my retirement dreams.”
Google: 1-star scam stampede. FTC clocks 20% scam surge in weight-loss cons; TWC’s the poster child, with “60-day guarantee” evaporating on use.
This reeks of Fox’s fraud fiesta. Balance of Nature’s veggie dust? FTC’s 2022 smackdown for cancer lies—$1.1M fine, sales axed.
Relief Factor’s joint “fix”? 1.9 Trustpilot sludge, gut-bomb side effects, 200 BBB traps.
Relaxium’s snooze serum? Nausea waves, phony “brain surgeon” plugs. Fox’s boomer bullseye devours “doc-endorsed naturals” in prime slots, stoking fears (“Fat’s fatal!”) while chiropractors cash in.
Now McCullough and Victory—real MDs with axe-to-grind reps—cross into quackery, swapping evidence for envelopes.
Toll on targets? Heartbreaking. Fixed-income folks fork over nest eggs for despair drops, one reviewer wailing: “Preyed on my post-hip hope—shame on these ‘healers.'”
“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24, NIV)
This verse highlights how deceptive miracles can mislead people seeking healing or relief, urging discernment through God’s truth.
Poem:
Beware the Serpent’s Elixir
In shadows deep, where sickness calls,
False healers rise with glowing vials,
Promising life from poisoned wells,
Miracles forged in deceitful spells.
They prey on hearts in desperate plea,
With scams that blind what eyes should see.
But child of God, hold fast your shield,
The Word your sword, your faith revealed.
True healing flows from Heaven’s throne,
Not earthly frauds that stand alone.
Seek first the Lord, in prayer confide,
His grace the cure that won’t subside.
Though tempters whisper, “Drink and live,”
Discern the lie, and truth receive.
For in Christ’s name, the sick are whole,
Not by man’s tricks, but soul to soul.
Stand firm against the cunning tide,
Where hope in God will e’er abide.
