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Here is some information on Mannatech that I received from the American Dietetic
Association listserve:
http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/Mannatech/raddatz.html
Australian Physician Disciplined for Misrepresenting Mannatech Products to
Patients-- Sept 8, 2000, the registration of Dr. Ian Geoffrey Raddatz was
cancelled for 2 years for "unsatisfactory conduct" ... based on complaints that
he had made unsubstantiated claims to pts that Mannatech products were
effective against cancer, infertility, and hemochromatosis , etc.."
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http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/Mannatech/evans.html
March 5, 1999-.." Mannatech says it has an eight-member scientific team, its
monthly magazine recently said there are no double-blind, placebo-controlled
studies of the type used by drug companies establishing that its products
work.."
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http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/Mannatech/evans7.html
..."Mannatech Inc. is suing its former $10,000-a-month consultant for fraud,
alleging research he published promoting the company's nutritional supplements
contained false claims. The study by Dr. Darryl See, a former associate
clinical professor at the UC Irvine Medical School, ranked Mannatech's pills in
the top five of 196 nutritional supplements tested. The company's more than
400,000 distributors used the study to sell its products..... claimed the pills
are effective against cancer & AIDS. Mannatech's lawsuit... alleges See lied
when he said his study was funded by the National Institutes of Health... he
falsely claimed it was conducted under the auspices of the UC-Irvine Medical
School. "The fraudulent representations were material & intentional......See
resigned from UC Irvine's faculty... after a school investigation censured him
for violating research rules.... falsifying documents & conducting lab
experiments on a rabbit without sufficient anesthesia. The Journal of the
American Nutraceutical Association, which published See's study featuring
Mannatech supplements, has stopped selling reprints of See's articles, books
and videotapes...."
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http://www.ncahf.org/articles/j-n/mannatech.html
"Some of the "medical experts" that Mannatech has employed in its promotions
have brought discredit upon the company....naturopath, "Dr." Stephen Nugent,
..used by the company in videos &major events....his own curriculum vitae,
Nugent's naturopathic diploma ... Clayton School of Natural Healing, a diploma
mill operated by Lloyd Clayton of Birmingham, AL.
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Natural Med Comp database:
Ambrotose Complex: naturally occurring plant polysaccharides including
freeze-dried Aloe Vera inner leaf gel extract - Manapol powder, Brown Rice
Flour, Silicon dioxide, Magnesium stearate....manufacturer.... refuses to
reveal exact amounts of ingredients... tell pts to avoid...."
Shelley Case, B. Sc., RD
Case Nutrition Consulting, www.glutenfreediet.ca
<http://www.glutenfreediet.ca>
Author: Gluten Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide
Co-Author: Celiac Section, Manual of Clinical Dietetics, American
Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada
Medical Advisory Board: Celiac Disease Foundation, Gluten Intolerance
Group, Canadian Celiac Association
Advisory Board: Gluten-Free Living Magazine and Living Without Magazine
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