Thursday 2 June 2011

Tony Mackenzie's Anti-Ageing Secret


This is a sad tale of a profoundly delusional man named Tony Mackenzie.



Tony is approaching the end of his life, but he thinks he's hit on a way to cheat death and he's willing to share the secret with you.

The price? £4,999.


Tony's advert (available here) explains all.

"I found out something interesting, valid and beneficial information through some years of study and I want to share that information. If you don't study the content and research behind the information you won't be able to judge it fairly..."

I've studied the "content and research behind the information" on your behalf, so let's cut to the important bit. Tony is selling an anti-ageing therapy that makes use of fragments of DNA called Telomeres.

"I for one will be taking part in my own protocl when it starts soon and will be taking the expensive and rare molecule that I am importing at a very high purity level and which is the mainstay of the protocol supported by the other cellular enhancing supplements that are also now at the cutting edge of the new anti-aging science being pursued by leading scientists...

If I can prove for myself that the telomerase activation theory is valid using the rare Asian molecule telomerase activator we have sourced - as many others in the USA and numerous scientific papers have already demonstrated - then the anti-aging benefit will be worth more to me than making lots of money or in trying to establish what some people seem to think is either a dangerous or crackpot theory...

The protocol will be available to clients worldwide who are willing to pay the fee and can get a medical practitioner to give consent for the client to take part in the "trial". (P.S. It's not a "free" trial!)..."

In other words, Tony expects you to fund his worthless clinical trial. ASA complaint follows; I've also notified Trading Standards and the MHRA.

"I'm writing to complain about an advert in the UK edition of Nexus magazine (Apr-May 2011, p18).

The advert, for Tony Mackenzie / The Mackenzie Protocol PLC, promotes an anti-aging product.

The product is an "expensive and rare molecule" which is "imported at a very high purity level". The product is offered by means of a [clinical] "trial". Participants must pay a fee of £4,999 to take part in the "trial".

1. "The protocol will be available to clients worldwide who are willing to pay the fee and can get a medical practitioner to give consent for the client to take part in the "trial". (P.S. It's not a "free" trial!)"

I'd like to challenge whether the use of the word "trial" in the context of the advert is misleading, since I suspect that few scientific journals would consider publishing clinical research funded by the participants themselves.

2. "Some of my [product] has already 'in my opinion' helped me to manage my diabetes type 2 when I first discovered transdermal magnesium therapy and resveratrol before most people had even heard of this amazing product."

Despite the "in my opinion" disclaimer, I'd like to challenge whether this claim of a treatment for a named serious disease is misleading, and whether it could discourage essential treatment.

3. "If I can prove for myself that the telomerase activation theory is valid using the rare Asian molecule telomerase activator we have sourced - as many others in the USA and numerous scientific papers have already demonstrated - then the anti-aging benefit will be worth more to me that making lots of money or in trying to establish what some people seem to think is either a dangerous or crackpot theory. (As I said, it's not my theory, I'm just the messenger.)"

I'd like to challenge whether the advertiser can substantiate his claim that the "anti-aging benefit" of the product has been "demonstrated" by "numerous scientific papers".

4. "I find it very frustrating that people don't believe that their doctors - working on information and methods that are decades old - could possibly be unaware of valuable information regarding major illnesses and diseases that are now at epidemic proportions in the western world. The methods being used to try to overcome many of these diseases (usually unsuccessfully in the long term) are still mainly outdated and are based on a slash and burn mentality..."

I'd like to challenge whether the advertiser's claim of a widespread medical conspiracy to ignore "valuable information regarding major illnesses and diseases that are now at epidemic proportions in the western world" in favour of "information and methods that are decades old" is misleading.

I can confirm that I have no connections with the advertiser or with the alternative medicine industry in general."

6 comments:

  1. You've got the price totally wrong as well as the details. This article is defamatory, factually incorrect, misreported and shows the ignorance of the writer.

    anti aging and telomerase activation is now a scientifically backed protocol.

    Tony Mackenzie
    www.hta98.com

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  2. Hi Tony,

    Can you tell me which part of the article is "factually incorrect" and "misreported", so I can make immediate corrections?

    Can you tell me where I can read rigorous clinical evidence, published in reputable scientific journals, demonstrating that "anti aging and telomerase activation is now a scientifically backed protocol"?

    The quoted price was taken from your website when the article was written in June 2011. Why do you think I've got the figure wrong?

    Oh, by the way, is your Cycloastragenol product a licensed medicine? You know it's an offence to supply unlicensed medicines to the public - right?

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  3. I am writing this reply as a last ditch attempt to correct your ignorance although I can't help wonder if you have some alliance with the pharmaceutical industry.

    If you want to understand the truth about the pharmaceutical companies then I would suggest that you search the net for information on Dr Rath and the Rath Foundation and his writings linked to from my website at www.mackenzieprotocol.com as well as read a recent book just launched by Dr Drucker called Ther Code of Life.

    After this I will be contacting our company lawyers regarding action against you for libel even if only based on the inference from your blog header that we are included in what you refer to as quacks, charlatans, frauds and pseudoscientists.

    1. The price of £4,999 was an original future optional plan that was never instigated but we were offering advance bookings at a guaranteed held price of £2,999 for a full 12 month protocol which was to have included a host of other services. doctor's support and proven supplements. The most expensive part of the options would have been the referrals for a years supply of laboratory blood tests for cutting edge DNA analysis of a type and method not yet generally available. This top price option which was offered on the website at the time of your very superficial review has not been put into practice but our high purity cycloastragenol product is available at a competitive price compared with the original USA availabilty that was originally charging tens of thousands of pounds for their own branded version. The USA protocol which was offered back in 2005 was, in fact, funded by the first clients high fee and our intention was to be the first in Europe to offer the product at a more affordable price. Most of our clients buying the cycloastragenol on it's own at the current low price we are charging have, unlike you, properly studied the material on the website that points to the numerous independent sources of information.

