Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 (Fortune 01.1b1); site graffiti.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!graffiti!steph From: steph@graffiti.UUCP (stephanie da silva) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: What is Herbalife? *URGENT* Message-ID: <408@graffiti.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 20:26:58 EST Article-I.D.: graffiti.408 Posted: Mon Nov 4 20:26:58 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:37:52 EST References: <381@proper.UUCP> Organization: Information Brokerage Network, Houston, TX Lines: 27 > A while back, someone posted to this group that Herbalife had recently set a > record by causing more deaths than the Cambridge Diet. > > My mother and sister are enthusiastically getting ready to get into Herbalife. > They're open to arguments, but since I know nothing about Herbalife I've only > been able to ask them to hold off while I check it out on net.med. > > If anyone knows how this preparation/regimen works, please send mail right > away. Any information at all, good or bad, will be greatly appreciated. > > Judith Abrahms > {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!proper!judith A few months ago, Consumer Reports did a feature article on quackery. Herbalife was predominantly mentioned. According to the article, Herbalife's ingrediants consist mainly of natural substances that all have a laxative effect. Not only is taking large quantities of laxatives for extended periods of time very bad for your body, it's an awfully expensive way just to take a laxative. I thought Herbalife was under investigation by the FDA. It's a real shame people fall for ploys like that. (BTW--I'd recommend looking up the article--very informative reading). peo