King Con? (Kevin Trudeau)

[Kodemaster]

King Con?
Bestselling Author Selling Questionable Cures to the Desperate and Gullible

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=1527774

He (Kevin Trudeau) claimed that the government and pharmaceutical industry spend virtually no money on researching natural remedies.

But that's a lie. Last year the National Institutes of Health spent millions studying natural remedies. Trudeau claimed longevity specialist Dr. Andrew Weil concurs with many of his points.

But Weil's publicist told us that's not accurate.

Trudeau says Nobel Prize winner Dr. Richard Axel proved that prescription drugs are harmful and asks why that's not front page news.

It's not front page news because Axel says his research had nothing to do with that!

Trudeau also claims the American Medical Association published a report that said 900,000 people died last year by taking nonprescription and prescription drugs.

And the AMA said, that's a lie.

Tapper caught Trudeau lying about the source of his natural cure for diabetes.

Trudeau said, "The University of Calgary has 25 years of research. And I'm really glad you brought it up because diabetes can be, if not completely cured and wiped out in America, dramatically reduced by this herbal combination."

Tapper and "Nightline" called the University of Calgary to verify Trudeau's claim.

This was the university's response: "There have been no human studies conducted at the University of Calgary in the past 20 years on herbal remedies for diabetes."

[Heather B.]

That is so sad.  This is what got me:

Of course, many illnesses go away on their own or are psychosomatic. And I suspect that's why many of Trudeau's customers say they were helped. But the Internet is filled with complaints too. Many of them sad.

One woman said she stopped using her drugs based on Trudeau's advice, and suffered a terrible seizure. A man said his tumor grew larger after he relied on Trudeau's book.

Veronica Krammes says she has had spinal surgery and suffers constant pain. She and others complained about Trudeau's book on the infomercialscams.com Web site. "I bought the book because I wanted to see natural cures that he promises to give me and there's none in here. It's to me, a total waste of money. It was a scam," she said.

Joyce Ball's sister is dying of cancer and is too ill to appear on TV. Joyce bought her Trudeau's book.

She said her sister felt cheated. "She felt betrayed, and she felt she was a fool for believing what he had to say," she said.

Those poor people!  Having relatives who have lots of health problems, part of me would be willing to do or try just about anything to make them well, so I really feel for those who have bought into Trudeau's claims.

I think this sums up pretty well what Trudeau is about:

Trudeau keeps saying the Food and Drug Administration and drug companies only care about money. But many of his past customers say money is all Trudeau cares about.