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    Ayurvedics Are Secretly Using Pb®

    Category: Altie Meds
    Posted on: September 19, 2008 7:20 AM, by Chris H

    Friends, many of you know the miraculous benefits of Hoofnagle Brand All-Natural Pb®. Well, I am writing to tell you that today I am filing a suit against a wide range of ayurvedic herbal supplements providers for using the active ingredient of Pb® and its sister product, As33® without licensing it from me.

    The New York Times reported yesterday on this widespread deception of consumers. You see, in order to make ayurvedic medicine appear efficacious, a large number of supplement providers are secretly including Pb® and As33® in their scammy supplement products:

    A report in the Aug. 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly 21 percent of 193 ayurvedic herbal supplements bought online, produced in both India and the United States, contained lead, mercury or arsenic.

    As you can see, the ayurvedic practitioners are riding off the all-natural, pure, elemental aspects of Pb®. I'm not going to allow this to continue, and you shouldn't either--continue to buy your Pb® and As33® directly from Hoofnagle!

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    You can rest assured that consumers who know about good health care products will only use the original and true brand.
    Pb and As are stretch to laughable small concentrations (compared to the Hoofnagle brand). I doubt that there are any comparably quick and throurough results with the ayurvedic imposters

    Posted by: Manuel | September 19, 2008 8:49 AM

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    "After three months of dietary changes and herbal supplements, the pimples had disappeared."

    Hmm, just like weight loss pills, which help to loose weight with exercise and dietary changes. With results like that, maybe it was Jesus who got rid of her pimples.

    Posted by: Igor | September 19, 2008 11:13 AM

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    A report in the Aug. 27 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly 21 percent of 193 ayurvedic herbal supplements bought online, produced in both India and the United States, contained lead, mercury or arsenic.

    May I join you ?

    They seem to be using my own patented Hg® too.

    Posted by: Kemist | September 20, 2008 11:42 AM

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