Kevin Trudeau
 

Anyone read his book? I hear there's a bunch of stuff about fat and weight loss in it. Worth the price?

Hi Globix,

I suggest you search his name on Google before you buy the book. He's been in prison for fraud. I don't have the book (and have never read it) but from what I hear, it's pretty much a load of hooey.

Sorry to be so negative!!! :( Just check him out on Google and see what you find. And I think there's another thread around here *somewhere* about him...maybe one of our friendly moderators could add a link? :)

I absolutely agree! I'm not aware of anyone else with a reputation for health care fraud as him. He has been permanently barred from selling health care products due to his scams. However, this did not include selling "books", so there he goes again.

Read more about it at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9006287/ this article is an eye-opener!

I agree. I remember seeing him years ago on an infomercial kind of disguised trying to act like a doctor. Stay away!

Oh my gosh! Thanks I didn't know that!

I was reading some reviews on Amazon and it seems there's a lot of negative about him and the book. Something about to get real answers you have to join his pay website for like $500.00 or something!

LOL...I hadn't actually heard of this guy, but the first thing that came to my mind was the comic strip Doonesbury. :dizzy:

However, I found this interesting article titled "Analysis of Kevin Trudeau's "Natural Cures" Infomercial".

All I can say is, hopefully, the media coverage of this guy will keep folks from shelling out their hard-earned bucks.

He's the same guy selling miracle wrinkle cream with Lee Valentine....I was flipping the channels and there is with that poor creature Tammy-Fae and on the next chennel there he was with the potato starch wrinkle cream lady......

So, I didn't know anything about Kevin Trudeu - never saw the infomercial. One of my friends started talking about the book and gave me a printout from his website (10 rules or something like that). My husband had seen bits and pieces of the infomercial. So, last week I was in Costco and saw his book. I stood in the aisle and read bits and pieces. Boy, there is a half hour of my life I can never get back :D

There is nothing in the book I had not heard before. The smart stuff is there - eat whole foods and exercise more. There is also a lot of controversial stuff - colonics and supplements and raw dairy, the evils of cell phones and powerl ines .... If you want any specific information as far as brands, ingredients or details, go to his website (that requires a subscription fee). I only got this after weeding through the anger he has for the FDA and FTC and how he cannot speak about his experiences, but they are evil (and he tells you over and over and over through the first 4 chapters, before you even get to any recommendations).

Hmmm - I need to pay for this book to find out I need to pay for your website to get information that may not be helpful and could actually be harmful? There are many places I'd rather spend my money than lining your pockets, thank you very much. Oh, and if I could have that half hour back, I'd really appreciate it. Good thing I hadn't gotten any frozen food, yet.

I actually came here tonight just to post this -- didn't expect to find a thread already. I feel so unusually well-timed. :)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...1trudeau1.html

I read his book and he admits he was a con man and in his book he tells how we are being conned. I'm not saying go buy the book but maybe the next time you are in a bookstore you can scan through it and see what you think. Sometimes it takes a crook to catch a crook and trust me out of his own mouth he admits he was one

He has some good ideas. For sure.. I haven't read his book yet, so I can't comment. But a couple of the smartest people in naturopathy I know have his book and have nothing but good things to say.

Don't judge him on the healthcare fraud thing. I should research that more, but I'm sure there's two sides to the story anyway. Currently the FDA is suing him for information they don't want out. So.. there is something to it. :)

hallalujah!!! He's a CHANGED MAN, he admits his sins and is cleansed by the powers that will run his informercal....what a crock...but he's laughing all the way to bank.

Isn't he still selling the miracle face cream with the blond woman?

Amen, marbleflys :) .

It took some willpower for me not to post earlier cuz I was a bit afraid of what I'd say.

And it's taking some willpower right now for me to stop typing at the end of this sentence, too. :s:

{{{Kate yanks her own fingers away from keyboard and yells what she WANTS to type at the dogs...who don't give a :censored:}}}

Editing now to add:

Okay I couldn't NOT say just this ---> The reviews on Amazon state that his chapter on "Miracle Cures" says basically: "This was supposed to be a chapter on miracle cures. But the FTC won't let me write anything. It's their fault." Paraphrasing OBVIOUSLY. And then the next chapter begins.

HOW MUCH IS HE CHARGING FOR THIS "BOOK?" $38 or something equally ridiculous? You could sponsor 2 starving Sudanese children FOR A MONTH via Save the Children with that amount of cash.

Or at least fill your gas tank. With 4 gallons.

Okay. DONE. Ooooooo am I cranky now.

Grrrr.

Don't yell at the dogs.......they'll think you'r nutz!

