BRIT INVOLVED IN WEIGHT LOSS SCANDAL

The Civil Guard in Málaga has intervened the Nutra Life International company which was selling weight-loss products over the telephone. At the time of going to press no arrests had been made, but the administrators of the company have been named as Christos K, a Greek businessman, and Andrew B, a British resident of Mijas. The authorities acted after a complaint was made by the consumers’ organisation, Facua, which alleged that some of the ingredients in the product’s “secret formula” were highly concentrated hormones which could be dangerous to health. A Facua spokesman said that the company was selling at least 30 varieties of weight-loss products as well as others to increase breast size in women. An analysis made by the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Sevilla concluded that high concentrations of the thyroid hormone T3 was present, which could be dangerous to health. Nutra Life International had taken out whole page advertisements claiming that people using their system could lose 28 kilos while they slept.