# Is Kevin Trudeau full of it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196 "2006-01-30T13:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metalhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@metalhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metalhead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/1 "2006-01-30T13:38:46Z")
I was wondering what you guys had to say about Kevin Trudeau and his book “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About”? Do you think it’s a good resourse or just another one of those scams to get money? Do you think he’s presenting old information already known in alternative medicine just to make a quick buck? He says it’s not about money and I know for a fact that some of the things he promotes DO work (apple cider vinegar and digestive enzymes for acid reflux). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/2 "2006-01-30T13:46:26Z")
Considering he’s been [shut down in the past](http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/09/trudeaucoral.htm) by the FTC for fraudulent claims, I wouldn’t trust anything he’s saying. Probably a few of his cures do work (but no one is keeping the information secret), and I doubt he stupid enough to put in anything actually harmful. But he’s definitely in it for the quick buck. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/3 "2006-01-30T13:51:33Z")
A popular subject around here: [Kevin Trudeau. Is he for REAL?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=30859) [Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283925) [Why can’t “truth in advertising” shut down quacks?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310446) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/4 "2006-01-30T16:17:02Z")
Having scanned the book and knowing what I do about Trudeau (the links already provided are a good starting point), I would say what I think about him, except this isn’t the Pit. Suffice it to say, any comparison between him and pond scum gives pond scum everywhere a bad name. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/5 "2006-01-30T19:24:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Probably a few of his cures do work (but no one is keeping the information secret), and I doubt he stupid enough to put in anything actually harmful. But he’s definitely in it for the quick buck. Actually, from what I’ve heard, he’s got some stuff in there that could easily be considered harmful, IMHO. Things like herbs that supposedly cure cancer - I wish I could remember the exact things I heard. Anyway, those types of claims can be very dangerous. My parents’ next door neighbor died of testicular cancer, which was detected early and should have been easily cured, because his (CENSORED) wife insisted he only be treated with magnets and herbal teas. Ignorance is harmful. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/6 "2006-01-30T21:58:14Z")
He’s so full of it, I’m surprised he hasn’t exploded yet. I believe that some natural cures work, so I’m not a total skeptic, and this is the absolute worst natural-cures book I’ve ever seen. He has a few things that might work mixed in with a whole bunch of useless stuff, and the whole point of the book seems to be getting people to subscribe to his website so they can get the cures that it would be “illegal” for him to put in the book. And he’s been convicted a couple of times (credit card fraud and false infomercials), so he’s obviously not in it for the good of humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/7 "2006-01-30T22:36:30Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > My parents’ next door neighbor died of testicular cancer, which was detected early and should have been easily cured, because his (CENSORED) wife insisted he only be treated with magnets and herbal teas. > > Ignorance is harmful. Didn’t harm _her_. She inherited his estate, right? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/8 "2006-01-31T05:07:56Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Actually, from what I’ve heard, he’s got some stuff in there that could easily be considered harmful, IMHO. Things like herbs that supposedly cure cancer - I wish I could remember the exact things I heard. I haven’t read the book, but from things I’ve read and radio reports I’ve heard, he tells pretty much everyone to stop taking prescription medications, without qualifiers. And the big howler is that he says that sun exposure doesn’t cause skin cancer - sunscreen does. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/9 "2006-01-31T14:23:00Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > I haven’t read the book, but from things I’ve read and radio reports I’ve heard, he tells pretty much everyone to stop taking prescription medications, without qualifiers. No, he says in my opinion after almost every sentance. For some reason I’m fascinated with him and I don’t know why. It must be because I’ve never seen such a snake oil salesman before. Though I do wish he would get off my TV. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/10 "2006-01-31T15:39:50Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > No, he says in my opinion after almost every sentance. For some reason I’m fascinated with him and I don’t know why. It must be because I’ve never seen such a snake oil salesman before. Though I do wish he would get off my TV. I’m fascinated with him too. He’s very captivating and interesting. Full of shit, of course, but very eloquent. I remember when he was just a “memory master”, not a health expert. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/11 "2006-01-31T18:51:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m fascinated with him too. He’s very captivating and interesting. Full of shit, of course, but very eloquent. I remember when he was just a “memory master”, not a health expert. I remember his radio infomercials for Coral Calcium, which is what finally got him banned from selling products, as opposed to his First Amendment-protected “opinion”. I used to entertain myself on the drive home by counting how many lies I could detect. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/12 "2006-01-31T21:07:42Z")
[Start here.](http://www.infomercialwatch.org/reports/nycpb.shtml) My wife wasted $14 on the book so I have a beef with him. There are also transcripts of his infomercials (on the net if you google-fu) if you want to read _word for word_ what he actually claims in the commercials. Stay away from this guy. I also noticed on his website that you can buy a lifetime membership for only $500. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-trudeau-full-of-it/342196/13 "2006-01-31T21:10:57Z")
I’m surprised this thread didn’t have a single reply: YES. [Here](http://www.infomercialwatch.org/tran/trudeau.shtml) is a transcript of Trudeau’s “infomercial.”