What's With the Patches?

Better for beauty than for function? Martin Heigan / Flickr.com

Ah, hoodia. The wonder substance derived from plants eaten by Bushmen in Africa to take the edge off their hunger. Such promise!

Such hype.

Now hoodia is available in patch form, just like the Pink Patch panned at this site not long ago. When you take a substance that hasn't been proven to aid in weight loss and figure out how to deliver it through a patch, you now have...a substance that hasn't been proven to aid in weight loss.

Oh...and another entry in the Eating Disorder Hall of Sadness.

• Hoodia patch distracts from the real issue -- whether hoodia works or not
• Pink Patch's shameless marketing
• Don't forget the Special K Challenge and its shame-producing ads