FTC sues Kevin Trudeau over weight loss claims while ignoring Big Pharma monopoly pricing

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FTC sues Kevin Trudeau over weight loss claims while ignoring Big Pharma monopoly pricingFriday, September 21, 2007 by: Mike Adams Printable version Key concepts: weight loss, the FTC and Kevin Trudeau. Want stories like this e-mailed to you? Click here for free e-mail alerts. Kevin Trudeau, author of the super popular "Natural Cures" books, has once again been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This time, it's not about coral calcium and cancer; it's about weight loss claims made in the marketing of his book, "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About."According to the FTC, Trudeau's false statements include ones like this:"I can eat whatever I want now, anything and as much as I want any time I want. No restrictions now. And the weight's not coming back. You don't gain the weight back."Depending on what came before this statement, it might be serious exaggeration or solid truth. For example, I know that if you switch to a diet of unprocessed foods, get lots of sunlight, engage in regular exercise and take lots of trace minerals, most cravings for carbohydrates and processed foods disappear within 30 days. From that point forward, it's true that a person can essentially eat whatever they want, any time they want, because they're not craving the unhealthful, fat-producing processed foods in the first place. Plus, their metabolism is normalized and they're not getting wild blood sugar swings that cause cravings.On the other hand, if by this statement, Trudeau means that you can eat all the ice cream, fried foods, cookies, sodas and desserts you want without gaining weight then of course that's nonsense. The weight will definitely come back for any person consuming primarily processed foods.A favorite FTC targetBut the real story is not whether Trudeau is wrong or right about weight loss, it's about the selective enforcement of weight loss claims by the FTC. Trudeau is a favorite target of the FTC, and he's been sued before over health claims for his coral calcium products. The FTC even forced him into a settlement where he could no longer sell nutritional products. That's what eventually led Trudeau to write his Natural Cures books, which are now probably the most commercially successful books ever sold via infomercials.The FTC, it seems, wants to keep targeting Trudeau regardless of what he sells. And while Trudeau's weight loss claims may or may not hold water (I haven't seen the infomercial myself, so I don't know what other statements he may have made), I'm far more interested in the fact that the FTC seems to be uninterested in stopping many other weight loss scams.For example, what's up with the Slim Fast products at the grocery store? They're positioned as weight loss meal replacement shakes, and yet the No. 1 ingredient in the powder product is none other than refined table sugar! If you believe that sugar promotes weight loss, then I've got a bridge to sell you. Why isn't the FTC able to sue the SlimFast manufacturer and get these apparently deceptive products off the shelves?And how about those Weight Watchers products? I'm actually doing a photo series on some Weight Watchers desserts to show how incredibly unhealthful they are. Many are made primarily with sugar and hydrogenated oils. To imply that they actually promote weight loss seems ridiculous to me, if not downright fraudulent. Where is the FTC when it comes to protecting consumers from these popular (but in my opinion deceptive) weight loss products?Even worse, take a look at pharmaceutical advertisements that run on television these days. Without explicitly stating it, these ads imply that taking Big Pharma's overpriced, dangerous medications will transform your disorganized, painful and depressed life into a life of happiness, abundance and clarity. It's the same story that's shown in virtually every ad: Somebody has a terrible life that's turned around by a magic pill, and then by the end of the ad, they're walking off into the sunset with some sexy supermodel and life is perfect! Why won't the FTC investigate these blatant exaggerations found in direct-to-consumer drug advertisements?Will no one investigate the pharmaceutical pricing monopoly?Here's another big question: Isn't the FTC supposed to protect consumers by investigating and breaking up corporate monopolies? They sued Microsoft over the inclusion of a web browser in Windows (the horror of it!), and they've broken up monopoly phone companies in the past. Why are they doing nothing over the monopoly pricing and distribution practices of the drug companies?Americans currently pay monopoly prices for pharmaceuticals, and