"HA! Gotcha again!"
Posted on 03/19/2009 12:29:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Prince Charles has been accused of exploiting the public in times of hardship by launching what a leading scientist calls a "dodgy" detox mix.
Edzard Ernst, the UK's first professor of complementary medicine, said the Duchy Originals detox tincture was based on "outright quackery".
There was no scientific evidence to show that detox products work, he said.
Duchy Originals says the product is a "natural aid to digestion and supports the body's elimination processes".
But Professor Ernst of Peninsula Medical School said Prince Charles and his advisers appeared to be deliberately ignoring science, preferring "to rely on 'make-believe' and superstition".
He added: "Prince Charles thus financially exploits a gullible public in a time of financial hardship."
Marketed as Duchy Herbals' Detox Tincture, the artichoke and dandelion mix is described as "a food supplement to help eliminate toxins and aid digestion".
It costs £10 for a 50ml bottle.
Andrew Baker, the head of Duchy Originals, said the tincture "is not – and has never been described as – a medicine, remedy or cure for any disease.
"There is no "quackery", no "make believe" and no "superstition" in any of the Duchy Originals herbal tinctures. We find it unfortunate that Professor Ernst should chase sensationalist headlines in this way rather than concentrating on accuracy and objectivity."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
House of Windsor Brand Snake Oil?
Just like his stance on global warming.
The guy telling us we only have 100 months to tax ourselves into saving the world from global warming is selling snake oil?
Say is ain't so!
Duchy Original Herb Tinture.
Is that Brit speak for Douche?
I always though Prince Charles was full of crap.
Nope! Besides being Prince of Wales, Charles is also the Duke of Cornwall. The Duchy of Cornwall owns various properties and businesses, from which Charles receives much of his income.
Sounds like a lot of fancy talk for an herbal laxative, if you ask me.
Artichoke and dandelion are good liver cleansers, really!
...the artichoke and dandelion mix is described as "a food supplement to help eliminate toxins and aid digestion".Prince Charles? That reminds me, I think I'll eat a fast food burger today.
"HA! Gotcha again!"
If it’s high in fiber or has any natural laxative effect (common features of vegetable products), then it’s an “aid to digestion and supports the body’s elimination processes.”
Is he openly endorsing the product? Is he talking it up in the media? Does he own a company that is producing it? In other words, what's the exact tie-in with the Prince?
Besides being a promoter of questional homeopathic remedies (quackery), his proclivities toward soothsaying, seances, para-psychology, guru-ism, mysticism, doomsday global-warming baloney and other blithering idiocies are well known in Britain.
Not to mention his flitting around Muslim countries and visiting with imams while dressed in Muslim garb and doing his best to give credence to the religion of peace and elevate it to a par with Christianity.
If offered, I wouldn't gulp down a Bayer aspirin from his and the Duchesses's medicine cabinet.
No wonder the Queen won't accept a gold watch and retire.
Leni
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