The Low Carb WiO Diet Scam is located in West Jordan, Utah and is now the newest and perhaps the worst low carb scam I have encountered to date…and…this is a dandy folks. WiO Diet stands for Weight Is Over your last Diet pretty tricky huh? The brains behind this low carb Wio diet scam company? Jason B. Whitney & Nirav Dhruv and this is charlatanism & quackery at its best.
Nope, I was wrong. There is now another much newer, much larger than every bread scam as of the first of this year and it is the Franz Keto Bread Scam. You have to read it to believe it and for the first time I have actually published my Element Laboratory Reports. Clear case of whats termed Economic Food Fraud or mislabeling a product for economic gains.
WiO Diet is not as large as the JULIAN BAKERY but make no mistake, they are at least as egregious. This company is aggressively targeting diabetics and the lowcarb community along the East Coast and is now attempting to move west. It is my opinion they targeted the East Coast first because of the population concentration in New York and all along the Eastern Seaboard. They have even been so bold as to compare their products to some legitimate lowcarb breads and muffins. Thin Slim pizza & muffins, Mama Lupes tortillas (I question these too), Godiva chocolates, & The Great Low Carb Bread Company. Click on the chart to the left twice and you can easily see the comparisons. It’s spelled out perfectly saying “apples-to-apples” with WiO products highlighted in green. Speaking of apples look at their apple pie label below. 6g carbohydrate and 13g fiber. Um…not possible.
I am making it easy for you to look at the products as well as their labels. As you look at each label note the placement of “Net Carbohydrate”. This listing in a nutritional label is totally illegal. Many of the labels make absolutely no sense. I would strongly advise you not eat any of these products. Of the pictures and labels shown I have had two products (the White Flour & Rolls) laboratory tested at Exova and the comparison labels are below.
My personal glucose testing of one Wio Diet Smart Roll.
I want to emphasize that I DO NOT inject insulin and I DO NOT take any diabetic drugs which in my opinion makes me a perfect guinea pig to test any supposed low carb product.
October 20th, 2014
Enlarge pictures below for a closer look and most of the labels have the ingredients listed. Will there always be believers? Yep, and let em believe. If food laboratory testing doesn’t change their minds then no matter what I say certainly won’t.
Ronald Reagan famously said, “Trust but Verify”. At the signing of the INF Treaty, his counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev responded: “you repeat that at every meeting,” to which Reagan answered: “I like it”…I like it too.
This diet does work. I was 263 lbs and now I’m 125 lbs. I use the peanut butter, chocolate chip cookies and bread and it doesn’t mess with my blood sugar or put an ounce of weight on me.
How much does it cost to send an item to Exova for analysis? I sent an inquiry and haven’t heard back. I tried an amazing non-gluten flatbread from a small bakery called BootinGluten and with 4 net carbs it’s hard to believe. Food testing is $200 and upwards so how can you afford sending products for testing? I’m also not a diabetic so I don’t check my blood sugars.
John,
Is this place even still in business? The only place I can find their products is on Etsy and I have to say I didn’t know you could buy food on Etsy which is something I would definitely NOT do.
They do not have a website (anymore) and their Facebook says they have closed. I believe just a couple of weeks or so ago but after Memorial Day. It also appears she was selling all her equipment etc. and I am wondering how she can continue selling on Etsy as the last review way June 11th, 2016.
To answer your question about the cost of testing through Exova. It depends on the product but most times it is just under $700. If you are
even thinking about having one of her (Janet Lund) products tested what would you do with the information as the bakery is closed? My advice is to discontinue eating the products. Most times if it sounds too good to be true-it isn’t.
Her bakery is closed but she continues to take small orders through Etsy for a few goods made at home. Is there an alternative company that you recommend?
I would wonder if her home kitchen is certified gluten-free and I think she may be in some bad territory.
This is where I would go for gluten-free stuff. It is a huge shop and I am sure it has pretty much everything you might want. http://www.theglutenfreeshoppe.com
Good Luck
Cynthia,
You state you are not a diabetic and as such, your insulin response will (should) be different. There are three things this company hopes for. 1.) That you are not diabetic. 2.) That if you are-you do not test your glucose levels and many diabetics do not and 3.) That you inject insulin if you are diabetic. Injecting insulin is designed to take care of any high carbs that are eaten and the same thing happens with your own insulin. If you don’t believe a food testing laboratory results then I have don’t know what else to say. The products are bogus and this company is preying on people. Did you look at the comparison chart above? It tells the truth.