the FDA even goes out of its way to protect this drug racket, working to block competing imports from Canada and other countries, even going so far as to imply that people who bring drugs into the U.S. from other countries are criminals. If the FTC believes in fair trade and protecting consumers from monopolistic, predatory pricing practices by greedy U.S. corporations, why isn't the FTC taking a good, hard look at the downright fraudulent pricing practices and monopolistic marketing tactics of drug companies?You probably already know the answer to that one. Big Pharma is apparently beyond justice in this country. No federal agency attempts to hold the industry accountable for the harm it has caused the American people (100,000+ people killed each year by FDA-approved drugs), and nobody questions the pricing monopoly that now exists in the U.S. Technically, Big Pharma executives should be brought up under RICO Act criminal charges for racketeering, but that assumes there is actually a system of justice that works in this country, and there isn't.So instead of going after the real criminals who are literally killing over 100,000 Americans each year with dangerous prescription drugs (while bankrupting families, corporations, cities and states with monopolistic pricing schemes), the FTC has chosen to target author Kevin Trudeau over his claims in a weight loss book.Wow. I'm glad to know my tax dollars are being put to such an important investigative project, huh? I feel safer now that I'm protected against a "dangerous book" even while half my neighbors will probably be killed by pharmaceuticals over the next few years. What's next? Organized book burnings of "dangerous" materials? (The FDA already ordered the destruction of recipe books that mentioned the natural herbal sweetener stevia, by the way...)Will the FTC now order the destruction of Trudeau's Natural Cures weight loss book? If so, I can't wait to cover this one. They'll turn Trudeau into a martyr and find themselves under attack by a mob of raging librarians (I'm not kidding. Librarians don't tolerate book burnings...).I'm not saying Trudeau's marketing of his Natural Cures weight loss book is one hundred percent honest. I haven't read the book, and I haven't watched the infomercial. It may potentially be even more dishonest than the labeling of Slim Fast or Weight Watchers products (in my opinion). But even if Trudeau got on camera and told the most blatant lies in the world about weight loss, they would pale in comparison to the massive lies being told to the American public today about everything from breast cancer screening (a massive cancer recruiting scam) to high cholesterol (another huge scam designed to sell statin drugs that can kill people). ADHD is a scam to sell drugs to children, antidepressant drugs are extremely dangerous (and cause massive weight gain), and type-2 diabetes is, in fact, readily curable.The lies now seem normalThe American public is being lied to by the modern medical system on such a regular basis that apparently no one notices the lies anymore. The people have been brainwashed into thinking anything approved by the FDA is safe, and that anything "alternative" should not be trusted. Heck, the FDA is even trying to outlaw red yeast rice extract now, since it naturally contains a molecule (lovastatin) that the drug companies ripped off from nature and used to patent statin drugs. Now, the FDA says the red yeast rice contains "a drug" and is therefore dangerous! Incredible, huh? The only "drug" it contains is the molecule found in the yeast in the first place by drug researchers who biopirated it!I'm sure the FTC has done plenty of good work over the last few decades, but this targeting of Kevin Trudeau over a weight loss book is such a silly exercise in selective enforcement over weight loss claims that it frankly makes the agency look childish and misguided. It's acting like a schoolyard bully throwing a fit rather than a genuine protector of the rights and interests of U.S. consumers.The FTC could look like a hero if it went after the monopolistic pricing practices of Big Pharma, but you know that project would be halted right away by a phone call from the White House. Big Pharma remains untouchable, and the American consumers remain deceived, injured and even killed by what drug companies are doing in the U.S. today. I hope the FTC someday recognizes the important role it might play in bringing down the criminal Big Pharma racket now masquerading as modern medicine, but until then, the agency appears as little more than yet another misguided group of government paper shufflers who have no real interest in protecting American consumers from anything that matters.Oh, and by the way, if you really want to lose weight, stay