Well, I pretty much feel the same way about Mercola, or any number of people/things.

That's where you have to separate or sift through...

Some things will always be 'old news' to some people; while new to others. This was a lesson I had to learn when I moved across country, and felt like I stepped into a time warp that was thirty years behind!
Eventually, I just had to see things a little differently and try and seek out people who were 'like minded' even if that means Discussion Boards like CureZone! LOL

As for the marketing..ad nauseum..you and I both agree that that is a turnoff for people like us. But there is a whole world of people out there who won't listen to the video, will skim the newsletter (at best), and say "Ok..ok..get to the point and give me what I'm supposed to take to make it better or go away". And this is how people like Dr. Mercola can sleep at night because he knows that at least these kinds of people may be better off at least taking or trying something than doing nothing at all; while others still might be encouraged to dig deeper. I guess you can't blame somebody for throwing out a large net and just hoping to catch as many as you can regardless of how they benefit.
Still, it seems that when they profit by it, there is the element of greed - which we see so much of.
I think Mike Adams - the Health Ranger - put it well once when accused of the very same thing. He said would you rather have the kind of corporate greed that just stays within its confines and never intending to do any good? Or would you hope that someone who has the greater good for all, and envisions ways to make a better world also be able to have the funds to put those plans into actions?
And so, I have seen where Dr. Mercola, Mike Adams and Jordan Rubin have used good business models that make a good profit, while directing the funds towards a noble purpose..

I'm on the fence with Mercola. Agree with a lot but he seems to be all about selling overpriced products.

If the USSR did ban microwaves, then it was for a short time. The internet is riddled with meme-sites that re-peat the same message. Russia banned microwaves (forever), so should you! Reality is quite different, but myths become legends and legends become truth for many as they give up searching out the source of the original myths.

Can't stand Mercola with the heavy ads. I'm on the don't go there fence. I can see the temptation to build a quality marketing site that receives many visitors, it would be weird if there were no ads. More visitors means eventually someone will buy something and Mercola gets paid. An informational site that doesn't sell anything is usually propaganda, or someone's hobby. Mercola needs to learn to tone down the ads, not increase them and push his wares.

The book 1984 was a vision of a police state and perpetual war at the beginning of a feasible technological surveillance of all people. Nowadays, surveillance is moreso hidden and less obvious, but, nonetheless, 1984 is here. All credit/debit transactions are transparent, what you buy is monitored. Communications of any kind are monitored. As long as you're not triggering the system, you'll never know it exists unless you work is a portion of it and figure it out. It's not all bad like in the book, but it could easily head in that direction - especially with the fiat currency crisis.

When you think about it, people want an easy route - someone else to do the work for them instead of reading research papers that bore many to death. Mercola provides that easy route and offers an easy route to buy sponsored products. Common sense tells me that I should not buy from him due to conflict of interest. Rather, spend my time and analyze the research, before parting with $$$.

excellent point. i look at it this way(substitute "love" or "truth" or "hope" or "peace" for "God":

Acts 5
38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.


i would also add that one of the most compelling things about what mercola says is that it comes from an MD in good standing. some people need that. it also creates a line he cant cross. that is his Achilles heel.

i dont like engaging in commerce due to all the pitfalls but we all have bills and he does employ many people. i see no wrong in that.

I found the Curezone forum when I went searching to see if anyone else was aware of the Mercola problem. Yes, and this is quite common. Someone like him decides to share some real health information and expose those who profit from deception, and yet they decide to do so in such a way that THEY make money off of their "services" by slanting the information...just like the deceptive people they are exposing! This is extremely common in the "diet" industry, where the latest fad diet comes along every day or so. And Mercola isn't the first brainiac to venture into the alternative health field in this manner. Dr. Joel Wallach beat him to that punch a long time ago. Both men give some very good info, but slant it such that you need to buy THEIR products. I've called Dr. Mercola on this a number of times. And interestingly, he admits publicly that HE DOESN'T USE any of the supplements that he sells! That's right; he simply eats REAL food - a diet high in raw veggies, raw eggs and the like. But just like the pharmaceutical companies that warn you of all the terrible side effects of using their products, he knows that people are suckers for advertisements. And for personalities. The cult of personality marches on. And I could write an entire book on the subject, but I won't waste my time. I've written the book that NEEDED to be written. And if you visit A Course in Truth dot com you'll find links to that book. You'll also find THE SIMPLE CURE FOR CANCER. That's right. Cancer is very easily prevented and cured. But Dr. Mercola won't tell you about it, because...well, I'm not sure why. I've called him on that one, too, and he says that he is aware of it but refuses to believe it, despite the tons of evidence that include a cancer clinic in Tempe Arizona that reports a 90% cure rate with ALL types of cancer, including advanced-stage cancers, using this simple method! So, Dr. Mercola's minions can't benefit from the simple cure for cancer, because they let him do their thinking for them. (Every time I post this cancer info in the comments section of his articles his minions have it deleted as "spam.") But it's all good. Those who desire Truth are delivered Truth. Others must wait until they learn to have that desire. Blessings to you!