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==AAPS membership==
==AAPS membership==
Mercola is a member of right-wing, ultra-conservative [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] which condems such alleged evils as abortion, vaccination, and evolution. AAPS further denies that mankind causes global warming, that HIV causes AIDS<ref>[http://www.jpands.org/vol12no4/bauer.pdf Questioning HIV/AIDS: Morally Reprehensible or Scientifically Warranted?], by Henry Bauer. Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 2007: Vol 12, No. 4</ref>, and claims a "gay male lifestyle" reduces life expectancy by 20 years<ref>[http://www.jpands.org/vol10no3/lehrman.pdf Homosexuality: Some Neglected Considerations], by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, MD., Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2005)</ref>, to give just a few examples. It publishes a journal which is neither peer-reviewed nor regarded as "scientific" in the first place.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/02/the_journal_of_american_physicians_and_s.php The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: Medical "science" as dubious as it gets], Orac at scienceblogs.com</ref> Quackwatch lists it as an untrustworthy non-recommended periodical.<ref>[http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecperiodicals.html Nonrecommended Periodicals], Barrett, Stephen, MD, Quackwatch. September 15, 2008</ref>
Mercola is a member of right-wing, ultra-conservative [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] which condems such alleged evils as abortion, vaccination, and evolution. AAPS further denies that mankind causes global warming, that HIV causes AIDS<ref>[http://www.jpands.org/vol12no4/bauer.pdf Questioning HIV/AIDS: Morally Reprehensible or Scientifically Warranted?], by Henry Bauer. Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons 2007: Vol 12, No. 4</ref>, and claims a "gay male lifestyle" reduces life expectancy by 20 years<ref>[http://www.jpands.org/vol10no3/lehrman.pdf Homosexuality: Some Neglected Considerations], by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, MD., Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2005)</ref>, to give just a few examples. It publishes a journal which is neither peer-reviewed nor regarded as "scientific" in the first place.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/02/the_journal_of_american_physicians_and_s.php The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: Medical "science" as dubious as it gets], Orac at scienceblogs.com</ref> Quackwatch lists it as an untrustworthy non-recommended periodical.<ref>[http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecperiodicals.html Nonrecommended Periodicals], Barrett, Stephen, MD, Quackwatch. September 15, 2008</ref>
==Cancer claims==
Mercola also promotes the dangerous [[Germanic New Medicine]] of the racist [[Ryke Geerd Hamer]] as a "new view of cancer" on his website.In an article form 2011 he writes that Hamer was "persecuted and harassed by German and French authorities" when he tried to publicize his findings. The [[http://psiram.com/en/index.php?title=Victims_of_New_Medicine total number of victims]] of Hamer's method in and outside of Germany exceeds 140(as of 2007). Eleven patients died in Italy only. And no case of a successful cancer treatment according to the principles of New Medicine has been documented so far.<ref>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/08/21/a-new-view-of-cancer-german-new-medicine.aspx</ref>
He also promotes the [[Sodium_Bicarbonate_Therapy_according_to_Tullio_Simoncini Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy according to Tullio Simoncini]], which must be considered one of the most ineffective and absurd methods claiming to cure cancer patients. Simoncini believes that cancer is a fungus and that it can be cured with baking soda.<ref>http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/08/05/fungus-causing-cancer-a-novel-approach-to-the-most-common-form-of-death.aspx</ref>
==Mercola on Food==
==Mercola on Food==