A. Scott Connelly was an American Doctor of Medicine Before having his license to practice medicine revoked in California. |
Medical career
Harvard says he was there only as a post-grad "special student" in the 1973-74 academic year. He got his Doctor of Medicine in anesthesia from Boston University School of Medicine in 1978, did a one-year Stanford fellowship in 1981 and was in private practice in anesthesiology in the Palo Alto area in the 1980s. Stanford says he was an unpaid "clinical instructor," meaning that he taught once a month in exchange for treating patients there. But the university said he was never part of the full-time faculty. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/09/15/NEWS6117.dtl>
Dr. Connelly then re-invented himself as a self proclaimed ‘nutritionist’ after losing his second medical-malpractice lawsuit and continued his deceptive and fraudulent practices.
Muscle Speed and Lies- David Lightsey
The Truth Behind MET-RX In 1995 the National Council Against Consumer Health Fraud contacted MET-Rx and requested data that supported the marketing claims for its products. The "MET-Rx Substantiation Report" was provided, dated October 1993, that associated the product with the well respected Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas. This prompted a cease and desist letter from the Cooper Clinic and medical director that was sent to Dr. A. Scott Connelly and MET-Rx. The letter stated, in part, "It's come to my attention that you are using the Cooper Clinic name without permission with misleading information and are otherwise engaging in unfair competition by featuring our name. If you continue to engage in unauthorized use of our name, consumers are likely to erroneously believe that MET-Rx is in some way approved, endorsed, licensed or otherwise associated with the Cooper Clinic. Such an erroneous impression will inevitably dilute the goodwill and value of our name, attributable to the Cooper Clinic and damage to our interests and reputation. In view of the foregoing, I request that you immediately cease and desist your unauthorized use of the Cooper Clinic name."
In February 1995, the Penn State Sports Medicine Newsletter (3;6) published a report entitled "Is It Real or Is It MET-Rx?" that concluded that "MET-Rx's ...claims of fat loss and increased muscle mass have not been proven by scientifically accepted methods.." In Dr. Melvin Williams' 1997 book, "The Ergogenics Edge: Pushing the Limits of Sports Performance," Dr. Williams asserts that "There appears to be no scientifc data specifically evaluating the effectiveness of MET-Rx. One study provided some indirect evidence indicating that MET-Rx is not an effective sports ergogenic." In the referenced study by Dr. Williams, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Recreation at Old Dominion University, one group of individuals received the protein supplement MET-Rx and another study group did not; there were no significant differences between the two groups or body compositon changes. [1]
Dr. Connelly claimed that whilst working with critically ill intensive care patients at Massachusetts General Hospital Connelly began researching products to help prevent their loss of muscle mass. It was while working as a Senior Fellow at Stanford University that he claimed to have created a protein powder he dubbed METAMYOSYN. METAMYOSYN contains whey protein, calcium caseinate, egg albumen, milk protein isolate and other protein sources, and is the base ingredient of MET-Rx. The truth is that he was a practicing doctor with an idea for a protein shake with a specific amino acid profile that he wanted to make. The blend that was developed by Philip Connolly would become the METAMYOSYN® blend of the original Met-Rx, and give him the amino acid profile that he wanted. That the Co-Packer and Phil Connolly came up with MET-Rx and METAMYOSYN, conclusively, Phil Connolly and Vitex Foods are the real 'formulators' and 'creators' of MET-Rx. No scientific data was EVER printed, please refer to the link below for factual support.Philip Connolly
Founded in 1990, MET-Rx pioneered a new category of bodybuilding supplements know as Meal Replacement Powders (MRP’s) a combination of protein, combined with carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and added amino acids. Years later in the midst of financial struggles Connelly sold 49% of MET-Rx to The Shansby Group for $10 million.
MET-Rx and Connelly faced numerous lawsuits in Orange County, California over the years - many of which involved fraud and breach of contract. In one such suit, "Scott Connelly, founder of the Met-Rx brand of muscle enhancing powders and foods, must pay nearly $1.5 million to a former business partner, Darren Meade of Laguna Niguel, an arbitrator has ruled. The ruling, part of a 1996 lawsuit filed by Meade against Connelly and Irvine-based Met-Rx USA Inc., says Connelly and the company committed fraud by not paying Meade profit sharing due to him in 1994." [4
References
- ^http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Shansby+Group+Completes+Sale+of+MET-Rx+Nutrition+Inc.+to+Rexall...-a058501594
External links
- [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/09/15/NEWS6117.dtl
- [http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/protein_guru_interview_1.htm
