Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.med,net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: Herbalife International diet drugs attacked. Message-ID: <1768@aecom.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:00:05 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.1768 Posted: Tue Jun 25 02:00:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 11:12:59 EDT References: <1759@aecom.UUCP> <11327@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: na Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 18 > > "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 !philabs!aecom!werner "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"