Controversial and Outspoken Newsletter Reaches Milestone

Controversial and Outspoken Newsletter Reaches Milestone

(PRWEB) March 18, 2001

March 10, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Controversial and Outspoken Newsletter Reaches Milestone

Schaumburg, Illinois – Defying all the odds, one of the Internet’s most controversial and outspoken health newsletters has recently released its 200th issue, and is flourishing, with nearly 25,000 subscribers, despite the fact that it contains no advertisements and is almost completely self-funded.

“I have always believed that God has very good to me and it was my responsibility to do as much as I possibly can to provide people with the means to enable them to achieve optimal health,” says Dr. Joseph Mercola, Medical Director of the Optimal Wellness Center in Schaumburg, Illinois, and Editor-in-Chief of the “eHealthy News You Can Use.” Newsletter.

Turning the Mainstream View of a Healthy Diet on its Head

While many of supposed “experts” in the “natural health” field promote foods such as soy, whole grains, or skim milk as beneficial, Mercola feels that these actually may not be very healthy at all.

“The low-fat diet scam that continues to be perpetrated against the citizens of the world, has virtually no scientific basis,” says Mercola. “If this type of diet really was healthy, then sales of drugs such as cholesterol lowering agents would not be skyrocketing as they currently are.”

“I see patients all the time with high cholesterol who tell me that they’ve tried to lower it with their diets, but with no success. However, when I inquire about what kind of dietary changes they tried, it is almost always the same response – reduced fat intake, eliminated all meats and eggs, eliminated salt, ate lots of grains, switched to skim milk, drank lots of fruit juice,” Mercola laments.

But while this is the current popular perception of what a healthy should be, it could not be much further from the truth, claims Dr. Mercola.

Other Controversial Views

The newsletter is certainly not in conformance with the mainstream, as it proclaims many of the most highly regarded medical practices as being quite harmful. Among these are vaccination, hormone replacement therapy, mammography, water fluoridation, and most drugs used to suppress symptoms.

The anti-vaccination stance is likely the most controversial, as it is widely considered one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century. However, it goes against all the laws of common sense and even violates religious convictions, according to Dr. Mercola. “You simply can’t inject a mixture of toxic substances, including mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, and animal tissue directly into the body, and expect that this will promote health. In addition, there is the ethical issue of the use of aborted fetal tissue to consider.”

“If people want to learn more about why many of the ideas about health today are false, and to find the true path to health, they are welcome to browse through the over 15,000 pages of health information on my website at www. mercola. com,” concludes Dr. Mercola.

The 200th issue of the newsletter can be found at http://www. mercola. com/2001/mar/7/index. htm (http://www. mercola. com/2001/mar/7/index. htm).

Contact: Dr. Joseph Mercola, Optimal Wellness Center, Schaumburg, Illinois, 847-985-1777, email: Dr@mercola. com, URL: www. mercola. com

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