Published by Deborah on 09 Aug 2005 at 04:18 pm
Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About: Consumer Advocate or A Con Artist?
I had no idea of this book’s existence until I saw Kevin Trudeau’s infomercial very late one night. His book sounded intriguing (using natural remedies to cure disease), and I agreed with him about how the pharmaceutical companies (as well as the FDA) are not giving us the whole truth about these new drugs.
My husband and I shake our heads when we see commercials for Wellbutrin, Nexium, etc. The side effects are often worse than the problem. But before I get on my soapbox, let me get back on track.
I listened to this guy talk while Tammy Faye Bakker bobbed her head and tried to interject her opinion here and there. He claims that there are natural cures for cancer, diabetes, smoking addiction, obesity, etc. All this sounded very intriguing, so I kept listening.
At the end, he pitched his book, along with a “secret CD” and a monthly newsletter, for $40.00. I wasn’t interested in the bonuses, so I didn’t place the order. The following weekend, I went to the bookstore with my mother-in-law and an “aunt.” I saw the book sitting near the front of the store and picked it up.
My aunt saw me looking at the book and told me that she had bought a copy. When I asked her how she liked it, she said that it wasn’t very good. So I put the book down and promptly forgot about it.
Today I saw two blog entries. I forget where the first one was, but I’ll give you the link to the other. The comments for this post sent me to Amazon. I’ll quote from a reviewer below.
Natural cures I won’t tell you about, unless you spend more money. That should be the title of this book.
This is not a book on natural cures it’s an advertisement and the title is very misleading. Do you really want to pay $30 dollars for an ad?
Read the full review.
To tell you the truth, I was surprised to find Tammy Faye Bakker hosting this infomercial. For those who don’t know her history, she is the wife of a TV evangelist (Jim Bakker) who was tried and convicted for defrauding their followers out of millions of dollars during the 1980’s. At the time, I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt because people make mistakes.
Then I saw the reviews on Amazon and was glad that I had waited before I bought this book. Sure, this guy hit the jackpot by self-publishing his book. But how much will he lose if he’s found to be a fraud?
Gone Away on 09 Aug 2005 at 5:48 pm #
Old English saying: Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice. I’d best say no more.
Carlos Valdes on 07 Dec 2005 at 3:58 pm #
Hello folks,
I am in the middle of reading this interesting book by kevin Trudeau and to be perfectly honest the man is Right on the money, he is basically telling us that if you eat healthy you should not be getting sick and goes on to tell us what to consume…now sure we all think !yeah I knew that so what’s the big deal! well not “all” of us new this and as you can see the knew upcoming generations do not know and may never know this and the reason is because the farmaceutical giants are doing everything in their power to keep that info away from them (the public) and therefore keeping us further away from NATURE which is where we come from and belong….Don’t you all get it…Please…or we are in big trouble…..