Trudeau & Homeopathy

[coach hale]

Excerpts from Consumer Health Digest #07-39
October 9, 2007

“FTC expands attack on Trudeau book infomercial.
The FTC has charged the marketers of Kevin Trudeau's book, The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About, with misrepresenting the book's contents in their infomercial. [FTC charges marketers of "Weight-Loss Cure" book with misrepresenting book's contents. FTC news release, Oct 5, 2007]
http://www.casewatch.org/ftc/news/2007/trudeau2.shtml The ad claims that the weight-loss plan outlined in the book is easy to do, can be done at home, and ultimately allows readers to eat whatever they
want. However, the plan is complex and grueling and requires severe
dieting, daily injections of a prescription drug that consumers
cannot easily obtain, and lifelong dietary restrictions. The FTC has
already filed similar charges against Trudeau. [FTC: Marketer Kevin
Trudeau violated prior court order: Charges him with misrepresenting
contents of book. FTC news release, Sept 14, 2007]
http://www.casewatch.org/ftc/news/2007/trudeau.shtml The new
complaint targets Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc., ITV Direct, Inc.,
and the two individuals who jointly control the two companies, Donald
Barrett and Robert Maihos. In 2004, the Commission sued the same four
defendants for making deceptive advertising claims for two dietary
supplements and billing consumers' credit cards without authorization. Trudeau and ITV Direct are accusing the FTC of trying to suppress their free speech. However, although the First Amendment protects the contents of books, ads for books are commercial speech that is not legally permitted to misrepresent what the book says.

NHS homeopathic coverage shrinking. Spurred in part by letters from prominent scientists, the United Kingdom's National Health Service is reducing coverage of homeopathic treatment. During the past two years, more than half of the NHS regional administrative agencies have eliminated or sharply reduced coverage. Loss of government funding is a serious blow to the UK's four homeopathic hospitals, at least one of which appears likely to
close next year. [Barrett S. Another UK health service agency ends
homeopathy funding. Homeowatch, Oct 12, 2007]
http://www.homeowatch.org/policy/wkpct.html”


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Coach Hale
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[I. Kay]

Best of luck to the FTC. I felt the same thing about his crap.

I was flipping around the channels and saw his infomercial. I watched with fascination, because I love hearing all of these gimicks, knowing full-well that several future cilents may ask about them. So he kept talking about his "easily attainable, all natural substance" that you take every day and then "poof!" you can eat chocolate cake every day and lose weight.

So I went to a Barnes & Noble and read through specific chapters, only to discover the low-carb approach, a list of unproven homeopathic "remedies" for stress and "well being", and a mysterious substance that you have to inject every day.

I looked into the substance (don't ask me what it's called now... I don't remember) and apparently doctors won't prescribe it, and insurance companies don't cover it.

Add to this several colon cleansings a week for the first month... and there's his "simple and easy" plan.

Oh yes, the REAL key: nothing but organic foods! And don't poison yourself by using lotions or makeup!

[BFG]

Glad to hear they are taking affirmative action and wish they would do more about the plethora of fat burning aids they are allowed to promote on TV at the second

the problem with the latter statement is that they rank things like osteopaths, chiropractors, Alexander practitioners etc all in with the Homeopathy funding stream

I think there is alot to be said about homeopathic cures though as alot of modern medicine is plant or animal based anyway

[OldGuy]

Hasn't Trudeau been brought up on this shit before for some other book?

[coach hale]

he settled a case in the past where he was fined 2 million

sad as it is to say the majority of so-called fitness and nutrition experts are guilty of pimping quack science in the name of the almight dollar


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coach hale
www.maxcondition.com

[BFG]

I have yet to find one so called top fitness pro that doesnt use quack science in an inappropriate manner

[Frank.S]

What is this substance? I saw something a while back that was the HCG diet.. yes, the stuff females produce when they are pregnant.. ?

[ParanoidAndroid]

I checked out one of his books from the library maybe a year ago, just for a good laugh.

He claimed in the book that he had the cure for cancer. So I scroll to the "remedies" section at the back of the book, and look up "cancer" only to find this:

"If you have cancer, I suggest you see a healthcare professional."

[coach hale]

Trudeau and homeopathy pracititoners represent quackery at the highest level

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coach hale
www.maxcondition.com