Joseph M. Mercola

Joseph M. Mercola (born 1954) is a web entrepreneur and alternative medicine guru who markets a variety of controversial dietary supplements and medical devices as part of his diet- and lifestyle-based approach to health. Mercola, an osteopathic physician, also operates the "Dr. Mercola Natural Health Center" (formerly the "Optimal Wellness Center") in Schaumburg, Illinois. He wrote the best-selling books The No-Grain Diet (with Alison Rose Levy) and The Great Bird Flu Hoax. Mercola criticizes many aspects of standard medical practice, such as vaccination and the use of prescription drugs and surgery to treat diseases. He is a member of the politically conservative Association of American Physicians and Surgeons as well as several alternative medicine organizations. The medical watchdog site Quackwatch has criticized Mercola for making "unsubstantiated claims and clash with those of leading medical and public health organizations [and making] many unsubstantiated recommendations for dietary supplements." wiki

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