Dr Mercola

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As his name has come up lately and the advice he gives at his website, I thought this may be relevant to the list.

Dr. ph Mercola gets FDA warning letter.

The FDA has ordered ph Mercola, D.O., of Schaumburg, Illinois, to stop making illegal therapeutic claims for products sold through his Web site.

http://www.casewatch.org/fdawarning/prod/2005/mercola.shtml

The warning letter states:

**Living Fuel Rx, which he claims offers an "exceptional countermeasure" against cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, etc.

**Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil, which he says will reduce the risk of heart disease and has beneficial effects against Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and many infectious agents

**Chlorella, which he says can fight cancer and normalize blood pressure.

Mercola.com, for which Google retrieves more than 45,000 pages, is one of the Internet's largest and busiest health information sites. Mercola states that his site has 6 million page views a month and that his twice-a-week electronic newsletter has over 300,000 subscribers. Many of his articles make unsubstantiated claims and clash with those of leading medical and public health organizations. For example, he opposes immunization and fluoridation, claims that amalgam fillings are toxic, and makes many unsubstantiated recommendations for dietary supplements. Much of his support comes from chiropractors who promote his newsletter from their Web sites.