away from so-called weight loss products made of sugar. Hopefully, that fact should be obvious to anyone with an IQ over 70, but then again, SlimFast products keep on selling, so I have no idea what's wrong with the brains of the consumers who keep buying this stuff.Eat unprocessed, unrefined foods, and avoid anything manufactured in a factory. Exercise regularly, stop drinking high-fructose corn syrup, stop eating cheese and dairy products, and get some sunshine. Download my Honest Food Guide for free and find out which foods actually help you stay health vs. which foods harm your health. It's the replacement guide for the USDA's food guide pyramid, and it's been downloaded by over 800,000 people.And find a way to get off antidepressant drugs. They imbalance blood sugar metabolism and lead to weight gain (20 pounds in the first year, on average). This is all stuff the FTC, FDA and USDA probably haven't bothered to mention because they're too busy chasing down outspoken book authors and discrediting nutritional supplements to actually do anything useful for America.That's Big Government watching out for ya, as usual! I'll bet you feel really, really safe now that Trudeau is being investigated for promoting a weight loss book.###About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher and author with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He has authored more than 1,500 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient LED lighting products that save electricity and help prevent global warming. He's also a veteran of the software technology industry, having founded a personalized mass email software product used to deliver email newsletters to rs. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and adult gymnastics. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. 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This is followed by a 2nd-phase period of daily hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) injections under the direction of a healthcare provider. In Phase 3, use of hCG stops, but food must continue to be 100 percent organic. Other recommended activities include walking an hour a day or more and doing breathing exercises.Critics note that as early as 1962, the Journal of the American Medical Association warned against the Simeons Diet. Others note that in 1976, the FTC ordered clinics and promoters of the Simeons Diet and hCG to cease making false claims about the effectiveness of hCG and its approval status by the FDA for weight loss. Clinical research trials published by the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition have shown that hCG is ineffective as a weight-loss aid.- Directly from Wikipedia Excellent article and stand on the issue. Yes kevin treadue maybe a convicted fraud(or maybe it was a conspiracy). But what he is writing in his book is not his own theories. Infact after a very huge argument in a forum which led the discovery of the book from which Kevin copied most if his cures. It is a book that was written by a group of ayurvedic doctors from India over a period of 20 years. This book was available as for free donwload from a website(I have a copy stacked somewhere) So his treatment is effective but he does exaggerate. You cannot sue him for that. The biggest drug was ali that only causes half a pound of weight loss a week(while giving you skid marks) I am sure just an extra burger a day and that half pound would not even matter. I actually wanted to comment about your comment on the microsoft issue. Yes it is big horror and I think a better option is for these guys to take over the FDAs Job because for them packaging a browser may not have killed anyone but it was still unfair and that is high standards which should be followed in each and every case Good reading as always.- qwan Mangalore India Seems to me they are targeting him because of he targets them! Trudeau goes after the FTC and FDA hard in his books. Its no wonder they dont like him. The FDAs and FTCs corruption is so blatant its sad we let them get away with it.