Null suit vs. supplement manufacturer claims Null's Ultimate Power Meal nearly killed him

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A controversial alternative health guru is suing after a taste of his own

medicine nearly killed him.

Null <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/+Null> - described on

quackwatch.org as " one of the nation's leading promoters of dubious

treatment for serious disease " - claims the manufacturer of Null's

Ultimate Power Meal overloaded the supplements with Vitamin D.

The buff " Joy of Juicing " author, whose products include Red Stuff Powder

and Null's Heavenly Hair Cleaner, claims he suffered kidney damage and

was left bloodied and in intense pain from two daily servings of the

supplement.

" Null continued to take the Ultimate Power Meal, all the while thinking that

it would help him, and relieve his condition; instead, it made him worse, "

the suit says.

The suit filed in Manhattan Supreme

Court<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Manhattan+Supreme+Court>accuses

Triarco

Industries <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Triarco+Industries+Inc.> of

causing Null's " near-death experience " by botching the testing and

manufacturing of the supplement.

Null, who also owns an eponymous food shop on the upper West Side, contends

he was hit last December with " excruciating fatigue " that left him unable to

walk and forced him to fly back to New

York<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+York>and cancel lectures,

counseling and filming.

" Null would later be told that if he had not flown back to New York and seen

his doctor, then he could have died within a short period of time, " the suit

says.

" Null then sequestered himself and fasted, only consuming massive amounts of

water as he was told there was no medical treatment to lower the amount of

Vitamin D in his system. "

The suit accuses Triarco of inadequate safety testing that led to six

consumers being hospitalized with severe kidney damage. A company

representative did not return calls.

" Null, in the midst of all this, while he was suffering in bed, had dozens

of his customers calling him, along with condemning and threatening him, "

the suit says. " In fact, they threatened that they would never buy any

product of his ever again. "

A lawyer for Null declined to comment, but did say the tainted supplies of

the Ultimate Power Meal have been pulled from store shelves.

The suit says Null, 65, is still suffering the effects of too much Vitamin

D.

" Even now, Null's condition is questionable as he continues to occasionally

urinate blood, " the suit says. " Unfortunately, there is no medical treatment

for this as it is a matter of waiting, watching and observing what develops

next. "

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