The 10 Biggest Lies Ever Told in Advertising

2. Debi Mazar: "I lost 60 pounds in 10 weeks"

The Belly Burner belt will not make you lose 60 pounds in 10 weeks, not matter what Entourage star Debi Mazar says. That's six pounds of lost weight per week -- it's physically impossible. Mazar fails to say whether part of that 60 pounds included the baby she was carrying before decided she wanted to take off her post-partum weight gain. There are thousands of misleading diet and exercise ads out there and this one isn't particularly special, it's just that these misleading claims don't usually involve stars of the caliber of Mazar.

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