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Old 09-24-2007, 09:58 AM   #16  
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Some of the things he suggests in his book are healthy, along the lines of what Dr. Oz suggests. Others are, admittedly, quite extreme and not possible (or probably healthy) for the average person.
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Old 09-24-2007, 10:24 AM   #17  
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He is now under investigation by the FTC based on the claims in this book. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/09/trudeau.shtm
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Old 09-24-2007, 05:12 PM   #18  
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His claims are most certainly outrageous. The thing that is so insidiously horrible about his approach, is that he cloaks many half-truths, lies and twisted statements in blankets of truth, making himself appear almost credible at times. Scary!
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Old 10-30-2007, 04:45 PM   #19  
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I know this post is a few weeks old but I'm very concerned I went to the Dr today an internal specialist I've been seeing for years and she is now following this treatment protocol and doing the hcg shots and massages at her clinics. And says it works really well and people are losing weight with it. It sounds so unhealthy though. I did read the review on it but haven't looked at the book. Doesn't he also want you to get colonics?
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Old 10-30-2007, 05:42 PM   #20  
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Yes, he wants you to get colonics and follow a whole slew of weird rules. I'm shocked your doctor is doing this since it is not approved by the FDA in the US and she could lose her license with one phone call

Furthermore, I read about a study not too long ago that compared the hcg treatment/diet with just diet and it was interesting. The hcg shots are given along with a 500 calorie diet, which of course is shocking. The study compared it to just going on the 500 calorie diet without the hcg shots and the weight loss was the same.
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Thanks Suzanne I figured the shots were not some miracle or we would all be having them and they would be fda approved. I'm thinking I might just eat the whole foods lifestyle and stop worrying about all these crazy diets. I appreciate your post!
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:20 PM   #22  
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How did this guy get so popular?
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Old 01-29-2008, 01:19 PM   #23  
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I guess some women like him and buy his story.
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i bought the "stuff" but have not tried it??
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Old 02-10-2008, 10:59 AM   #25  
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Most of what he says is simply common sense things such as eat a balanced organic diet, exercise, drink lots of good clean liquids (filtered water, organic juices, etc), get plenty of rest, and so forth.

No need to buy his book to learn about these things
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Old 02-22-2008, 11:44 AM   #26  
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CRAZY. I just found this thread, but while speed reading this book I was thinking... we all of us on this site are wrong, because he has the "magic" answer! He criticizes other diet books, then does what they all do - claims to have the miracle cure for weight loss. Thank goodness I didn't buy this book, I got it from the libarary. Are people this naive? Someone had highlighted parts of the book that were quite scary. Some "ideas" are sound but most is crazy, crazy...
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Old 02-22-2008, 11:53 AM   #27  
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ehh, the whole world is going crazy.
What else is new???
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Kevin Trudeau has been in prison for his scams. There is a lot of info on him on the internet.
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Old 02-22-2008, 01:37 PM   #29  
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Quote:
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Kevin Trudeau has been in prison for his scams
Oh, those were just mis-understandings
Could have happened to anybody!
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Yeah, right!
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