Tag: alkaline diet

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Cancer Medicine Popular culture Quackery

Antivaccine woo attracts “alkaline diet” woo: Elle Macpherson is dating disgraced antivaccine doctor Andrew Wakefield

Elle Macpherson
Elle Macpherson

A recent spate of articles over the last couple of days report that Elle Macpherson is dating an antivaccine “icon,” disgraced antivaccine doctor and scientific fraud Andrew Wakefield. Given her love of “alkaline diet” woo, which she sells through her very Goop-like Wellco website, the attraction shouldn’t be surprising. It is, nonetheless, troubling. It wouldn’t surprise me if Macpherson is antivaccine herself, given that in “alkaline diet” lingo, vaccines are often viewed as “toxic acid” insults that “alkalinization” can reverse.

Categories
Cancer Medicine Pseudoscience Quackery

True believers and scammers in alternative medicine

Mike Adams
Mike Adams

In the online echo chamber promoting alternative medicine, there are varying degrees of deception. There are true believers (who are often victims), entrepreneurs (who are often true believers who found a profitable business), and scammers. The categories are not mutually exclusive.

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Naturopathy Quackery

Bad news continues to accumulate for “pH Miracle Living” quack Robert O. Young

Is it wrong of me to feel more than a bit of schadenfreude seeing Robert O. Young being handcuffed and taken to prison? I think not.

Last night was one of those nights where, for whatever reason, I ran out of steam. Whether it was residual effects from the change to daylight savings time this weekend or just a day in the operating room, I don’t know, but I crashed on the couch hard, at least until lighting and thunder from […]

Categories
Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture History Homeopathy Humor Medicine Naturopathy Paranormal Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Religion Science Skepticism/critical thinking

The Woo Boat

Sadly, Captain Merrill Stubing is not the captain of this boat, which is not the Love Boat. It would be awesome if that were the case, but it's not. I wonder if they let the astrologist navigate.

File this one under the category: You can’t make stuff like this up. (At least, I can’t.) Let’s say you’re a die hard all-conspiracy conspiracy theorist and alternative medicine believer (a not uncommon combination). You love Alex Jones and Mike Adams and agree with their rants that there is a New World Order trying to […]

Categories
Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Quackery

What’s going on with Robert O. Young?

There is no doubt in my mind that Robert O. Young is among the worst cancer quacks I have ever encountered. I’ve never been able to figure out how he manages to continue to practice after over 20 years, given the egregiousness of his quackery. Indeed, I was overjoyed when I learned back in January […]