- Jeff Boston USA Firstly, kudos on your newsletter! Now I am not concerned something truly newsworthy will get by me,) As to Trudeaus claims, all I can say is that I have read the book, researched the Simeons Protocol that it references, lurked on HCGDieters for a month, and been on the protocol for a week now myself using the hCG sublingually, and I believe every claim he makes in the book is true. I have been watching and reading archives of people who are having amazing success with this weight release method and I have already sloughed off nearly 8 pounds in these 7 days (5 if you dont count the quote: loading weight quote, still a fabulous success). But the most exciting aspect of all this is that the majority who do it are experiencing NO HUNGER!!! It is also gone after the goal weight is achieved and one goes on the maintenance phase. I personally am thrilled most about the complete disappearance of my compulsive, binge driving hunger since day one of taking the hCG. Even on my initial two days of quote: loading quote, which I had looked so forward to, were not as great as I had anticipated as I found it difficult to stuff the fatty, calorie laden foods down. It is a long prayed for miracle! My success this first week is common, and does slow such that most are seeing a bit under a pound a day come off on the average through the remainder of quote: Phase 2 quote, the reduction phase. So, IMO, you are correct that the offending phrase in his infomercial is actually true based on what happens to ones appetite as well as preferences. Repeatedly I have read accounts of those who feel that they may not be able to endorse the protocol due to their inability to enjoy junk foods like they did before, and then end the diatribe with quote: LOL quote! I am experiencing this effect already in that I can appreciate the flavor of the foods I am eating, but really could care less whether I have more or not! Hallelujah! All I can say is that the man should be given a prize of some kind for getting this information to the public, not a harassment from the FDA!!! May God be with him through this ridiculous sham of justice.- Shalom Knoxville USA Thanks for sharing this info, however, I feel the need to WARN people about Trudeau.. hes a con-artist. What he writes may have a lot of truth to it, and he claims hes not quote: all about the money quote but I will tell you from personal experience that I urge anyone thinking of buying his stuff.. YOU WILL NEVER RECIEVE IT BUT YOU WILL BE BILLED FOR IT.. and the phone numbers and email addresses never work.. and then when you do get through,, they say its been taken care of .. and it never is. Im not the only one who this has happened to. Read about him on the web, and you shall see.. hes ALL about the Money.. and he likes being targeted.. just makes him more popular and more people buy his crap.- Erica Dont cozy up to Trudeau as he has a line up of instances where he has ripped off the consumer. He has wit but has little integrity. After purchasing the book, the FTC alleged that consumers discover it quote: requires severe dieting quote daily injections of a prescription drug not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for weight loss and quote: lifelong dietary restrictions. quoteThe commission charged he has violated a 2004 court order that prohibited him from using infomercials to sell any product or service other than books and required that he not misrepresent the content of those books.Despite no formal medical training and several criminal convictions, Trudeau has sold millions of books under titles such as quote: Natural Cures `They quote Dont Want You to Know About quote and quote: More Natural Cures Revealed. quoteHe pleaded guilty to larceny in 1990 in Massachusetts after being charged with depositing $80,000 in worthless checks. The following year, he pleaded guilty to credit-card fraud in federal district court and was sentenced to nearly two years in prison. The charges involved the use of credit-card numbers from customers of a memory-improvement course Trudeau was promoting.The FTC first sued Trudeau in 1998, charging that he made false and unsubstantiated claims in infomercials for hair growth, memory and weight-loss products.In 2003, the agency sued Trudeau for deceptively marketing a calcium product as a cancer cure and a product called Biotape as a pain reliever. Trudeau paid $2 million in 2004 to settle the FTC & s charges and agreed to comply with a court order banning him from infomercials except those that accurately promote books.In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the FTC alleged that Trudeau has violated that court order. A lawyer for Trudeau was not immediately available to comment.- Consumer Advocate Santa Barbara United States I firmly believe the FDC is not fair in its practices. As a matter of fact, its outright criminal. But Mr. Trudeau is no less a criminal for his systems way of charging people credit cards for Newsletters they did not approve. I am one of those people. Plus, his book are nothing but a marketing ploy for his Natural Cures website. Lets not look at this without informing your loyal readers with a quote: poor little Kevin quote approach.