Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Comments (3)
Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About
So, I stay up late sometimes and watch this infomercial about a book titled, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About. To be honest, the guy looks a little creepy, but I try to apply the whole "don't judge a book by its cover" (no pun intended) philosophy. As a side note, I generally love infomercials, there's just something about them that is quite hypnotic and I can watch them repeatedly, so the fact that I've watched this one several times isn't really out of character for me.
At any rate, I went to Books-a-Million, not specifically looking for this book, but they have it at the front where you first walk in, so I noticed it right away. $30 bucks? No thanks. I picked it up, skimmed it, and was quite surprised at some of the advice it recommended. Some of it was downright comical. So, I conclude that next time I go to McKay, I'll see if someone's forked it over for half of what they've paid for it.
Score! McKay had it for $10. What a steal since I know this book will cure any disease I have or will ever had including cancer!
So, last night, I finally decide to take a closer look at the book. I generally read some pretty odd books, including books that I have no personal interest in, for example, Dianetics. I'm not a Scientologist or even interested in it, but I like to understand things that other people are interested in, especially if they seem very odd!
Now, two bits of advice in this book really stood out to me:
1. "Get 15 colonics in 30 days."
2. "Do Dianetics/Scientology."
The 15 colonics in 30 days seems a bit extreme, and I can't imagine having 1 colonic, much less 15 in a thirty day span. As appealing as a colonic sounds, I just don't think I could bring myself to do it.
The Dianetics/Scientology suggestion literally made me laugh. It was kind of slipped in with this other advice, almost like it was something as simple as removing processed sugar from one's diet.
Now, I won't deny that there is advice in the book that is probably worth listening to. Some of it is common sense like the suggestion to not eat fast food, but some of it seems completely bogus. I guess I'll never know, though, since I refuse to have the colonics and start practicing scientology.
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My mom ordered this book last year and was so excited about the entire thing. I thought that it sounded strange so my husband and I went on line and found out so much dirt on this guy. He's a quack! He has got all kinds of law suites pending on him. Yes I agree some of his stuff is common sense, but the rest is crazy!!!!
20/20 or 60 minutes had an expose recently on this guy. He was jailed for selling snake oil and now sells phony health books because he is legally barred from selling 'herbal supplements'.
I'm not surprised. He mentions in his book that he has spent time in jail, but never goes into detail as to why.
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