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Uses all kinds of cheap marketing and scare tactics? Sure. I just see his blog as a health news digest. He learns about recent discoveries about Health and Fit
by jgalvez 16y ago
Uses all kinds of cheap marketing and scare tactics? Sure.
I just see his blog as a health news digest. He learns about recent discoveries about Health and Fitness, researches them in detail, comes up with a way to make money off them (and he's right to do so), and writes articles. Some articles are good, some are ignorable. In any case, valuable presence on my subscriptions list.
Got any suggestions for an alternative Health News source that is as prolific as Dr. Mercola?
- carbocation 16y agoThe wikipedia article does a good job of summarizing why he is an unreliable source for health and nutritional advice. Having nutritional research filtered through him is not something I would find acceptable, and it's unnecessary. If you have access via, say, a university or workplace, I would recommend bookmarking and reading nutrition journals on a weekly basis. Even if not, the free abstracts/summaries will at least be less biased and often equally informative. Also, many journals now offer free podcasts, some of which are very good. Nutrition is not my main area of interest per se, but for other medical topics these are invaluable and I suspect the same is true for nutrition.