I remember him doing all different infomercials...the format was "The Kevin & Debbie Show", there is always some MIRACLE he's hawking.... now it's *rightous ANGER* at the big evil Pharmaceutical companies...I'm sure that Sanofi, Astra-Zenica, Aventis, Merck and Pfizer are shaking in their boots.... Kevin is playing "Davey and Goliath" scene)....or is it Gumby and Pokey?

Would YOU trust your Amex number to this man???? I think NOT!

LOL, marbleflys!

And if he has all these spectacular weight loss secrets, how come when you see him sittin' there next to Tammy (yikes) Faye Baker he's got a pudgy profile? I mean REALLY, Kevin. If you want to sell America on the weight loss benefits of coral calcium/toe-of-newt/or whatever why don't you slim down a bit your OWN self?

(Clearly, I watch too much late-night TV.)

I never criticize people for their weight, but I've made a special exception for this moron cuz he's been selling bogus "weight loss products" for years! It's like buying fire insurance from an arsonist or something.

LOL...you MIGHT lose weight when this dude cons you into signing up for a "subscription" and hijacks your credit card number -- cuz then you'll be so busy trying to get your money back you'll forget to eat :dizzy: .

I HATE people who prey on other people's desire to lose weight for their own financial gain...it really burns my bacon.

OMG...that reminds me that at the gym last weekend, I actually saw his infomercial - I was listening to music so I didn't hear most of it, but I plugged into the TV sound for a minute or two out of sheer curiosity. Before I listened, I thought that this guy a bit on the pudgy side was perhaps an announcer or the "interviewer", but upon actuallly listening for a minute and hearing people "call in" to say how wonderful and lifechanging and blah blah yada yada and how terrible the FDA is for keeping whatever it is they're purportedly keeping a secret from the WHOLE WORLD. Ummm please.

Anyway...I was absolutely SHOCKED at the difference between the picture on the cover (which for some reason reminds me of the covers of those "soft rock" albums of the 1970s :D ) and the pudgeball who seemed to be squeezed into a suit 1 1/2 sizes too small....eeeccch.

I found this great article about the book and his background here at Salon.com (you have to watch a 30 second ad to gain access to the whole article, but it's worth it!) and IMO this guy is a major sleezeball weasel...that FDA lawsuit is all about him selling snake oil products via infomercial and making millions off gullible people, with stuff like "Sable Hair Farming System," (reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where George orders that cream from China :lol: ) "Mega Memory System," "Doctor Callahan's Addiction Breaking System," "Action Reading," "Eden's Secret Nature's Purifying Product" and "Howard Berg's Mega Reading" none of which worked of course. So because he was defrauding people with false advertising (let's not even go INTO the huge credit card fraud thing - I wouldn't trust THAT guy with my Visa number either!) for products that didn't do what they were claimed to do, quite frankly.

The article also has some quotes from a consultant who handles worldwide distribution for the book, a Reno Rollé:

So he can say whatever he wants to in his book and the FDA and he's covered under freedom of speech to hawk his $38 book and his subscription website. As the article says "He's got the formula down and he knows how to trick people...And he's got enough money to do it. The FTC can't stop him because the amount they fine him is nothing compared to what he takes in."

This guy is a crook and a charaltan, IMO.

Yes, the guy is slimy, crooked and making too much money.
If you keep an open mind however, he does make SOME valid points. The pharmaceutical industry, IMO, is also slimy, crooked and making too much money. (Now don't start yelling, I have worked several years at two major pharms.) Believe me the bottom line is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Create new diseases for EVERYTHING, make a pill, make tons of cash to cover the lawsuits that they know will eventually come up because they are pushing poison. (I don't believe in "safe" herbal pills either, and I do believe some rx drugs have their place, though very few) We have known carcinogens in our food and that pisses me off. I learned a long time ago from a biology professor to stay away from BHA/BHT. Yes, it does seem to me sometimes that the food and drug industry go hand in hand, I just didn't need KT to tell me that. Sorry for being on the soapbox, :dunno: but I feel strongly about this!

Good soapbox, IMO! :)

I saw an "updated" version of the KT book in Wally World yesterday. Didn't bother skimming through it, but it says it has the "natural cure" (whatever) for 50 diseases (if I remember correctly). Was wondering if he actually put some data in there instead of referring people to his website.

The best snakeoil hucksters (or any type of con artist for that matter) know how to mix a little bit of 'truth' into their sales pitch...

The man is a CROOK. And that's not "my opinion" - that's a FACT...

Posing as a doctor?
committing bank and credit card fraud?
and you want to give this guy your Visa card number???
And you TRUST what he says?

