re Mercola

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> Mercola is a very poor source for information.  He takes other peoples

> work, rewrites it as his own medical opinion & then uses their work

> as a

> reference for 'his' work.   Even still, does he some times get it

> right?

> Probably.  However, he gets it wrong a lot.  Take his position on Vit

> D.  I agreed with his information about Vitamin D.  However, I

> actually

> checked out one of his reference & found that the reference had

> written

> a disclaimer about the Mercola website because he rewrote it wrong.

> Lets look at his Splenda rant. As a reference, he uses some website

> billed as something official.  When I examine this website reference,

> I

> find that it is run by Mark Goldblum (or some similar last name). The

> owner of that site is burried, but can be found if you click enough.

> The site owner looks like a kid, and purports NO medical background.

> And guess what, the MG website uses Mercola as HIS reference.  What

> kind of responsible science is that?  I challenge you to find support

> for his claims in medical studies.  Unfortunately, you will have to

> look

> on your own, because Mercola does not provide any PMID numbers. 

> Moving

> on to the insulin & Rosedale's position paper.  Another rewrite by

> Mercola.  If you will read Rosedales paper, you will find much better

> information that in the Mercola rewrite. 

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> I won't go to Mercola's web site again.  He's making money by those

> hits

> of people that believe his rants.  He garners no respect by the

> scientific community.   He may get it right some times.  In the end, I

> have found that his site is a poor substitue for reliable

> information, &

> is a simple marketing ploy  (ranting) to get visitors to his site. 

>

I know him personally and can tell you that he makes no money to speak

of. He is genuine and well intentioned, and reads a ton of science.

Yeah he is wrong about some things, but most people are, except for me.

As for studies, I click on them and get carried straight to the

abstract, so I think he is great with his proofs.

Hans