Re: Question for Barb, , and anyone else Re: Herbalife Products

[Guest guest]

Hi

nne.

has provided some

excellent medical evidence against Herbalife.

Here’s some more

ammo…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbalife

has more than enough information to

stop anyone from using this product. Here’s just a few facts from that

web page…..

The Fraud Discovery Institute has reported

that laboratory test results of Herbalife products show lead levels in excess of limits

established by law in Herbalife's home state of California under Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires

notification of consumers where a product " contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth

defects or other reproductive harm. "

A special web site has

even been set up for people who claim Herbalife has harmed them……

http://www.herbal-lead.com/

So far (more suits are

pending) Herbalife has paid out more than….. $51 million in law suites against their product. $51 million! The man who started selling the product out

of his car trunk died at the age of 44 (due to alcohol & drugs.)

Herbalife itself states: Herbalife declares that all of its products

are manufactured by outside companies, except for a small amount of products

manufactured in its own manufacturing facility in China.

So there’s no guarantee, what’s actually in any of these

products.

HTH, if not, please

let us know and we’ll dig up more dirt. You’re

one heck of a coach to go to such lengths to protect these kids!

Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas

[Guest guest]

Hi

nne.

has provided some

excellent medical evidence against Herbalife.

Here’s some more

ammo…. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbalife

has more than enough information to

stop anyone from using this product. Here’s just a few facts from that

web page…..

The Fraud Discovery Institute has reported

that laboratory test results of Herbalife products show lead levels in excess of limits

established by law in Herbalife's home state of California under Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires

notification of consumers where a product " contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth

defects or other reproductive harm. "

A special web site has

even been set up for people who claim Herbalife has harmed them……

http://www.herbal-lead.com/

So far (more suits are

pending) Herbalife has paid out more than….. $51 million in law suites against their product. $51 million! The man who started selling the product out

of his car trunk died at the age of 44 (due to alcohol & drugs.)

Herbalife itself states: Herbalife declares that all of its products

are manufactured by outside companies, except for a small amount of products

manufactured in its own manufacturing facility in China.

So there’s no guarantee, what’s actually in any of these

products.

HTH, if not, please

let us know and we’ll dig up more dirt. You’re

one heck of a coach to go to such lengths to protect these kids!

Barb in Texas - Together in the Fight - Whatever it

Takes!

Son Ken (34) UC 91 PSC 99, LTX 6/21 & 6/30 2007

@ Baylor/Dallas

[Guest guest]

Hi ,Is it possible you would have access to these two articles in full? Thank you again for the help. Between your message and Barb's message I am going to put something together to present to our athletes regarding Herbalife. I would like to get together with our Head Sports Medicine Director to put out a statement to our Athletic Department. If there are any more articles you come across I would appreciate hearing about them if you have a chance.Thank you again,nnenne

Duluth, Minnesota

UC 2002, PSC 2008Subject: Question for Barb, , and anyone else Re: Herbalife ProductsTo: Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 10:39 PM

Hi nne;

Here are a couple of recent paper on liver toxicity associated with

HerbaLife:

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J Hepatol. 2009 Jan;50(1):111- 7.

Severe hepatotoxicity following ingestion of Herbalife(® )

nutritional supplements contaminated with Bacillus subtilis.

Stickel F, Droz S, Patsenker E, Bögli-Stuber K, Aebi B, Leib SL

Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse

35, 3010 Bern, CH, Switzerland.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Nutritional supplements are widely used. Recently,

liver injury after consumption of Herbalife(® ) preparations was

reported but the underlying pathogenesis remained cryptic. METHODS:

Two patients presented with cholestatic hepatitis and pruritus, and

cirrhosis, respectively. Viral, alcoholic, metabolic, autoimmune,

neoplastic, vascular liver diseases and synthetic drugs as the

precipitating causes of liver injury were excluded. However, both

patients reported long-term consumption of Herbalife(® ) products.

All Herbalife(® ) products were tested for contamination with drugs,

pesticides, heavy metals, and softeners, and examined for microbial

contamination according to standard laboratory procedures. Bacteria

isolated from the samples were identified as Bacillus subtilis by

sequencing the 16S rRNA and gyrB genes. RESULTS: Causality between

consumption of Herbalife(® ) products and disease according to CIOMS

was scored "probable" in both cases. Histology showed cholestatic and

lobular/portal hepatitis with cirrhosis in one patient, and biliary

fibrosis with ductopenia in the other. No contamination with

chemicals or heavy metals was detected, and immunological testing

showed no drug hypersensitivity. However, samples of Herbalife(® )

products ingested by both patients showed growth of Bacillus subtilis

of which culture supernatants showed dose- and time-dependent

hepatotoxicity. CONCLUSIONS: Two novel incidents of severe hepatic

injury following intake of Herbalife(® ) products contaminated with

Bacillus subtilis emphasize its potential hepatotoxicity. PMID:

19010564

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J Hepatol. 2007 Oct;47(4):514- 20.

Association between consumption of Herbalife nutritional supplements

and acute hepatotoxicity.

Elinav E, Pinsker G, Safadi R, Pappo O, Bromberg M, Anis E, Keinan-

Boker L, Broide E, Ackerman Z, Kaluski DN, Lev B, Shouval D

Liver Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem,

P.O. Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Nutritional supplements are frequently considered to

be harmless but indiscriminate use of unlabelled ingredients may lead

to significant adverse reactions. METHODS: In 2004, identification of

four index cases of acute hepatitis associated with Herbalife intake

led to a ministry of health investigation in all Israeli hospitals.

Twelve patients with acute idiopathic liver injury in association

with consumption of Herbalife products were investigated. RESULTS:

Eleven of the patients were females, aged 49.5+/-13.4 y. One patient

had stage I primary biliary cirrhosis and another had hepatitis B.

Acute liver injury was diagnosed after 11.9+/-11.1 months of

initiation of Herbalife consumption. Liver biopsies demonstrated

active hepatitis, portal inflammation rich with eosinophils, ductular

reaction and parenchymal inflammation with peri-central accentuation.

One patient developed sub-fulminant and two fulminant episodes of

hepatic failure. Hepatitis resolved in eleven patients, while one

patient succumbed to complications following liver transplantation.

Three patients resumed consumption of Herbalife products following

normalization of liver enzymes, resulting in a second bout of

hepatitis. CONCLUSIONS: An association between intake of Herbalife

products and acute hepatitis was identified in Israel. We call for

prospective evaluation of Herbalife products for possible

hepatotoxicity. Until then, caution should be exercised by consumers,

especially among individuals suffering from underlying liver disease.

PMID: 17692424

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I apologize if you have already seen these.

Best regards,

Dave

(father of (23); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)

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> Hi Barb, , and anyone else who can help.

> Would you happen to have any further studies or information to

support the toxicity of Herbalife besides those in the archives? Have

you heard anything else from your colleagues?