Can harm your health
As you surf the Internet, you are likely to come across various weight loss products through influencers on your social media feeds and advertisements on websites. They promote the perception that being slim equates to looking good, and offer products that supposedly can help you to achieve that.
It may be tempting to take a quick and easy route to losing weight, especially when online weight loss products may be sold at promotional prices and claim to have fast and amazing results. However, purchasing such products online carries significant risks to you:
- The product claims are often exaggerated or unsubstantiated by any scientific evidence and impossible to verify.
- You cannot be sure what these products contain, and where and how they were made.
- Unscrupulous dealers may sell products with undeclared potent medicinal ingredients (i.e. adulterated products) to achieve effects quickly, but taking such products can be extremely harmful to your health.
Dangers of Buying Health Products Online
Learn about the dangers of buying health products online and how to be a smart consumer
With the growing popularity of online shopping, the Internet has increasingly become a medium for the selling of health products such as western medicines, health supplements and traditional medicines.
Nowadays, health products are easily available through various Internet platforms, such as company-based or e-commerce websites, online pharmacies, online auction sites/classified ads, discussion fora, blogs, and social media.
The borderless nature of the Internet makes it difficult to authenticate sellers and the safety and quality of the products. Consumers are strongly advised to exercise care and caution when purchasing medicines and other health products over the Internet as these products could be counterfeit or contaminated with banned substances. Risks of Buying Medicines and Health Products from Dubious or Unknown Websites:
- You could be buying products that contain dangerous, even deadly, ingredients
- You know very little about the seller, and where/how the product was manufactured
- You could be buying products that have not been assessed for their safety and have not been approved for use locally
