Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site textware.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!ewj01!textware!bob From: bob@textware.UUCP (Bob Felt) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: What is Herbalife? *URGENT* Message-ID: <110@textware.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 08:08:04 EST Article-I.D.: textware.110 Posted: Wed Nov 6 08:08:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 06:47:49 EST References: <381@proper.UUCP> <408@graffiti.UUCP> Organization: Textware International, Cambridge, Mass. Lines: 17 > > A while back, someone posted to this group that Herbalife had recently set a > > record by causing more deaths than the Cambridge Diet. > > According to the article, Herbalife's ingrediants consist mainly of natural > substances that all have a laxative effect. Not only is taking large quantities > I thought Herbalife was under investigation by the FDA. It's a real shame > people fall for ploys like that. Herbalife is a pyramid marketing scheme, in the congressional hearings their ``distributors handbook'' was introduced as evidence. This book makes a batch of medical claims, and appears to be aimed at the chronically ill. The formula is a kludge of ``famous'' herbs with no precedent in anyone's traditional medicine. Some of the substances counteract the effects of the others. The hearing transcript should help convince anyone to avoid this stuff. Bob Felt