- j muniz Houston US Trudeau is a major fraud and your defense of his lies and exagerations makes me seriously question your integrity and certainly your credibility. His infomercial stresses that all the weight loss comes without exercise. Yet the book stresses that most of the weight loss on this quote: diet quote comes from strenuous exercise. This is just the latest in a long line of fraudulent advertising from Trudeau. The FTC should put him in jail. By the way, Im a strong advocate of nutritional healing and I hate the FDA- John Moniz Attleboro, MA USA i find it rediculous a person gets sued when i have seen those quote: eat all you want and STILL lose weight commercials quote you know the site eatallyouwantandstillloseweight.com huge name, i am sure whatever is in it (if it even works) will be bad for at least one organ- shane I HAVE PERSONALLY TAKEN ON A LOT OF THE THINGS KEVIN TALKS ABOUT IN THAT VERY BOOK AND HAVE LOST 46 POUNDS IN THE LAST 120 DAYS AND DONT HAVE CRAVINGS AT ALL I WAS A TOTAL CHOCOHOLIC PRIOR TO THIS AND SWEETS R/T DEPRESSION MY WHOLE LIFE HAS CHANGED I NOW HAVE LOTS OF ENERGY FEEL SO MUCH BETTER GET SO MUCH MORE DONE MORE FOCUSED ON MY WORK I GOT RID OF MEATS THAT WERENT GRASS FED GAVE UP ALL SWEETS EXCEPT FRUITS USE ONLY STEVIA AS A SWEETNER I DO NOT CONSIDER THIS A DIET IT IS A LIFE CHANGE I DONT COUNT CALORIES I COULD GO ON AND ON THIS BOOK AND PRAYER HAS SAVED MY LIFE IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE I COULD WRITE TO KEVIN I WOULD GREATLY APPRICIATE THE ADDRESS HE NEEDS TO KNOW HIS BOOK IS WHAT TURNED ME AROUND AND I HAVE READ MOST OF THE DIET BOOKS OUT THERE I AM ALSO A DIETARY SUPERVISOR OF A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTHY GOOD THINGS MIKE YOU ARE THE REASON I USE CHLORELLA FAITHFULLY, SPIRULINA AS WELL THANK YOU! RENE- RENE MODESTO USA I havent read Kevins book on weight loss cures, but Ive read two of his other books which I found to contain some very useful information. They also made me really think twice about EVER wanting to take a prescription or non-prescription drug. I have always been hesitant even about taking something as simple as an aspirin, anyway, and have the basic quote: instinct quote to distrust anything not made by Mother Nature.- Joanne W. Hunt Valley, Maryland USA I think there is a difference about Kevin Trudeau and Slim Fast and other products.Kevin says that there is some ingedient laying around in your cupboards that will send a message to your Hypothalmus so that it will not send out hunger signals to your stomach.As usual the ingredient is a quote: secret quote until you buy the book and this quote: secret quote has been used by prominent, rich people for hundreds of years. I know Dr. Earl Mindell makes a lot of claims about Goji juice that are not supported by double blind. clinical studies on humans and he gets away with it because there are petrie dish studies that support his claims. I am guessing that Kevin Trudeau (if hes true to form) doesnt even have petrie dish studies to support his claims.If anyone has read his book, I would like to know the references for his statements. If he has clinical studies on humans done by institutions located in the US, Canada or Europe then I stand corrected.Mike Smith- Mike Smith Oakville Canada Im a big fan of natural cures, and someone who things the FDA needs to be discharged and a new consumer-oriented, health-oriented group put in its place. So if anyone should like Trudeau, it is me. But I felt /so/ RIPPED OFF by his book that I dont care who sues him. I hope they win. (His infomercial said, quote: there are all these cures, but the FTC wont let me tell you about them on air. Buy my book.quote: So I spent $30 to get it. And all it said was, quote: there are all these natural cures. But the FTC wont let me tell you about them quote It was a good book about the FTC, the FDA, and the collusion of government. But it has been sold under totally false pretenses. It failed to deliver any help whatever to people who need it, so I dont give a hoot or a holler what becomes of him.- Eric Armstrong Santa Clara United States Trudeau is a snake oil salesman. Coral calcium is SAND. His books are bogus. They keep suing him because he is a charlatan. He gives natural health a bad name. I know the FDA sucks but I cant believe you would even bother using him as an opening it diminishes anything you have to say afterwards.- Margo Right on, Mike. In his second quote: Natural Cures quote book, Kevin outlines how the FTC is targeting him. Its really becoming scary, the lengths to which these agencies go to. There is literal gagging of free speech in the Land of the Free. I did purchase the quote: Weight Loss quote book, but havent started reading it yet. I must say, Kevin looks very slim and trim.- notorx Dear Mike Adam An untiring effort to reveal nothing but the truth well appreciated by millions. We are very keen to read your mail and look forward to receive continuously. Good luck !R.S.Dev. MIH.