    2. Our 98% cycloastragenol is available from under £100 per bottle. It takes tons of Astragalus to produce any significant quantity of 98% cycloastragenol.

    3. If you study the material properly you will get a proper picture of what is involved with this subject and how what I have been researching is neither dishonest, delusional or psuedoscience and based on an underlying altruism based on cutting edge research and the wish to spread this news.

    4. Your absurd and ignorant referral to unlicensed medicines takes no account of the fact that cycloastragenol is an unpatentable natural herb and we are making it available only for trials and not for general public consumption due to the outrageous new worldwide legislative changes being made under Codex Alimentarius which I doubt whether you would understand but nevertheless this threatens the publiuc freedom to natural products that have been succesfully used for thousands of years.

    I am sorry that you are such a misguided and apparently bitter person who is obviously unaware of the new scientific paradigms that are unfolding. You need to study more!

    You just need to put in some effort to educate yourself.

    However, any personal defamation of this nature is uncalled for and will be met with the best legal representation that I can afford.

    Tony Mackenzie
    tony@globaltrade-eu.com
    Tony Mackenzie F.Inst.SMM
    Independent Anti Aging Researcher

    "300 club" funding member of
    The Methuselah Foundation

    International member of
    The National Health Federation (USA)

    Rath Foundation Advanced Course
    certificate - cellular medicine

    Advantage Impex Co Uk Ltd

    www.hta98.com
    www.21stcenturyalternatives.com
    www.mackenzieprotocol.com
    www.cycloastragenol.ibc.hk
    www.resveratrol.globaltrade-eu.com
    www.globaltrade-eu.com/magnesium
    www.improvelifespan.com

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  4. I am writing this reply as a last ditch attempt to correct your ignorance although I can't help wonder if you have some alliance with the pharmaceutical industry.

    If you want to understand the truth about the pharmaceutical companies then I would suggest that you search the net for information on Dr Rath and the Rath Foundation and his writings linked to from my website at www.mackenzieprotocol.com as well as read a recent book just launched by Dr Drucker called Ther Code of Life.

    After this I will be contacting our company lawyers regarding action against you for libel even if only based on the inference from your blog header that we are included in what you refer to as quacks, charlatans, frauds and pseudoscientists.

    1. The price of £4,999 was an original future optional plan that was never instigated but we were offering advance bookings at a guaranteed held price of £2,999 for a full 12 month protocol which was to have included a host of other services. doctor's support and proven supplements. The most expensive part of the options would have been the referrals for a years supply of laboratory blood tests for cutting edge DNA analysis of a type and method not yet generally available. This top price option which was offered on the website at the time of your very superficial review has not been put into practice but our high purity cycloastragenol product is available at a competitive price compared with the original USA availabilty that was originally charging tens of thousands of pounds for their own branded version. The USA protocol which was offered back in 2005 was, in fact, funded by the first clients high fee and our intention was to be the first in Europe to offer the product at a more affordable price. Most of our clients buying the cycloastragenol on it's own at the current low price we are charging have, unlike you, properly studied the material on the website that points to the numerous independent sources of information.

    2. Our 98% cycloastragenol is available from under £100 per bottle. It takes tons of Astragalus to produce any significant quantity of 98% cycloastragenol.

    3. If you study the material properly you will get a proper picture of what is involved with this subject and how what I have been researching is neither dishonest, delusional or psuedoscience and based on an underlying altruism based on cutting edge research and the wish to spread this news.

    4. Your absurd and ignorant referral to unlicensed medicines takes no account of the fact that cycloastragenol is an unpatentable natural herb and we are making it available only for trials and not for general public consumption due to the outrageous new worldwide legislative changes being made under Codex Alimentarius which I doubt whether you would understand but nevertheless this threatens the publiuc freedom to natural products that have been succesfully used for thousands of years.

    I am sorry that you are such a misguided and apparently bitter person who is obviously unaware of the new scientific paradigms that are unfolding. You need to study more!

    You just need to put in some effort to educate yourself.

    However, any personal defamation of this nature is uncalled for and will be met with the best legal representation that I can afford.

    Tony Mackenzie
    tony@globaltrade-eu.com
    Tony Mackenzie F.Inst.SMM
    Independent Anti Aging Researcher

    "300 club" funding member of
    The Methuselah Foundation

    International member of
    The National Health Federation (USA)

    Rath Foundation Advanced Course
    certificate - cellular medicine

    Advantage Impex Co Uk Ltd

    www.hta98.com
    www.21stcenturyalternatives.com
    www.mackenzieprotocol.com
    www.cycloastragenol.ibc.hk
    www.resveratrol.globaltrade-eu.com
    www.globaltrade-eu.com/magnesium
    www.improvelifespan.com

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  5. Hi Tony,

    I repeat. Precisely which part of my article do you think is defamatory?

    I repeat. Where I can read rigorous clinical evidence, published in reputable scientific journals, demonstrating that "anti aging and telomerase activation is now a scientifically backed protocol"?

    I repeat. Is your cycloastragenol product a licenced medicine, or not?

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  6. "this threatens the publiuc freedom to natural products that have been succesfully used for thousands of years."

    Are you implying that your cycloastragenol product has been used for thousands of years?

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