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Nutritionist Claims His Pre-Packaged Meals Are Dangerous

Posted by samzenpus on from the hoist-with-his-own-petard dept.

Nutrition guru Gary Null may be best known as an advocate for alternative medicines, or for his stance that HIV does not cause AIDS, but his recent lawsuit may raise more eyebrows. Gary is suing the maker of his pre-packaged "Power Meals," claiming that they will make you sick. From the article: "In a lawsuit filed in New York on April 26, Gary Null alleges that he became severely ill after eating a dietary supplement that caused him to develop a number of painful symptoms. In fact, Gary Null alleges, 'Gary Null's Ultimate Power Meal' almost killed Gary Null."

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  1. Argh, "micro" and "milli" again by 5pp000 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Looks like someone read "micro" and thought "milli" again (they used 1000 times too much vitamin D in the mix).

    Same thing that happened in that tragic accident that killed all those racehorses some months ago -- someone was supposed to put N micrograms of selenium in their supplement, but instead gave them N milligrams. They died a horrible death.

    Maybe we should consider changing one of these prefixes so they don't both begin with "m".

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    1. Re:Argh, "micro" and "milli" again by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It's worse.

      In vitamin-word they call a microgram a "mikrogram" (phoenetic) which doens't reeenforce the unit, and instead of g they write mcg. They must be using cheap typewriters.

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  2. Gary Null by DaMattster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, at the very least he used his own product and this shows some measure of responsibilitiy on his part. He did his fiduciary duty to put out a warning and felt obligated to be honest to his customers. This is A LOT better than many of the food and drug companies out there. Most would rather make profits, deny problems, and try to sweep negatives under the carpet.