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I visit http://www.mercola.com a couple time per week and he sends out weekly updates which are pretty good. He is a M.D. and has a lot of information on his site. Although, I do not agree with everything he says I do find it very helpful. Check it out!

But, it does bother you clearly, and you're not asking for it. Hmmm....

I'm the first one that asked for it, on this thread at least.

And if you're just reading what is written and not asking for any explanation (WHY do you believe this? Where is the background?), then what kind of thinking are you actually doing? Basically you're just reading some guy's stuff and saying, 'Okay, sounds good to me.' That's not independent thinking.

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Okay, let's tone it down. There is no need to make this "personal".

Let speak from the position of I and not YOU.... we will all learn more that way.

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I'm the first one that asked for it, on this thread at least.

And if you're just reading what is written and not asking for any explanation (WHY do you believe this? Where is the background?), then what kind of thinking are you actually doing? Basically you're just reading some guy's stuff and saying, 'Okay, sounds good to me.' That's not independent thinking.

Because I am trained in many different alternative modalities myself, and because I read extensively in the area of complementary medicine, and I DO ASK QUESTIONS (IF I AM INTERESTED in something IN PARTICULAR), I don't have a problem with him. This is NOT to say that I would agree with everything I'm reading. I have a large body of PRIOR experience and information to draw on, and it just makes me more comfortable with this than you are. My belief system and experiences would certainly be considered outside the mainstream. I wouldn't think twice about asking Mercola for more info if I was interested in his products. But you see, I already knew about metabolic typing and who else was doing this. I repeat again, if you have a problem with what he is saying, why aren't you checking him out instead of debating with me? If you want to dismiss him because you don't see his sources in front of you on-line, you might just be missing out on something useful. Do your homework, and ask him about some of this stuff, or better yet, see if anyone else out there is advocating some of what he is saying. Why aren't you willing to ask him for his sources?

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I just spent some time on this site this afternoon. I don't understand what you are not seeing. There are links and, and references all over the place, not just for the articles on the health blog but also for some but not all products. The product one, may be a problem for some, but I'm OK with it, for example coconut oil, because I already have prior knowledge and sources about this. Maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree.

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Okay, let's tone it down. There is no need to make this "personal".

Let speak from the position of I and not YOU.... we will all learn more that way.

I'm sorry. You're right that there's no way I should risk this becoming personal for anyone. We do sometimes have to agree to disagree as to what we are seeing.

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Thank for sharing Good Information about Mercola.

Nat

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