Eye On Health

Could New Lollipops Help You Lick Away Pounds?

FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ― There are many ways to lose weight, but can you really lick away the unwanted pounds and keep them off for good? One woman said she did with an unusual kind of lollipop called Power Pops.

With 28 calories, no fat, amino acids, vitamins and just four carbs, the Power Pops are said to help knock off weight. They come in eight flavors including cherry, root beer, butter pecan and pina colada. The main ingredient is Hoodia, grown for hundreds of years in South Africa.

Missy Worcester is a life skills coach who had packed on more than 100 pounds while caring for her son who had been tragically burned a few years ago. She managed to lose all but 20 pounds.

That's when Worcester stopped reaching for a bag of chips and started reaching for Power Pops. "The last 20 pounds are from Power Pops and I kept it off. And, I keep shedding weight," she said.

Worcester explained, "The unique delivery system and the ingredients that we have in these lollipops actually supress your appetite as well as break up toxins and flush out the fat."

But there's even more to this story.

Worcester met up with Kerry Wilder, a registered nurse who suffered from anorexia as a teen. Now, it was Wilder's turn to test out the lollipops. "Try one with water and, oh my God, I was not hungry," she said. "It did work for me."

Wilder recently ran the Chicago Marathon. "It didn't take off any weight," she said. "With four pops a day, I've lost 12 pounds."

Now, the pair of best friends are distributors of the Power Pops, sucking away the fat with the newly-found weight loss candy.

Power Pops are all-natural, but not FDA approved.

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