Mercola

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I am in agreement with you about Mercola's needing to pay his bills. I just

don't care for the misleading way he goes about it.

Judith Alta

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From: Fern [mailto:readnwrite@...]

Actually, I have very little time to hunt through Mercola's site or

anyone's for that matter. I'm just sympathetic to his need to pay for

what must be now an astronomical cost with all the bandwidth his site

must sustain. I'm thankful for the info he provides, and have learned

which of his little blurbs are advertisements and which aren't. If he

didn't provide it, I'd have to spend a lot more time trying to track

down the info that he's so graciously gathered and put together on his

site and in his newsletter for the rest of us.

I just hate to see someone who has given so much so freely to so many

people be made a villain because he wants to sell a few things to pay

for his costs. I can't imagine what people would say if he'd simply

ask for a donation in return for what they're getting. At least this

way people get something in return for their money, in addition to all

he's already given them.

Anyway, I don't have time for this either; just wanted to stand up for

someone who is giving so much of himself, his time, and his money for

the good of others.

~ Fern

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> ah!

> how do you get the old one?

Katja,

When you go to www.mercola.com, there is a little box on the left

where you can subscribe to his newsletter. Under the gray subscribe

button is a link to his archives.

Ghislaine

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<<You give half of the example. What did the paragraph in his newsletter say

that got you there?>>

That was the very quote from the newsletter.

I paraphrased the link you were speaking of underneath. It led to a substantial

article with links to various articles on metabolic typing, only one of which

was for his book. If it went only to a link to his book, you might have a case,

but it didn't.

As said it's relatively easy to tell by the description of the link where

Mercola is plugging/selling something, even when he doesn't say it explicitly,

once you get accustomed to it. I suppose it would be better if he was a little

clearer in his descriptions, but I've hardly seen a case made for any actual

dishonesty.

Chris

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I don' t think he's dishonest. If I did I'd not be getting his newsletter.

Judith Alta

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From: ChrisMasterjohn@... [mailto:ChrisMasterjohn@...]

<<You give half of the example. What did the paragraph in his newsletter say

that got you there?>>

That was the very quote from the newsletter.

I paraphrased the link you were speaking of underneath. It led to a

substantial article with links to various articles on metabolic typing, only

one of which was for his book. If it went only to a link to his book, you

might have a case, but it didn't.

As said it's relatively easy to tell by the description of the link

where Mercola is plugging/selling something, even when he doesn't say it

explicitly, once you get accustomed to it. I suppose it would be better if

he was a little clearer in his descriptions, but I've hardly seen a case

made for any actual dishonesty.

Chris

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Fern-

Nobody's objecting to him wanting to sell stuff. We're just a bit annoyed

by the way he makes some of his sales pitches sound like free information

nowadays. Some of his ads are obviously ads, and that's fine, but the rest

of the ads ought to be obvious too.

>I just hate to see someone who has given so much so freely to so many

>people be made a villain because he wants to sell a few things to pay

>for his costs.

-

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,

Once you buy one book from Rodale you get Prevention and Rodale stuff in the

mail often with the same vague, lead you into's to buy another book,

magazine. Books are $30 average. 6 months later you can't $5 reselling them

on the net. Think its because what doesn't sell in a short period goes off

to wholesale booksellers at low cost to move. Mercola suggested another

newsletter while back that had catchy headlines and almost always dead ends

to, to find out more, buy this only source for the secret cure or how to

make lots of money even. Got rid of that.

> That's hardly a fair example of what Judith is, I believe, talking

> about. I think this is more representative.

>

> >><http://www.mercola.com/2004/jan/28/beat_obesity.htm>How to Beat

> >>Obesity--And Still Enjoy Your Food! - If you're struggling with cravings

> >>and an intense desire to eat unhealthy foods it's likely because you

> >>aren't giving your body the proper nutrients. Find out how to determine

> >>what ratio of nutrients your body needs to reach an ideal weight and

> >>naturally shift your desires for unhealthy food into cravings for

> >>nutritious food.

>

> Once you're accustomed to Mercola-speak, of course, you can generally

> recognize the vagueness and generality that indicates a pitch, but just

> looking at that description makes it seem like the link will lead you to

> some hard information instead of a short page leading up to this.

Wanita

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> I do not put out good money for a book unless I have at least some idea as

> to whether or not the contents will be useful to me. Mercola's vague hints

> as to what his eating plan is all about and his " bait and switch " tactics

in

> his newsletter do absolutely nothing to make me want to buy his book.

This is quite unjustified, I think. If you click on the link for his

Complete Nutrition Plan and work though those pages you'll see what his plan

is all about.

http://www.mercola.com/nutritionplan/

His newest book is mostly a cookbook with a quick run down of his program.

But I learned all I needed to know about his program from the web site.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in harmony with nature in northwest Ohio

http://home.woh.rr.com/billkrisjohnson/

On the Fallacy of our Cheap Food policies:

http://home.woh.rr.com/billkrisjohnson/Kris/Justice.htm