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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Herbalife International diet drugs attacked.
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 14:26:41 EDT
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> 	From American Medical News, June 7
> 	"Scientists seek research proof on diet drugs"
> 
> 	The claims made for Herbalife products are false and deceptive.
> Even if the herbs had such effect, the Herbalife doses are too small to
> have any impact.  Moreover, the products may be tosic to consumers.
> 
> 	"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