Anyone out there have an opinion about Kevin Trudeau and his books?

Question

I'd love to hear what other people think about him. Is he wise or a conspiracy theorist?

Answer 1

Kevin Trudeau's message of natural cures is not wrong but his method of the wieght lose cure is wrong.He plays to a particular market that is suspicious of "Them". Them being the MD's,government,FDA. He tries to teach that you can lose wieght by doing nothing but taking a pill I have read the book (partially) on the infomercial he says no dieting no exercise but when you read his book it has diet plans and workout plans and the so called miracle vitamins he says you must take on a well balanced diet he tells you where to get them. Sure vitamins help you much better than meds but they won't help you lose wieght by taking them and doing nothing. When you go to the websites his face and name is all over it, the price ranges from $600-$700 how much of this do you think goes into his pocket I dare you to research it and you will see what I'm saying. No one can lose wieght without dieting and working out.




Trudeau cannot make disease or health benefits claims for any type of product, service, or program in any advertising, including print, radio, Internet, television, and direct mail solicitations, regardless of the format and duration.Trudeau agreed to these prohibitions and to pay the FTC $2 million to settle charges that he falsely claimed that a coral calcium product can cure cancer and other serious diseases and that a purported analgesic called Biotape can permanently cure or relieve severe pain.“This ban is meant to shut down an infomercial empire that has misled American consumers for years,” said Lydia Parnes, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. To settle the FTC charges, Kevin Trudeau, who developed and appeared in all the infomercials, including the one for his "Mega Memory System," will pay $500,000 in consumer redress and will be barred from making false claims for the products in the future. Trudeau will be required to establish a $500,000 escrow account or performance bond to assure compliance. Infomercial producer Mega Systems International, Inc., and its principal, Jeffrey Salberg, also will pay $500,000 for consumer redress. Kenneth Wright, inventor and promoter of "Eden's Secret Nature's Purifying Product," and Roger J. Callahan, promoter of the "addiction breaking system" will each pay $50,000 in consumer redress.

Trudeau served nearly two years in prison. In 1990, he pled guilty to larceny in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, state court in connection with $80,000 in worthless checks he had deposited at a bank.

In 1991, he pled guilty to credit-card fraud in Boston federal district court. Among his misdeeds in the federal case, he misappropriated for his own use the credit-card numbers of customers of the memory-improvement courses that he offered at the time.

He also defrauded American Express out of $122,735.68. He also swindled about five grand from several banks, including Chemical and Citibank.


As Trudeau says in one of his infomercials: "It's all about money." Therefore, beware: these prices may change.
He says he's reformed now which I can't he hasn't changed his ways but, when it sounds to good to be true it is

Answer 2

First off, he didn't write the book himself. Second, many of the "cures" are accurate even if some lack the background to understand that. But is the book itself a good source of information and is he a good figurehead for "natural cure" or any form of alternative medicine? I'd say no to both. If you visit the FTC's website at ftc.gov and look up his name you will see that he is the only person in history to be banned from ever being in another infomercial again, for life. The one that you might see from time to time is the last one he's ever been in. I think I heard he owns the World Series of Poker, or one of those new poker leagues. If you have the book, it's an interesting read and much of what he says about the government blocking certain information can be validated to be factual. However, he does sensationalize the issues to put them out of context and make his book seem even more exciting.

Answer 3

I bought his book and it's a rip off. The whole book is about the "conspiracy" with little if any useful information. I do think the system is jacked up but I didn't need to spend money on a book to know that. The drug companies have made it virtually imposable to market natural remedies because they can not patent something that is all natural. Therefore they can't make a profit on it. If you are interested in a good book on natural healing I recommend Dr. James Chappell's "A Promise Kept - One Son's Quest for the Cause and Cure for Dis-Ease". It's less about the conspiracy more about the healing.

Answer 4

He's a conman. He's served time in prison before because of bad information given in infomercials he was involved in. He was in fact banned from doing infomercials. The only way he was allowed to get back into infomercials was to write his own book, and that is what he did, so he is back. He is not a college graduate. He is not a nutritionist, a doctor, or anything. He is a conman. He tries to make people believe he is selling secrets that "they" (whomever 'they' is) don't want you to know, when in fact they are not secrets. It's information he has copied from other available sources that have been around for a long long time.

If you want to know about nutrition, at least buy something written by a doctor or certified nutritionist.