kat8585 Posted May 3, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,360 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 7,866 Content Per Day: 1.24 Reputation: 26 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1946 Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) The text is good, the video is long but it will scare you to death. Both are very informative. ***URL Removed** Edited May 3, 2008 by Ovedya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted May 3, 2008 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.22 Reputation: 11,242 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 3, 2008 Just so you know, mercola sells a form of snake oil medicine. It sells one of those pricey herbal "cure alls". They have many false claims on their site about the benefits of their medicine. Given that, I have serious questions about the claims they are making in their other articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan Posted May 3, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 9 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 422 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 319 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/13/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted May 3, 2008 No, Dr. Mercola doesn't sell snake oil. I've been reading his articles for several years now and have never seen any sort of herbal 'cure all'. In fact, when I asked my co-workers (many who have PhDs in biochemistry and genetics) what they though of some of the articles, they generally agreed with his conclusions. After reading hundreds of his articles, I find that 95% of them to be quite informative. He generally starts with articles from other articles, comments on their conclusions, then gives references and places to read more. This is hardly what I would call 'snake oil'. Perhaps you're referring to the 5% of the articles he writes about various supplements, juicers, and other health practices. He reviewed juicers quite nicely and spoke highly of the nutritional value of fresh juices, then gave a link to what he thought was the best model to buy. He didn't sell the juicer, but he probably got a small referral fee from the link. I don't have a problem with this, personally. There are a few supplements he recommends that I don't think are worth their cost. Since the percentage of articles with good research and information is easily over 95%, I don't have a problem screening a few articles that sell something. I'm not related to his practice or get anything for writing this. I simply dislike seeing slander against what I find to be a good medical web site. There aren't many sites like Mercola where the opinion is backed up with facts and verifiable resources. Just so you know, mercola sells a form of snake oil medicine. It sells one of those pricey herbal "cure alls". They have many false claims on their site about the benefits of their medicine. Given that, I have serious questions about the claims they are making in their other articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted May 3, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The original link is to a retail marketing website. As such it is considered spam (Regardless of whether the products work or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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