KevinMD August 16, 2025
A recent surge in misleading ads and AI-generated videos on social media and other online sites promoting bogus diabetes products, treatments and cures – often using fake endorsements, including from my organization Diabetes Canada – poses a serious health risk to people living with diabetes.
So far this year, Diabetes Canada has heard from at least 300 people who saw or bought fake products like smart watches claiming to non-invasively track blood glucose levels or purported GLP-1 oral drops – GLP-1 medications are commonly used to help control blood glucose levels and promote weight loss.
While online scams are not new, the peddling of counterfeit or unapproved diabetes products is alarming given that millions of Canadians rely on them to...
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