Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Joe Mercola is practically synonymous with the wellness movement. He sells dietary supplements, opposes vaccines, and claims to want to help you improve your health. But can he be trusted? Jonathan Jarry, science communicator with McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, takes you on a wild ride from Mercola’s daily newsletter, full of cherry-picked half-truths, to answering the question of exactly who writes all of his articles, to the supernatural entity that is now giving him business advice. If you thought Mercola was just a genial, avuncular health influencer, you’re in for a shock.
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Chapter 1: The Upside-Down Doctor
5:44 Chapter 2: Debunking the Newsletter
15:28 Chapter 3: A Pill for Every Ill
21:28 Chapter 4: Ghostwriting
28:58 Chapter 5: A Vivid Imagination
37:10 Chapter 6: Follow the Money
42:51 Chapter 7: The Two Towers
Written, shot, and edited by: Jonathan Jarry
For: The McGill Office for Science and Society
Website: mcgill.ca/OSS
Facebook: facebook.com/McGillOSS
Instagram: instagram.com/mcgilloss
X: https://x.com/McGillOSS
Photo of Dr. Joe Mercola © 2011 by cheeseslave is licensed under CC BY 4.0
References:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lybUIdYCC68ZcG4N4wTS4uVNcSZMM2qTbLUa1WG2Q6M/edit?usp=sharing
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Dr. Joe Mercola is practically synonymous with the wellness movement. He sells dietary supplements, opposes vaccines, and claims to want to help you improve your health. But can he be trusted? Jonathan Jarry, science communicator with McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, takes you on a wild ride from Mercola’s daily newsletter, full of cherry-picked half-truths, to answering the question of exactly who writes all of his articles, to the supernatural entity that is now giving him business advice. If you thought Mercola was just a genial, avuncular health influencer, you’re in for a shock.
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Chapter 1: The Upside-Down Doctor
5:44 Chapter 2: Debunking the Newsletter
15:28 Chapter 3: A Pill for Every Ill
21:28 Chapter 4: Ghostwriting
28:58 Chapter 5: A Vivid Imagination
37:10 Chapter 6: Follow the Money
42:51 Chapter 7: The Two Towers
Written, shot, and edited by: Jonathan Jarry
For: The McGill Office for Science and Society
Website: mcgill.ca/OSS
Facebook: facebook.com/McGillOSS
Instagram: instagram.com/mcgilloss
X: https://x.com/McGillOSS
Photo of Dr. Joe Mercola © 2011 by cheeseslave is licensed under CC BY 4.0
References:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lybUIdYCC68ZcG4N4wTS4uVNcSZMM2qTbLUa1WG2Q6M/edit?usp=sharing
#JoeMercola #JosephMercola #Mercola #supplements #dietarysupplements #multivitamin #vitamin #vaccine #conspiracy #bahlon #mcgill #mcgillOSS #jonathanjarry #FTC #tanningbed #medicine #health #wellness #medical #doctor #joeschwarcz #skinhealth #mitochondrialhealth #immunesupport #metabolichealth #sleephealth #probiotics #antioxidants #DSHEA #snakeoil #quackery #pseudoscience #pseudomedicine #disinformationdozen #misinformation #disinformation #substack #robertmalone #delbigtree #robertfkennedy #RFK #petermccullough #stevekirsh #autismone #reawaken #mikkiwillis #judymikovits #mikeadams #tybollinger #christianenorthrup #andrewwakefield #CCDH #quackwatch #geneticliteracyproject #organicconsumers #ronniecummins #consumersfordentalchoice #rickpolito #kaiclay #scicomm #skepticism #skeptic #skeptical
