Any doctors out there who can verify or denounce Kevin Trudeau's 2 "Natural Cures" books?

Question: Some in my family are loving his books and touting them. I'm banging my head against the wall trying to get them to stop listening to his advice. Obviously, eating more fruits and veggies is good for you, cutting down on red meat, refined sugar and alcohol all do wonders. That much you don't need to pay $29.99 to figure out.

Can a qualified medical person denounce specific claims please?
(ie: Insulin is BAD for diabetics, candida yeast causes most heart attacks, shellfish are always bad for you, saccharin causes most cancers, antibiotics should not be taken unless you are near death, magnetic bracelets will prevent )

Answers:
Here's some links that might help.

Personally, I think he's a huckster out to make a buck using ridiculous claims backed by pseudo-science and possibly outright untruths .. but that's just my opinion .. and some other people like doctors, respected journalists, etc.

Analysis of Kevin Trudeau's "Natural Cures" Infomercial (2004) by Stephen Barrett, M.D.
http://www.infomercialwatch.org/tran/trudeau.shtml

Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/09/trudeaucoral.htm

20/20 Report "King Con? Bestselling Author Selling Questionable Cures to the Desperate and Gullible"
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=1527774

Skeptic's Dictionary
http://skepdic.com/trudeau.html

Wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Cures_%22They%22_Don't_Want_You_To_Know_About

Other Answers:
I have also heard somethtin about him being a fraud. somethinga bout he was arrested, but i'm not sure.

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There is no link proven between candida and heart attacks, quite the contrary. I want to get to the magnetic bracelets, this is one of the tenets of new age philosophy.

Consider this, if you have a tiny piece of iron in your stomach, the size of a fingernail clipping, an MRI would rp it out of you through your chest. But the MRI magnets don't change blood flow. Although there is a small amount of iron in blood, it is surrounded with so much stuff of opposite magnetism, that it is no longer affected by magnets. If it could be pulled by magnets, MRIs would kill. The guy who edits " The Skeptical Inquirer Magazine", Michael Shermer, had a short commentary about Trudeau In Scientific American.

You could Google Trudeau, and see what dirt you come up with.

Wish you well.

Happy hunting.

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