Special Report: Weight Loss Wonder

From pills to diets to exercise...

Stacy Alms-Alabed, who owns a dry cleaning business in Brighton, has tried almost everything to change the clothes she wears.

Stacy Alms-Alabed, Dieter
"I really just felt deprived and always kind of depressed."

So how was Stacy able to lose 50 pounds on a diet that cut out all her favorite foods for 2 1/2 months?

Stacy Alms-Alabed, Dieter
"You just rid yourself of all the cravings that you have had in the past."

Stacy's secret can be found taped behind women's ears everywhere.

It's a tiny steel ball that puts pressure on 16 hunger control points!

Daniel Radinsky, The Sadkhin Complex
"When hunger points are stimulated the person is not hungry whatsoever."

A Russian acupuncturist came up with this weight loss program more than 20 years ago. It's known as "The Sadkhin Complex" and costs roughly $300 a month plus an initiation fee. They operate out of clinics like this one in brookline.

Daniel Radinsky, The Sadkhin Complex
"I work with celebrities. I work with a lot of models...a lot of supermodels."

The diet works on 2-day cycles…two days of nothing but a pound and a half of raw fruits and vegetables.

Then two days of up to 2 1/2 glasses of whole milk or yogurt. Nutrients in whole milk are believed to help you lose weight.

You keep eating like this for at least 30 days straight and you don't eat before 11 a.m. or after 6 p.m.

Daniel Radinsky, The Sadkhin Complex
"The main idea is to cleanse the person to make him healthier."

The average weight loss - a pound a day!

You lose the most in the first ten days...roughly 5%-10% of your body weight.

For Linette Lee from Boston that was 13 pounds!

Linette Lee, Dieter
"I felt like I was more energized."

But this idea of rapid weight loss flies in the face of what many doctors believe about proper nutrition.

Dr. George Blackburn, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr.
"There's no evidence of this or any of the diet plans that exclude a food group that it's successful in keeping the weight off for a long period of time."

Sadkhin experts claim they've seen people keep the weight off for as long as 15 years.

Linette lost 50 pounds in 3 months…that was over a year ago.

Linette Lee, Dieter
"It's fun to be confident about yourself."

Patients can use the balls for yearly maintenance.

Daniel Radinsky, The Sadkhin Complex
"That you continue a healthy lifestyle."

But the ultimate goal is to learn how to make better food choices.

Daniel Radinsky, The Sadkhin Complex
"I would suggest that you continue with all natural foods."

Four months after the program, Stacy says she's reprogrammed for life.

Stacy Alms-Alabed
"It changes the way you feel about food."

Now when she's not busy working with clothes, she's buying new ones.

Stacy Alms-Alabed
"I went from a size 16 to a size 6."

For more information:

New Sadkhin Complex Boston Inc
524 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA 02446-2463
www.sadkhin.com
Phone: 617-277-8844