- R.S.Dev. MIH Vadodara, Gujarat. INDIA Well, Natures Way can no longer sell their product for Sinuses, Heyfever and Asthma, and the stuff worked with out side-effects ( called H-A-S ) and nothing else worked for my daughter, who gets very bad cases of Sinitus. What next..? Why dont they go after the water treatment plants that put all that crap in our tap water and tell us its pure enough to drink..! SHEEEEEESH !!!!!- Trisha Norfolk USA I found mono sodium glutamate a carcinogenic neuro toxin, in sausauges being promoted at a fraud-watchers stand, in a supermarket in Switzerland. I told the ignorant volunteer lady that MSG can lead to arrhythmia and cardiac arrest, ie death, She looked at me in panic and abandoned the stall. Load of rubbish this fraud watchers dit. People even gain weight on the stupid low caorie program, that assumes you are a steam engine, andnot a compensatig human ie with thermic effect and various mechanisms that alter metabolic rate to try to keep a certain weight.- ThomasT Vienna I know Kevin Trudeau is a big CROOK, not for the things he says but for his financial management (he has even been imprisoned for credit card fraud). Unfortunately there are lots of crooks out there and still get away with it, in this sense I agree with Mike entirely. - G. Church I appreciate your integrity so even the appearance of supporting a criminal charlatan like Kevin Trudeau bismirches your reputation. Kevin deserves the attention of the FTC because whatever might be of value in his publications is negating by his blatant lies. He is a classic con-man. Still your point about the FTCs lack of action against major companies is valid and I commend you continuing to bring these injustices to light.- Scott Smith Highlands Ranch, CO US This article, like the all the others, really sums it all up in a clear and concise way. You are a great writer and extract the points from your research very well. Q: is there anything the consumers can do to help fight the big guys besides basic purchase power?Q: do you ever provide forums/discussion between your readers to chat about various articles and products that you talk about?- Joy USA I do agree with Kevin Trudeaus theory about natural cures and I personally believe that nature has provided us with the cures for ailments to which we are suseptible. Big Pharma shouldnt even exist. We dont need drugs. We need what nature intended for us to have. I was, however, very much disappointed when I received Kevins first Natural Cures book. It was, for the most part about his lawsuits and how the FDA is after him. I didnt buy the book to read about his lawsuits. I paid money to get his knowledge about natural cures. There are many other herbalists, naturalists, and holistic doctors out there who also provide the same information as Kevin Trudeau speaks of and who also have been and still are being harrassed by the government, but they continue to spread their knowledge of natural healing without all the rhetoric on how theyre being sued for imparting this knowledge. Dr. Hulda Clark is one of them and I follow her protocol as closely as I can. She has been forced to flee to Mexico, but her books and websites remain very informative and full of the information needed to be cured of not only cancer, but other ailments as well. She also does NOT charge money to get information from her websites the way Trudeau does.- Roseann Califon, NJ What Kevin says in the book is when your metabolism and digestive system are functioning normally and youve done total body cleansing (heavy metal,liver, colon , etc.) you can eat only organic foods and not gain weight. Non-organic foods have a negative affect on the metabolism(hypothalamus gland) and of course cause weight gain.- Zainab Atl USA what a coincidence that you did an article on Kevins book. I bought it this last summer and I have done most everything he suggested, except that I cannot find where to get those quote: shots quote, but the cravings and the weight have been disappearing by doing all the healthy things he said to do. So I am a huge supporter of his book and what I see is when you give your body what it actually NEEDS, and you excercise regularly (like walking 30 minutes every day)the body responds and it is great to know that someone like you and like Kevin, will risk being attacked to get the truth out to us regular folks. I am doing so well now and feeling so much younger, and I never got those shots he mentioned in the book...but all the healthy stuff does reduce your bad eating urges, for sure! Good luck to Kevin and to our Health Ranger...stay the course and dont be thrown off.