Proof that people are idiots

One of the bestselling books in the country right now is Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About. It's nothing but medical quackery written by a scam artist. Author Kevin Trudeau is not a doctor for starters. His book and informercials highlight one bogus quack treatment after another while spinning ridiculous conspiracy theories about why these supposed cures have been kept secret. He use to sell various quack nutritional supplements such as coral calcium in his infomercials, but the FTC fined him $2 million for false advertising and forbid him from selling anymore supplements. So now he's making millions by selling a book and running a subscription based website about more of the same bullshit treatments.

Dr. Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch has a good analysis of Trudeau's infomercial for this book. He includes a transcript of the entire infomercial with his comments pointing out the numerous quack claims and outright lies. For example, one of Trudeau's many lies is this: "There is . . . in the book I tell you, in most cases, MS symptoms are caused by something you’re eating. It’s a food additive. And when you stop eating it within . . . in some cases, days, the symptoms of MS go away. Now isn’t that shocking?" Shocking? No. As Dr. Barrett says, "It's pure baloney." He's even gotten around having to mention any actual "cures". He claims there are natural cures out there but he's not allowed to name them because of the FTC. He also claims there are all sorts of scams in the food and pharmaceutical businesses to do things like put additives in our food that make us eat more, but he can't name any of them because of the FTC. This is all pure bullshit.

Despite Trudeau's ridiculous claims and blatant lies, and the recent history of FTC actions against him, millions of people are sending him money. Unbelievable. People really are morons. Don't give this son of a bitch any of your money. He's a liar and a con artist who should be in jail.