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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:51 PM
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The #2 best selling book in the country, right after Harry Potter...


He sold 1.5 million copies in July (at $30). You gotta love the tin-foil title -- for more on why 'they' don't want you to know about his 'cures' see below.

Trudeau honed his pitchman skills promoting a series of infomercial products over two decades such as Dr. Callahan's Addiction Breaking System, Eden's Secret Nature's Purifying Product, the Sable Hair Farming System, the Mega Memory System, Biotape and Coral Calcium Supreme, a daily vitamin supplement.
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Trudeau doesn't shy away from controversy. He's suing the FTC over a press release detailing terms of last year's 2004 settlement. And he's frank about a two-year prison term for a conviction in 1991 on credit-card fraud. A federal indictment accused him of stealing more than $128,600, using credit cards from those who had bought his products. "I made a mistake in my 20s," he says. "So what?"


http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-08-07-cures_x.htm

Okay so why don't THEY want you to know? Because it is 'baloney':

In the book, Trudeau also advises readers to beware of psychiatry, psychology, microwave ovens and electric tumble dryers. He promotes the health benefits of wearing white, sleeping on magnetic mattress pads and products that "neutralize electromagnetic chaos" caused by satellites, cell phones and remote controls.

Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist from Allentown, Pa., who operates Quackwatch.org, has one word to describe that advice:

"Rubbish."


More of the half-baked health advise from the book and real doctors' reactions to it at: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-08-07-cures-baloney_x.htm




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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:54 PM
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1. I'm surprised he hasn't been locked up...again.
He hocks just about every product you can imagine. Even tried his hand at starting a network marketing company.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:57 PM
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6. Do people really believe this "rubbish?"
Geez. Late at night, he's on at least 3 cable stations at once, hocking his stupid book.
:puke: What a crook.
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nickinSTL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:55 PM
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2. beware of psychiatry, psychology, microwave ovens...electric tumble dryers
:wtf:

:tinfoilhat: is right :freak:
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:56 PM
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I didn't know Tom Cruise wrote a book using a pseudonym
:sarcasm:
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 01:00 PM
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7. Hey - let me just remind you....


:evilgrin:
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:56 PM
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5. I didn't know Tom Cruise wrote a book using a pseudonym
:sarcasm:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:55 PM
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3. Is he one of the people who thinks pee is a cure-all?
Edited on Mon Aug-08-05 12:56 PM by XemaSab
n/t
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:56 PM
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4. Ah, the alternative medicine industry...
It makes big pharma look good by comparison.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 01:07 PM
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8. This must be where Tom Cruise gets his info.
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