Scammed by Bromalite, Another Colon Board Choice
Death begins in the colon. Ask any coroner.
-- Bromalite home page
The second site endorsed by the obviously bogus Colon Review Board sells something called Bromalite (honestly, can't we just eat a big bowl of bran flakes?).
Apparently Bromalite can blast parasites out of human plumbing along with last month's leftover steak. The site amps up the colon crud fear factor with lines like, "the US alone contains widespread parasites across the nation." Bromalite's also earned a fair number of consumer complaint rants, here, here and here for starters. The site is of course blind-registered, to a proxy service in Arizona.
Not that you'd consider ordering this stuff, but at least we have to give Bromalite credit for disclosing the fine print on its free trial in a more transparent fashion than others we've seen -- click the link below and we'll show it to you.
"NOTE: Ordering this item enrolls you for a free 12 day trial of Bromalite. After the 12 day trial, You will begin a subscription for Bromalite at $69.95 a month, automatically billed to your credit card."
Can you figure out whether you've passed all your parasites in just 12 days? Tough to say. Given the list of contents Bromalite publishes on its home page, it looks like you could just load up on yogurt, papayas and blueberries and save $70. We love the Bromalite scare tactics at the bottom of the home page:
"Death begins in the colon. Don’t believe it? Ask any coroner. Autopsies often reveal colons that are plugged up to 80 percent with waste material. You could be plugging your colon with years of waste. Years of poison.
"Constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal complaints in the United States. More than 4 million Americans have frequent constipation, accounting for 2.5 million physician visits a year.
"The colon is a sewerage (sic) system, but by neglect and abuse it becomes a cesspool. When it’s clean and normal we are well and happy.
Let it stagnate it will (sic):
* Distill the poisons of decay, fermentation and putrefaction, into the blood, poisoning the brain and nervous system so that we become mentally depressed and irritable.
* Poison the heart so that we are weak and listless.
* Poison the lungs so that the breath is foul.
* Poison the digestive organs so that we are distressed and bloated"
About the only good thing we can say about this Web site is that it does clearly display its terms, both underneath the trial sign-up form, and in somewhat dense detail at the bottom of the page.