Saying "I made a few mistakes in my 20's" as an EXCUSE? Does that mean that we can ALL commit felonies and be excused for it as long as we haven't reached the age of 30? I guess maybe all the Manson Family followers should be released from prison, since they were all under 30 when they committed their heinous crimes. Too bad Scott Peterson waited until just AFTER his 30th birthday to kill his wife and unborn child - otherwise it would have just been a mistake, kind of like taking a dump in your pants in the 3rd grade. :rolleyes:

Tell ya what - instead of buying the book NOW, why not wait until, say, six months or a year from now, when you can pick it up for a buck at a garage sale (personally, I'd say you'd be wasting a good dollar, but hey, it's your life.)

Yeah, I know there are people out there who think that Trudeau is being unjustly persecuted or that he somehow has these 'secrets of health' that the mean old government and other people are purposely keeping from us...gee whiz, I guess if I had been banned for selling worthless crap by the Federal Trade Commission (see this link for the deets) I'd be ticked off too. But then again, I don't ever forsee myself going on TV to sell tape that supposedly provided "permanent relief from severe pain, including debilitating back pain, and pain from arthritis, sciatica, and migraines" or calcium supplements that cure cancer (nothing like ripping off people who are suffering/dying from cancer huh - and folks actually BELIEVE this guy??? He's a textbook example of a crook).

Don't take MY word for it though - check out all THESE complaints from people who were RIPPED OFF from his book.

Or these.

He's already made megamillions from the book, no doubt. Even with what I'm saying and others are saying, even if he gets 'the book' thrown at him, he KNOWS that the most he'll get is a fine (amounting to a very small percentage of what he's raked in so far) and a slap on the wrist. He'll go away for a few years, then come back with some other crap...he's nothing more than a modern-day carpetbagger, like the one in the Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales...

(one of my favorite movies...)

:lol: Not me! :) Wasn't sure if you were respondin' to my comment on seeing the updated book or just generally, but, no, I didn't mean I want to buy it or give it credence. I can't stand even seeing the man's face leerin' outta the bookshelf. I was just idly commentin' that the book now claims to be "updated" with 50 natural cures. :carrot:

I guess that was aimed at me but I never said I supported him. I admitted he is a crook, I just happen to like reading on controversial issues. BOTH sides of that argument stink! We definitely have a problem with our food supply that everyone seems to ignore or just don't care about. KT rips people off by providing false hope to ill people, and then upsells monthly access to his website or a monthlyt newsletter or whatever. THE WHOLE THING IS ABSURD!!!

Oh. :) I thought your post about the pharmaceutical and food industries made some valid points and it was refreshing to hear them said. I didn't think you supported KT at all, quite the contrary.

Nah...not directed at you...I just got into one of my tangents. :)

It was more "building" on what I stated before...I know that there are lots of folks who won't post who will read this and want to make sure they know (quoting Paul Harvey here) "The Rest of The Story" regarding this SLIMEBALL.

You are right, he has been in so many of these infomercials always pushing some miracle cure. In fact, the first time I ever saw him was about four years ago and he was talking about some diet which I think was either the Atkins plan or something very close to it saying he lost weight on it, etc., but as someone mentioned he's not exactly thin himself. Then he was singing praises of coral calcium and face cream and now his own Natural Cures. There are some things in his book that make sense but isn't he just as bad :devil: as "they" are -- the people he's saying are doing things just to make money? Isn't that what he's doing...because in his book he often mentions info you can only get on his website which you have to pay for? Shouldn't just buying the book be enough? He has a CD on weight loss secrets "'they' don't want you to know about"... (around $20 or so I think) because "they" won't let him print a book on it...probably because he's plugging his website again and there's no real information in the book!

LOL...OK. Just so you know I'm not CRAZY!!!!! ;)

I remember reading the book thinking - Oh MY GOD! this is so poorly written, I don't know how he would expect anyone to believe him!!!!

I am just fearful that people are so trustworthy of food and drug mfrs. because there is some severe corruption there! Saw it firsthand. I gotta say when I first started working at the big pharmas I was happy and disillusioned. Man were my eyes opened.

So somewhere in the middle of KTs crazy :censored: and the FDAs "oh we're trying to protect the public" is the truth. I have dreams of opening a daycare where I give the kids (a true softspot for me) only the best food. NO preservatives, chemicals, artificial flavors/colors or any garbage. It is so sad how kids are being fed at schools. I believe this is what is contributing to the massive numbers of juvenile diabetes/ADHD disorder in recent years. There was a clip on Supersize Me documentary that showed "problem kids" getting a wholesome diet in their new school. The incidents went down dramatically and they were so much more behaved than when they were eating crap. I noticed this firsthand with my own daughter once. She went over to her grandmothers and gotten her hands on a cupcake that had so much green coloring in the frosting that her bm was blue!!! That night at bedtime (a very normal ritual for our house - no problems ever) she threatened to hit her dad for saying it was time for bed. It upset me terribly, because I had NEVER seen her like this! She was getting VIOLENT---FIVE YEARS OLD!!! Needless to say we do not have anything in our house with artificial colors or flavors in it. It did not happen again. So that's why I say KT has some valid points....I just wish it was coming from someone credible!

