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BarbaraL
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raw foodist
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USA
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11 year Chihuahua Angelena; 18 year cat Frankie
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Spiritual but not religious
BarbaraL
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Dr. Campbell: Is Mercola Selling Snake Oil?
I often read Mercola because it makes me think about where I can improve my lifestyle (not buy products); I think he may have started out with good intentions and then turned into a marketing maven instead of a compassionate healer. He taps into our uncertainty and fear and then we want to buy a product to quick-fix the problem he has pointed out that may be killing us.
From the very first newsletter, I had this feeling of green slime about his aura, which I know is a horrible thing to say; whereas I had the feeling of sparkling purity about Dr. Campbell because he is not promoting anything except what he believes as the Truth, so there is no hidden agenda and I don't feel manipulated, just cared about.
I think Dr. Mercola is not only threatened financially, but also his image and identity are being questioned in the face of the simple truth that we can use to simplify health issues, eat vegan, eat as much raw as possible and thereby detox. As an on again off again rv for 30 years, I was very uncertain and people like Dr. M feed that uncertainty by taking down Dr. Campbell. I am loving Natural News instead, they still sell products but their motives ring true. When in doubt I pay attention to vibration and Dr. Colin's vibration rings very pure and very true. Seek out the very best life by finding the good in everything, and leave the rest by the wayside. Dr. M has some useful messages and good you tube picks, but for the most part he feels like an oily salesman. Under it all is fear. Namaste and Aloha!
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Dr. Campbell: Is Mercola Selling Snake Oil?
Any casual visitor to Dr. Mercola's website (as I was) will be astounded by the sheer array and amount of merchandise he is selling. How does he even expect anyone to take him seriously as a doctor?
Dr. Campbell: Is Mercola Selling Snake Oil?
Joe Mercola qualified as an osteopath. How he thinks that qualifies him to pontificate upon such wide range of subjects is beyond me. And he's not that well informed.
A short time ago, he said that the word salary derives from the Latin salarium - so far so good - but then went on to say that salarium derived from the fact that Roman soldiers were paid in salt.
That was so nonsensical that I politely pointed out that the word derived from the fact that Roman soldiers were paid money - their salarium - with which to buy salt. Source - the Oxford Dictionary of English (and anybody with more than a passing acquaintance with Roman history).
It does rather pose a question, though - if he's so ill-informed on something so widely known (or so easily verified), how up to speed is he on the really important stuff?
Dr. Campbell: Is Mercola Selling Snake Oil?
I hope Dr. Campbell knows he has supporters too. He can definitely count me as one of them. Here is a man who is trying to get people to eat their fruits and vegetables and stop eating junk food and crappy processed meat. We should all be grateful that someone even cares. The fact that many of his critics haven't even read his book to find their answers there first before blasting him with criticisms? That is very depressing, unfortunate, and a waste of everyone's time.
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Dr. Campbell: Is Mercola Selling Snake Oil?
I cannot believe this is true neither. Fun though to see how tough the discussion has got (: to be ostheopath or not to be (:
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http://en.optimeez.com
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I often read Mercola because it makes me think about where I can improve my lifestyle (not buy products); I think he may have started out with good intentions and then turned into a marketing maven instead of a compassionate healer. He taps into our uncertainty and fear and then we want to buy a product to quick-fix the problem he has pointed out that may be killing us.
From the very first newsletter, I had this feeling of green slime about his aura, which I know is a horrible thing to say; whereas I had the feeling of sparkling purity about Dr. Campbell because he is not promoting anything except what he believes as the Truth, so there is no hidden agenda and I don't feel manipulated, just cared about.
I think Dr. Mercola is not only threatened financially, but also his image and identity are being questioned in the face of the simple truth that we can use to simplify health issues, eat vegan, eat as much raw as possible and thereby detox. As an on again off again rv for 30 years, I was very uncertain and people like Dr. M feed that uncertainty by taking down Dr. Campbell. I am loving Natural News instead, they still sell products but their motives ring true. When in doubt I pay attention to vibration and Dr. Colin's vibration rings very pure and very true. Seek out the very best life by finding the good in everything, and leave the rest by the wayside. Dr. M has some useful messages and good you tube picks, but for the most part he feels like an oily salesman. Under it all is fear. Namaste and Aloha!