Kevin Trudaeu Being A Scam Artist Doesn’t Mean the HCG Diet Doesn’t Work

October 31, 2008

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In case you missed it the first million times, the HCG Diet first gained in popularity (even though it’s been around for 50+ years) when Kevin Trudeau made it the centerpiece of ‘The Weight Loss Cure’ book he wrote.

Many people discredit the HCG Diet by associating Kevin Trudeau as the creator of this diet protocol, when (admittedly) his credibility is suspect, having a long history of consumer deception.

Read the full article at the ConsumerReports.org blog (partial quote from that article below) for details on the latest.

It should be noted that the reason Kevin Trudeau resorted to selling a book instead of an actual product was previous convictions prevent him from hocking wares anymore, but he found a loophole that doesn’t prevent him from selling books instead of actual products!

“The contempt citation they do want you to know about

A federal court has upheld its previous civil contempt ruling against author Kevin Trudeau, banning him from producing or broadcasting self-promoting infomercials for three years and ordering him to pay the nearly $5.2 million estimated royalties from his book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.”

The Aug. 7, 2008 order, from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, rejected an effort by Trudeau to have the court reverse its 2007 contempt ruling. In that decision, based on a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission, the court found that Trudeau violated a 2004 order requiring him to stop misrepresentations in infomercials for the book.

The judge said Trudeau had made clear misrepresentations about how easy and simple the book’s diet protocol is. For example, his infomercial claims that dieters who complete “Phase 4” of the four-phase protocol can eat anything they want, but the book says that they must eat “only 100% organic food” and avoid brand name food, fast food, or food served by regional or national restaurants.”

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The HCG Diet Works, But YOU Have To Change TOO!

October 29, 2008

I just read a post I thought was VERY interesting about the ‘HCG Philosophy’ one should adopt if embarking on this HCG Diet.

The key point (as quoted below) is that HCG doesn’t cause weight loss per se, but rather it allows one to stay on a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) without feeling like one is starving.  It should be added that studies show your body doesn’t shed muscle and other tissue that is not abnormal fat when HCG is present, so a VLCD diet WITHOUT HCG won’t really work.

Read the full post by clicking the following link:

Hello hCG Dieters

“Caryl and Bryan just finished their first week of the hCG and they are down 10 and 16 respectively.

We teach more than just hCG.  If that’s all you want, good luck.  Go
get it somewhere else.  It will help you lose weight, but you will gain
it back.  Your habits have to change.  That is the most important part
of the deal.  hCG does not cause weight loss.  It causes you to not
feel so bad while on a very low calorie diet.  Anybody who tells you
differently is ill-informed or just lying to you.  We help you make the
hCG weight loss diet gains last forever.  It just works.”

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