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Kevin Trudeau's Book "Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About"

The book should be re-titled "What Kevin Trudeau Doesn't Want you to Know About"

This author has quite an unsavory past.

1991
Served a 2-year prison term for credit card fraud.
The FTC said that he made false claims.
Also in 1991, he pled guilty to larceny in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, state court for writing $80,000 in worthless checks. He acquired the checking account by posing as a doctor to increase his credibility with bank officials.

He was a busy man in 1991. In Boston, he charged and convicted of credit card fraud.
He misappropriated funds using credit card numbers of customers who purchased his memory-improvement courses.

Did he think they would forget how much money they spent on his course?

We're not talking about $1,000. No his ambitions are much bigger.
$122,735.68 is the amount he defrauded from American Express.

2003
He was fined over $2 million dollars regarding claims made for one of his products called
Coral Calcium Supreme. At that time law, from selling products in infomercials, banned him. He was also banned from selling health care products in any format. However, the constitutional right to free speech cannot prohibit from using infomercials to sell his books and newsletter.

He is the only person to ever be banned to sell products by the FTC.

He has no medical training of any nature.

Many of his customers have filed complaints of unexpected charges on their credit cards after purchasing his newsletter.

The New York state Consumer Protection Board warns Trudeau's customers that Trudeau is selling their name and contact information to telemarketers and junk mailers. They have engaged a toll free number for customers to call to get more information.

Now that you have been made aware of the author's history, let's take a look at the book.

In chapter 6 of his book, the chapter entitled "How to Never Get Sick Again" suggests that by staying away from microwaves, wearing white, or sleeping on a magnetic mattress pad will prevent you from getting sick. Doing those things probably can't hurt you but are they really preventive?

He recommends getting 15 colonics in 30 days. A colonic is similar to an enema but the procedure is different in that the bowels do not retain the water as they would with an enema.

Dr. David Johnson, vice president of the American College of Gastroenterology says "There is no medical reason to have even one of these procedures, which typically involve purging the bowels with enemas, let alone 15 in one month."

Dr. Johnson also says, "All that purging could lead to dehydration or electrolyte imbalances, which can disturb heart rhythms."

After reading his book, Christine Miller contacted the FTC and said, "I recently purchased the book and feel like the whole thing is a huge scam. The book has vague information urging the reader to join the Web site for a fee for specific information. However, when you join the Web site, after you give your credit card info and your order is processed, then you get the disclaimer stating brand names cannot be mentioned, as promised. Also, the things that are promised upon joining are not available."

Tradeau talks about the greed of the drug industry but he is pulling in 2 million dollars a year selling what amounts to his opinion. Remember, he has no medical training. He claims that the drug companies offer false hope but his book offers real hope.

Let's just hope people quit giving their hard earned money to a convicted felon.

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