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    Quack: How To Recognize Quackery or Scam?

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    The document discusses health quackery and how to recognize it. Health quackery involves the promotion or sale of health products and services that have not been proven safe. Some signs of health quackery include claims of cures for many conditions with secret or ancient formulas, promises of quick painless cures without side effects, and testimonials not found in medical literature. Products may require advance payments or offer limited free trials to encourage purchases. Be wary of miracle cure claims and guarantees that seem too good to be true. Medical quackery and nutritional quackery are types of health quackery. The document encourages being smart, aware and careful when evaluating health products and services.

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    The document discusses health quackery and how to recognize it. Health quackery involves the promotion or sale of health products and services that have not been proven safe. Some signs of health quackery include claims of cures for many conditions with secret or ancient formulas, promises of quick painless cures without side effects, and testimonials not found in medical literature. Products may require advance payments or offer limited free trials to encourage purchases. Be wary of miracle cure claims and guarantees that seem too good to be true. Medical quackery and nutritional quackery are types of health quackery. The document encourages being smart, aware and careful when evaluating health products and services.

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    The document discusses health quackery and how to recognize it. Health quackery involves the promotion or sale of health products and services that have not been proven safe. Some signs of health quackery include claims of cures for many conditions with secret or ancient formulas, promises of quick painless cures without side effects, and testimonials not found in medical literature. Products may require advance payments or offer limited free trials to encourage purchases. Be wary of miracle cure claims and guarantees that seem too good to be true. Medical quackery and nutritional quackery are types of health quackery. The document encourages being smart, aware and careful when evaluating health products and services.

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    Quack: How To Recognize Quackery or Scam?

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    Leonard Joseph Ruiz
    The document discusses health quackery and how to recognize it. Health quackery involves the promotion or sale of health products and services that have not been proven safe. Some signs of health quackery include claims of cures for many conditions with secret or ancient formulas, promises of quick painless cures without side effects, and testimonials not found in medical literature. Products may require advance payments or offer limited free trials to encourage purchases. Be wary of miracle cure claims and guarantees that seem too good to be true. Medical quackery and nutritional quackery are types of health quackery. The document encourages being smart, aware and careful when evaluating health products and services.

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    Health Quackery

    Health Quackery
    QUACK

    Health Quackery
    How to recognize
    QUACKERY QUACKERY OR
    SCAM?
    A form of health fraud in the promotion or sale of
    health products and services that haven’t been
    scientifically proven safe

    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    1. Products claim to provide relief or 2. Special, ancient, “secret” formulas.


    cures for numerous health conditions

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    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    3. False promises like quick and easy 4. Promises of painless cures


    weight loss without indication of diet and “NO SIDE EFFECT” PROPAGANDA
    exercise

    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    5. Products which promises cure to non 6. Miracle or breakthrough testimonials


    curable diseases or ailments. that haven’t been recorded by medical
    literatures.

    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    7. Products that require “advance 8. “SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH”,


    payments” , offer free trials or bonuses “MIRACLE CURE”, and other clinically
    with every product purchases or “the sounding terms.
    limited availability” advertisement.

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    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    9. “Money back” guarantees if success


    isn’t achieved. They are
    Too Good to be true
    Be SMART, Be AWARE, Be CAREFUL

    Health Quackery

    Types of Quackery Medical


    Quackery

    Health Quackery Health Quackery

    Nutritional Device
    Quackery Quackery

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    Group Work
    SPOT THE FAKE AD!
    in an A4 size bond paper paste pictures of real
    products vs. fake products.
    Make a side by side comparison between the
    two products and tips on how to spot which is
    real from fake.

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