JadedWolf comments

@Mizuame

Of course, an extravagant health claim such as this could not be used on US television as it would break broadcasting law.

I have no idea what your talking about considering American television advertises all sorts of different products claiming even more ridiculous crap. A pill that allows you to eat whatever you want but still loose weight, online bidding stores showcasing all these people who bought fancy high dollar products for around 5 bucks, or all the ridiculous beauty products that claim "this or that" but don't work worth a crap.etc. Yes there are alot of products who get lawsuits here because of false advertising but mainly only if health is affected. There are still tons more out there still advertising there nonsense and some that people today probably believe actually work.

@sighclops

Or any developed country with a modern legal system. Can you imagine the lawsuits...

Ah, Japan!

Wow really? You act like Japan is some third world country still living in the boonies. They are "developed" and the legal system is "modern". So I have no idea what your even implying there... Just found that kind of offensive...

Besides Japanese people aren't stupid they're not all going to fall for this advertising bullcrap (though some do but so too do some Americans) And there actually could be truth to this as tea often has excellent health benefits and there are foods that do promote weight loss and heightened metabolism... So there may actually be truth to this claim as well as others. Who knows?