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 nod approvingly, promising 20 to 50 pounds vanished in months, no gym, 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.
Core ingredient? Retatrutide, Eli Lilly’s experimental triple-agonist still grinding through Phase 3 trials. Toss in bargain-bin MCT oil and sea moss for “nutrient synergy,” and voilà—$499 monthly via auto-sub trap, spiking to $6,000 yearly. “Limited-time $399 intro”? Try getting out of that credit card contract. You can’t. You are screwed. This is how FOX NEWS pays Sean Hannity.
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: Retatrutide’s unapproved, illegal for sale outside trials. FDA hammered 2025 alerts: “Counterfeit peptides risk organ damage, infections.” No TWC trials prove efficacy—their “blend” (0.60mg/serving) is underdosed fluff. NIH yawns at sea moss for slimming; MCT’s just coconut oil buzz.
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.'”