If you do a two hour pp test as a non-diabetic you should be fine. It does not mean the muffins or whatever WiO products you are eating are lowcarb, it means you are not diabetic and make no mistake the products are NOT lowcarb.
To answer your question below: You never hear back from the FDA-it’s a one way street. You make the complaint, they take it from there and the only way to find out what is going on is through the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) and it takes a long time.
Thank you so much for your response. I understand what you are saying but was also questioning their claim that they add a carb inhibitor to their food and that is why the body does not absorb the carbs. With that said, I assume that is why they say the body only absorbs the carb amount listed on their labels. In my experience I have experimented with fat inhibitors such as orlistat (alli). They did work for me in weight loss as the proof was in the toilet :) I don’t have much knowledge regarding carb inhibitors so I guess my question to you is if their product does contain this so called carb inhibitor is it possible that you can actually eat their food without the body absorbing the additional carbs that the lab says is really in their product.. ( I hope that made sense) I really appreciate you taking the time to educate me and look forwarding to hearing back from you.. I have been doing LCHF for over a month and the results are wonderful (down 15 pounds) I will admit the muffins are delicious (too good to be true and I don’t want to sabatoge myself and knock myself out of ketosis. Thanks again.
My blood sugar is normally 96-100 every morning.. I have been doing LCHF for about 2 months and have lost 16 pounds.. I Bought the muffins and will be testing my blood sugar in the morning then I will retest two hours after I eat the muffin.. I will post my results tomorrow… Thank you for your info but I would like to see for myself what happens.
I use the products and am type 2. It never spikes my blood sugar, I stay rather normal actually. I am now no longer taking any of my medications for my diabetes and I have lost 35 pounds in the last few months. You can obviously feel the way you want with this, but I myself have see amazing results using Wio and I have see others that are having the same success.
I gained 4 lbs. overnight eating just a little of this crap. I was so excited by the low calories on the Internet that I ordered about $180.00 in the products. I begged Nirav for a refund who always claimed he was working on it. Didn’t know he was part owner of this scam company.
Patricia,
I have already filed a formal FDA complaint and word of this scam is definitely getting out.
Hi Deborah, I was wondering what info you received back from the FDA
definitely a scam! My ketosis got fucked because of their products, so mad!
Yes, most (but not all) times when it comes to a lowcarb product you had better do your homework. There are millions & millions of $$$$ to be had catering to the diabetic and lowcarb communities and this company is a great example. There are others and as I find them, I will expose them.
Sorry to hear they messed you up and now you know.
gonna go back to the store I bought it from and asked for a refund. It’s run by a nurse who sworn by this brand, saying she has diabetes 1 type and it doesn’t spike her insulin.
Do you know much about Thin Slim Foods brand? It’s another one I bought from that store but so far my research showed they are more or less legit, though I dont know what to believe anymore, except my keto test strip.
OMG Anastasia…do you happen to live in NY?? I just so happened to buy some of these products from a small store also run by a nurse…and I live in NY, so I’m wondering if we bought from same place…seems ironic lol
Staten Island? ;)
GET OUT!!!!!! Email me when you can…Laurendlifestyle@gmail.com :)
If it does not spike her glucose readings it is because she is injecting insulin as a T1 diabetic. The nurse is giving you wrong info. The whole idea behind the use of insulin is to temper blood sugar spikes. Tell her to eat any of the WiO products without insulin and see what happens to her blood sugar. You can tell her I said that she’s full of it and go get your money back.
Did you see the graph above & what one WiO roll did to my blood sugar? That’s the real story-I do not inject insulin or take meds of any kind.
Here’s what happened to a T1 when he didn’t inject enough insulin to cover the real carbs in a product. http://www.meandmydiabetes.com/2011/10/26/net-carbs-vs-fiber-carbs-jeff-vs-1-net-carb-bread/
Yes, the ThinSlim products should be just fine.