Complaint Counsel's Post Trial Brief - Federal Trade Commission

337. A licensed natuopathic doctor's responsibilties are "to diagnose and to treat disease and
to promote health, which is honestly the focus of our practice, to really strengten our
body's ability to heal itself." (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 17)).
338. The core of LaMont's practice is "(w)orking with diet and nutrtion (and) nutrtional
supplements." (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 20)).
339. LaMont also uses botancal medicine. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 20)).
340. LaMont works with mid-body therapies and regularly suggests meditation, qigong,
yoga, and other biofeedback-tye of
therapies that would strengten the person's
connection between their mid and their immune system. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 20)).
341. LaMont does acupunctue on most patients. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 20)).
342. Nutrtional supplements come from food and are an extension of food. (R22 (LaMont,
Dep. at 20)).
343. Botancal medicine "comes from the plant world, and so there are phytochemcals in
plants and then there's the whole plant." (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 20-21)).
344. Almost all the patients who come to LaMont who have been diagnosed with cancer come
to her with that diagnosis and are looking for supportve care. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at
23)).
345. LaMont ths that the amount of dosage is important to the individual takg it and their
health regien. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 28)).
346. For someone who is in the "throes of chemotherapy," LaMont would have them not to
use many of their nutrtional supplements the week that they are on chemotherapy. (R22
(LaMont, Dep. at 31)).
347. The reason why LaMont would advise someone not to use nutrtional supplements durg
chemotherapy is because ''we don't fully understand yet all of
the different ways in
which this and other natual therapies may interact with chemotherapy." (R22 (LaMont,
Dep. at 31)).
348. LaMont only became famliar with DCO at the end of
Dep. at 22-23); LaMont, Tr. 577).
December 2008. (R22 (LaMont,
349. Prior to LaMont's work on ths case, she had never come across Bio*Shark, 7 Herb
Formula, GDU, and BioMixx. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 34); LaMont, Tr. 578).
350. LaMont looked at the labels for the DCO Products and did a literatue search on the main
constituents of each of the products. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 34)).
351. LaMont acknowledged that since they have not been tested, we do not know the
effectiveness ofGDU, BioMixx, Bio*Shark, and 7 Herb Formula in the prevention,
treatment or cure of cancer. (R22 (LaMont, Dep. at 47-48); LaMont, Tr. 579-82).
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