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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Herbalife International diet drugs attacked.
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:00:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 02:00:05 1985
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> > 	"They are unlikely to 'cleanse the system' and have been linked with
> > several deaths and near-deaths."  They are not nutitrionally complete or
> > balanced.
> 
> I was reading a medical magazine that pointed out that most of these Herbal
> diet aids functioned mostly as laxatives.  I guess that does count as
> "cleansing the system" is some strange way.
	Ron does have a point, and since I didn't type in the whole 
paragraph - the following full sentence from the unabridged article should
clarify the situation: 

	"Formula 1 is a high-protein powder that is unlikely to curb the
appetite or 'cleanse the system' any more than an equivalent amount of
protein from meats, nuts, or other foods."
-- 
				Craig Werner
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		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"