Perhaps you’ve heard of it. A product called FatFoe Eggplant Extract. It’s an all-natural product guaranteed to help you lose up to 10 pounds a week. And it is clinically proven to work without dieting or exercise. There’s only one small problem: FatFoe is not a real weight loss product. And the online website that urges us to “order now and get a free 60-day trial” of this fantastic product is a fake, posted by the Federal Trade Commission as a warning against diet rip-offs. Darn. I really wanted to lose 10 pounds this week without having to exercise or give up my M&M’s. So how are we to know if weight loss plans and potions are the real thing or a scam? Watch out for these claims that wave a huge red flag about unreliable products, the FTC warns: You can eat all you want of your favorite high-calorie foods and still lose weight. Wouldn’t that be nice? But it’s not true, says the FTC. To lose weight, you need to reduce the amount of calories you put in your body. You can lose weig...