Here’s a big surprise…<\/p>\n
A class action suit has been filed<\/a>\u00a0against Daniel Mowrey, Mitchell Friedlander and the merry band over at Dynakor Pharmacal, Basic Research, or whatever the heck they happen to be calling themselves these days.<\/p>\n Lawsuits and controversy\u00a0are pretty much all in a day’s work for these guys. For example, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) took action against Mowrey et al\u00a0in 2004<\/a>. That’s when they operated under the moniker of “Klein Becker” and were flogging such weight loss gems as Pedialean, Anorex, Leptoprin, Dermalin, and Cutting Gel. \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In this case, it’s their Ak\u00e4var 20\/50 weight loss product that is causing all the trouble.<\/p>\n Apparently, the claim — “eat all you want and still lose weight” —\u00a0doesn’t have any basis in fact (incidentally Ak\u00e4var 20\/50 contains the exact <\/strong><\/em>same ingredient profile as Estrin-D. Estrin-D is the subject of an unrelated class action filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Defendants Gay, Mowrey, Friedlander, Basic Research, Western Holdings, and others).\u00a0<\/p>\n The suit alleges that…<\/p>\n Phew! There’s a lot there, eh?<\/p>\n Here’s what we know for sure…<\/p>\n Mr Mowrey and his associates have been in trouble with the FTC before for making false and unsubstantiated claims. Mowrey has been caught misrepresenting himself as a medical doctor\u00a0on previous occasions as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ak\u00e4var 20\/50 is not some new miraculous European weight loss breakthrough, but a re-branded version of Estrin-D. There have been\u00a0no clinical studies performed on Ak\u00e4var, and certainly\u00a0there’s no\u00a0evidence that validates the claim that you can “eat all you want and still lose weight.”<\/p>\n\n