Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician, holistic health activist who is best known for his alternative-medicine website Mercola.com. Mercola is an outspoken critic of the Food and Drug Administration, mainstream medicine, the prescription drug industry and vaccinations. He advocates dietary and lifestyle approaches to health and markets a variety of health-related products.
Dr. Mercola publishes a daily health blog and recent posts focus on his criticism on the H1N1 flu vaccine. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/17/Obama-Administration-Launches-Deceptive-Swine-Flu-Propaganda-Blitz.aspx
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Fast Facts
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Mercola.com
Started in 1997, among the top 10 health sites on the Internet
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NY Times Best Selling Author
THE NO-GRAIN DIET, by Joseph Mercola with Alison Rose Levy,
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Qualifications
Osteopathic Physician, Board-certified in family medicine, and served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years
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Practicing Natural Medicing Since
1990
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Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1972-1976 , Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine 1978-1982, Chicago Osteopathic Hospital 1982-1985 Family Practice Residency. Chief resident 1984- 1985, Board Certified American College Osteopathic General Practitioners July 1985, State of Illinois Licensed Physician and Surgeon
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Born
1954
