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Who is Dr. Mercola and Why Do You Need to Know What He Says about Your Health?

September 7th, 2010 admin No comments

About Dr Mercola

I won’t recommend a lot of physicians and mailing lists to you.  I am extremely fussy about people giving medical advice.  In fact, there are probably only 4 online medical newsletters that I read, and I have read all of them for many years because they are consistently reputable and worthy of my attention. They don’t switch to every fad on the market and my life is better because I read them.  If you are interested in losing weight and being healthy, then you really need to subscribe to the free newsletter written by Dr. Mercola.

Subscribe to the Free Dr. Mercola Newsletter Here

Today I am going to introduce you to the first one written by Dr. Mercola. In March of this year on the Dr. Oz television show, Dr. Oz interviewed  Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Joseph Mercola.  That is a pretty big deal since Dr. Oz has a substantial reputation as a medical practitioner, but also an open-minded doctor who is willing to look at alternative medicine providers.

Dr. Mercola sells stuff on his website, and it is very good stuff, but you don’t have to buy anything to benefit from joining his free mailing list.  He send a daily email packed with helpful health related information, and often links to great video interviews with top practitioners in a variety of medical fields.  As an example, I once took a course through their site on “tapping”, a process of removing emotional blocks that could be affecting your health.  It was held online on 10 consecutive days and was totally FREE.  I used to tape it, download it to my ipod, and listen to the valuable interviews while I walked my puppy on the beach.  Really good stuff.

Another time, his newsletter talked about clinical trials, particularly for cholesterol drugs.  Did you know that drug manufacturers don’t have to publish results of studies if the studies have results that are not favorable to the drug? This isn’t baloney – I am also a teacher and I lecture on this very thing to college students – so I know it is true. Now you can also find out these facts.

Do I believe everything Dr. Mercola says – heck no!.  I don’t believe everything members of my family say, let alone some physician out of Chicago.  But I do use it as a basis to do my own research and find out whether these thing are true and whether I should change my own behaviors based on this information.

Do yourself a favor and sign up for his newsletter.  If you don’t like it or don’t read it, just unsubscribe at any time.

Subscribe to the Free Dr. Mercola Newsletter Here

Read it for one month – learn more about cholesterol, the role of vitamin D in your diet,  the importance of fish oil and the best source for getting it.  If you aren’t better informed after one month, just drop it.