- JoanofArt Cottonwood USA The one mantra in Trudeaus book, quote: follow the money quote, is the lynch pin of the whole subject and I suspect this is why he has been targeted. The sooner that the general public get it into their heads that, in a capitalst society without regulation profit trmps all, the better. This goes from banking all the way to food distribution through to big pharma, as you quite rightly point out.Because these large companies are multinationals this is a world wide problemKeep up the good work!- Keith U.K. I am an avid believer in what Mr. Trudeau is trying to get to the general public. And the more negative opinions I hear on this man THE MORE I LIKE HIS STYLE & GUTSY INFORMATION HE BRINGS TO LIGHT. Like anything else what works for one person may not be the best solution for another. At least the information he is trying to bring to people, is a positive one in this VERY NEGATIVE WORLD. Kuddos to you Mr. Trudeau!!- Carlita Mike, Thank you so much for being on top of things, and keeping us informed. I would just like to say, the eerie picture that this article presents at this juncture in human history is no clearer than end-times prophecy. Think about it for moment, it cant only be about wealth and power anymore as the current multi national monopolizing drug, chemical, and banking cartels have achieved global domination. It is also clear that, humans as a whole have either willfully departed, strayed from, or rejected the divine autonomous universal laws of GOD and, instead, have chosen the material world for governance and pleasure. Only now, the price is heavy. So then, whats really at stake here? Perhaps, the millions upon millions of quote: souls quote that are utterly destroyed by the prophetic beast of our time...- Cal Atlanta USA It is time to address what will happen with a slowing economy and high rise inflation that will prevent most fresh vegtables from reaching most people in the country. Are frozen vegtables as good? Less selection, but are they as good?- Ron Lake Charles USA If you go on Amazon.com you can read reviews from people that have read Kevins book. Apparently his book involves giving yourself injections of something. I cant remember what it was, but couldnt believe he would consider that a weight loss plan!!- Jackie Lakeside Kevin Trudeaus weight loss book is true. If it is followed and used correctly (which involves a life change of how you eat), it will work. If you follow what he tells you exactly, it is a little expensive for the average person, but once youre at your goal weight, it would just be maintenance. I have the book, and all of his others, and I highly recommend it. If you even just follow the diet changes, you will see results!- Sue Friendsville USA Ive taken antidepressants for 8 years and been fighting weight gain for 4-5 years. I remember my pharmacy running out of prescription for two weeks and my weight going down even though I did not change my eating and exercise habits much.- anonymous Trudeau is no better than the FDA- full of fraud and lies. Lacks integrity to increase the bottom dollar.- JSgirl Ibought your Book and I love it I hope it keeps selling the world needs to know that there is options you dont have to die because you have cancer My brother was started on coral calsusum and he is getting well from prostate cancer we are loosing to many people needleslly to cancer our children are being labeled (boys)With ADD etc America wake up Go in to Gods Garden (Herbs)and expercence for your self. Keven Trudeau thank God for you keep up the good work- carol usa What about the promotions for Akavar? They say the same thing. It is all a load of garbage.- Leigh I am so grateful for Kevin Trudeau and what he stands for. His book opened my eyes to a whole new world. He has changed my life for the better. I no longer vaccinate my children or fall into the trap of FDA approved garbage! Thanks for this website and others like it. Awareness is priceless!- Dyane Taunton USA Kevin Trudeau is a hero.He has been more effective in exposing the massive corruption and cover-ups in the U.S. government than almost any other person. He is certainly a good salesman but his claims are sound when taken in context and properly understood, and he does a fine job of explaining them.Its important to understand that pharmaceutical companies (who have enormous cash reserves) hire people to spread disinformation on forums, blogs, and even on Amazon book reviews.Weve been studying these and other types of activities for about 20 years and have discovered that people in most industrialized counties have no idea how corrupt most of the large corporations are. They also are very naive about how corrupt the mainstream media and even and their own governments are as well. Its shocking.- healthallure USA Win $100 in eco-friendly products and receive our Natural Health Newsletter FREESubscribe now (it's free!) to win. 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