METHUSELAH ARCHIVE CLAIMS
Claim · 2004 · Kevin Trudeau Natural Cures infomercial program (2002-2014)

There are non-drug, non-surgical natural cures for virtually every disease, and the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, and the FTC are suppressing them for profit.

The organizing claim of Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About (self-published, Aug. 2004) is that natural, non-drug remedies exist for nearly every disease and that regulators and industry actively suppress them. The book’s own introduction, consulted via a full-text scan, frames the FDA and FTC as the “culprits” behind a “great lie,” even though the FTC had already charged Trudeau’s prior Coral Calcium Supreme and Biotape claims as false and unsubstantiated months before the book’s release. The broad suppression thesis is unfalsifiable as stated because it names no specific cure, disease, or mechanism to test, so it is recorded as untested rather than refuted. A concrete example within it can be evaluated separately: MSKCC’s evidence assessment contradicts the coral-calcium cancer-cure and superior-bioavailability claims, while the FTC brought false-advertising charges rather than suppressing that product. The New York State Consumer Protection Board called the book’s broader promises “empty promises” amounting to “page after page of pure speculation” in 2005 (New York Times, 28 Aug. 2005).

Sources

  1. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About — Trudeau, Kevin. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About. Elk Grove Village, IL: Alliance Publishing Group, 1 August 2004. ISBN 9780975599556.
  2. After Jail and More, Salesman Scores Big With Cure-All Book — Warner, Melanie. "After Jail and More, Salesman Scores Big With Cure-All Book." The New York Times, 28 August 2005.
  3. Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials — Federal Trade Commission. "Kevin Trudeau Banned from Infomercials." (Subheading: Trudeau Settles Claims in Connection with Coral Calcium Supreme and Biotape.) FTC.gov press release, 7 September 2004.
  4. Coral Calcium — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. "Coral Calcium." About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products database. Last updated 5 January 2022.