Some in my family are loving his books and touting them. I'm banging my head against the wall trying to get them to stop listening to his advice. Obviously, eating more fruits and veggies is good for you, cutting down on red meat, refined sugar and alcohol all do wonders. That much you don't need to pay $29.99 to figure out.
Can a qualified medical person denounce specific claims please?
(ie: Insulin is BAD for diabetics, candida yeast causes most heart attacks, shellfish are always bad for you, saccharin causes most cancers, antibiotics should not be taken unless you are near death, magnetic bracelets will prevent )
2006-06-07 03:33:45 · 4 answers · asked by Veritatum17 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Here's some links that might help.
Personally, I think he's a huckster out to make a buck using ridiculous claims backed by pseudo-science and possibly outright untruths .. but that's just my opinion .. and some other people like doctors, respected journalists, etc.
Analysis of Kevin Trudeau's "Natural Cures" Infomercial (2004) by Stephen Barrett, M.D.
http://www.infomercialwatch.org/tran/trudeau.shtml
Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/09/trudeaucoral.htm
20/20 Report "King Con? Bestselling Author Selling Questionable Cures to the Desperate and Gullible"
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=1527774
Skeptic's Dictionary
http://skepdic.com/trudeau.html
Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Cures_%22They%22_Don't_Want_You_To_Know_About
2006-06-12 05:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 7 · 33⤊ 2⤋
There is no link proven between candida and heart attacks, quite the contrary. I want to get to the magnetic bracelets, this is one of the tenets of new age philosophy.
Consider this, if you have a tiny piece of iron in your stomach, the size of a fingernail clipping, an MRI would rp it out of you through your chest. But the MRI magnets don't change blood flow. Although there is a small amount of iron in blood, it is surrounded with so much stuff of opposite magnetism, that it is no longer affected by magnets. If it could be pulled by magnets, MRIs would kill.
2006-06-07 10:47:13 · answer #2 · answered by thepathfinder804 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy who edits " The Skeptical Inquirer Magazine", Michael Shermer, had a short commentary about Trudeau In Scientific American.
You could Google Trudeau, and see what dirt you come up with.
Wish you well.
Happy hunting.
2006-06-07 11:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by hunter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have also heard somethtin about him being a fraud. somethinga bout he was arrested, but i'm not sure.
2006-06-07 10:36:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