mustang_steve said:
Isn't there some kind of law against giving medical advice unless you are a licensed physician or doctor? I would think he would get nailed for that if anything.
Sadly, no, there isn't such a law; you don't have to have gone to medical school to give medical advice or suggest "supplements" to someone, but I strongly suggest listening more carefully to people who have. The drugs sold via TV infomercials fall into the same loop hole as the one that allows tons of "supplements" and "herbals" to be sold at your local pharmacy which so many people think
have to be good for you cause they are "natural" or called "supplements". The Food & Drug Administration does not regulate them
before they hit the market; the manufacturer just has to put a disclaimer somewhere on the package saying so. Even certain supplements and vitamins proven to not cause harm by themselves can cause significant drug interactions and hurt you if you aren't careful what you are taking with them, that's why these infomercial supplements make me so angry when I see people taking them and it decreases the effectiveness of their other medications or potentially hurts thems (in addition to wasting their money!).
Nick250 said:
I've seen this guy for decades on infomercials.
I remember back mid or late 1980's I think when I first saw Trudeau; it was on the
mega memory infomercial; he was playing the role of the guy who had just completed the mega memory program or whatever, and he was rambling off all kinds of details that he remembered from using
mega memory... I remember thinking then (wishfully), if only mega memory wasn't BS, then we'd be so much better off as the stupid people who buy this sort of infomercial stuff just might have some of their stupidity cured! Too bad for society that wasn't the case...
Brad