OOPS! On the soapbox again....sorry :^:

Mrs. Jim wrote:

"I know that there are lots of folks who won't post who will read this and want to make sure they know (quoting Paul Harvey here) "The Rest of The Story" regarding this SLIMEBALL."

What she said :D . The guy drives me buggy. I can't STAND it when people try to take advantage of folks who are desperate to lose weight. But (as I recall) that makes me "shifty" with a "propensity to ignore the research" right, Mrs.Jim? :dizzy: .

Pumpingiron: Again, I like you on the soapbox, specifically, your comments on the way kids are fed at schools and I also think there's a connection between that and the proliferation of diabetes and ADHD.

Thanks Amarantha!

Oh, and by the way.......... :cp: :cb: :bravo: for the weight you have lost! You're awesome! Must have a little something to do with the great support here!!! (And a lot of :strong: :ebike: )

Thanks, Pumpin! Actually, though, I lost the bulk of my weight before I ever heard of 3FC ... put some back on, took some more off, etc., long journey ... No Kevin required, either! :)

Kevin Trudeau
 

Wow! Look, I am not trying to disrespect anyone in this forum, but I am assuming the way you guys are bashing Kevin T. that you all have the cleanest "closets" with no skeletons. Never did something you regretted later?? :?: I know I have.

And to be completely up front, he does admit to his past mistakes in his book. I also tried some of his health techniques and since I have tried some of the "herbal cures" he suggests, I have been able to get off of TWO of my medications. I go to a Christian family owned chiropractor that promotes the same exact things as Kevin T. If people would actually take the time to read the book without judging his past transgressions, you will see that everything in his book is not a "medicine man" theory, but fact amoungst many, many, many holistic medicinal practicers. I also have lost several pounds using some of the techniques he speaks of. Pounds I was struggling with previously.

All I am trying to say is, we all need to get down off our "high horses" because we have ALL screwed up big at some point in our lives. Wouldn't it be horrible if someone held your screw ups over your head the rest of your life? Especially if you actually had info that could help people? I would just hate (for a lack of a softer word) for people to find me a less "credible" person because of some of my past mistakes...and trust me...I have many!

And of course the government has it in for him! He is teaching people what the government is actually doing to us. The chemicals being put in our foods. The diseases they are causing. The diseases that CAN be cured naturally but the government doesn't want us to know because then "they" lose out on our money.

Sorry for the lengthy post. I am just a huge Kevin T. fan as he has changed my life in a wonderful way and with his information, I have been able to help several family members and friends and, I tell you what, after seeing and feeling what I was able to see and feel, they are Kevin T. fans too.

Happy Holidays!

Dawn M.

Champagn,

For me I personally did not care one way or another about his past. He just does not make himself look the best with all the different types of infomercials he does! I'm not surprised people react the way they do. I however did say he does make good points, and I have changed the way my family eats for the better, just because of reading the book. My husband has never felt better. My daughter is more calm, and never gets sick (she's 5). My bloodwork numbers are perfect (even though I could lose 30lb). And my one year old (in daycare) will only get mild cases of what's going around when all the others are feverish vomiting etc... Much of it is common sense IMO. Dieticians will tell you not to eat many processed foods, more fruits and veggies, whole grains etc etc, and no one seems to listen. Very sad!
Kevin does have that slick look about him that doesn't help his cause, and some of his ideas seem extreme. But there is also good info in there. BTW, after Thanksgiving leftovers one night I had heartburn:mad: I didn't think I could stomach a tsp of vinegar, but I ate 2 oranges for the acid. It went away instantly. Holy cow it worked!!!!!:dizzy: Do I think he's God? No. Not even :devil: I try to look at it as objectively as possible.

That's your choice, but I would call intentionally DEFRAUDING people - credit card fraud - as more than just a "little mistake". INTENTIONAL actions are not "mistakes" IMO. Credit card fraud is an intentional act.

*I* have never committed credit card fraud.
*I* have never sold snakeoil to innocent people.
*I* don't have a criminal record.

Why should I condone it, just because Trudeau has rehashed what appears to be common knowledge (just as you stated in your own post!) and repackaged it in a slick marketing scheme featuring an overpriced book which tells you to get the 'real secrets' you must subscribe to his website for either $500 for a 'lifetime' membership or $10 a month?

Again...it's like saying that Scott Peterson made a "little mistake" back a few years ago.

And from what I've read about "his" miracle cures, there is NOTHING in his $30+ book that you can't find elsewhere - like on the Internet.

Like I said...it's the slickest snakeoil pitchmen who mix a bit of truth with their lies and fraud...