good thread regarding the Evil Dr Mercola

Whether it comes from the British Journal of Medicine or Dr.Mercola himself, an article is as trustworthy as the sources it can provide. Just like with wikipedia, I always scroll down to the bottom and see if verifiable, non-conflict of interest sources are provided. It's a tricky endeavor trying to filter out "right" from "wrong", since most establishments -CDC/FDA included - have products to sell. Make no mistake here because the FDA is the other side of the same coin. From antibacterials to flu-shots, the efficacy of what they promote is often called into question in scientific publications and meta-analysis of trials.

From time to time, I visit Dr.Mercola's site just to see who he's interviewing. Beatrice Golomb, Don Huber, Chris Masterjohn are all geniuses in the field of medical science and nutrition and most people could learn a lot from them.

Just because he is an evil sheister who's only goal is to sell supplements, etc. (some by making unsubstantiated claims) and retain his millionaire status at the expense of others doen't mean he doesn't know anything. Some things he knows, some things he's only guessing, some things he doesn't know, and some things he deliberately misleads for his own profit. Nobody is right about everything and nobody is wrong about everything. What gets me is when people look up to him as a God who knows it all and does no wrong.

I always thought that Dr. Mercola's website has good information about health and nutrition. I just had a problem with hawking of what I thought were his overpriced products and supplements. And I don't like that his information is not completely freely available; that you must sign into his website to read it.

He may be a mercenary but you have to give him credit for supporting California's Prop 37: Consumers Right to GMO Labeling. Health advocates were being outspend by over 8 to 1 by large corporate interests. Without Mercola it would be much worse since he contributed over 25 percent of the money in support of the labeling initiative.

Big money interests who are against labeling include the usual suspects such as Monsanto but also corporations you would least suspect such as "health food" companies like Kashi, Silk, and Horizon Organic.

At least Mercola put his money where his mouth is.