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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. It just has to be said... by dov_0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess he got a taste of his own medicine?

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  2. 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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  3. HIV does not cause AIDS? by rleibman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't get this... he can easily convince me that HIV does not cause AIDS... just let himself get injected with a nice shot of the virus... oh, yeah, he believes in alternative medicine. from Tim Minchin: "You know what they call alternative medicine that works?" "Medicine!"

    1. Re:HIV does not cause AIDS? by Akira+Kogami · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Homeopathy has been proven countless, countless times to do absolutely jack-fucking-shit. About five seconds of wiki-ing found this. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1874503/?tool=pmcentrez There is nothing ignorant or arrogant about disregarding some ancient bullshit when every single piece of legitimate scientific evidence shows that it's just ancient bullshit.

    2. Re:HIV does not cause AIDS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Homeopathy has been proven countless, countless times to do absolutely jack-fucking-shit.

      Countless, countless times? I doubt it. We've got pretty big numbers, I think we could count the times. There is no functional difference between "countless" and "countless, countless". You can either count something or not.

      Furthermore, homeopathy does work. My leg was bitten off by a shark. Fortunately I knew about homeopathy, so I bought some flake at a take away shop, dried a small portion and ground it to powder then diluted it multiple times as per standard homeopathic practice. I wasn't sure whether to drink it or rub it on my stump, so I did both. Now I have both my legs again and don't even walk with a limp.

  4. 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.