July 30th, 2018 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Research shows farmed salmon contain five times more toxins than any other food tested, including PCBs, dioxin...
Category - Dr. Joseph Mercola
Born and raised in the inner city of Chicago, IL, Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician trained in both traditional and natural medicine. Board-certified in family medicine, Dr. Mercola served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years, and in 2012 was granted fellowship status by the American College of Nutrition (ACN). While in practice in the late 80s, Dr. Mercola realized the drugs he was prescribing to chronically ill patients were not working. By the early 90s, he began exploring the world of natural medicine, and in 1997 Dr. Mercola founded www.Mercola.com, which is now routinely among the top 10 health sites on the internet. His passion is to transform the traditional medical paradigm in the United States. You can follow Dr. Mercola online at Mercola.com and Facebook.com/doctor.health
Poisoning Our Children: The Parent’s Guide to the Myths of Safe Pesticides
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World In a clear conflict of interest, chemical industry regulators make decisions on the safety of poisons in our food and environment...
The Health Benefits of Patchouli Oil
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World For many people, a whiff of patchouli oil brings to mind the hippie movement of the ’60s and ’70s. But beyond this...
Black Seed Oil: Why This Ancient Remedy Has Stood the Test of Time
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World The use of medicinal plants to help treat various diseases is a practice that’s as old as mankind. For example, the...
Cannabis: A Lost History
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Cannabis, better known as marijuana, has been used for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. It’s been heralded...
Your Body Literally Glows With Light
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day...
Why are IQ Scores Declining?
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores, which had been rising for decades throughout the 20th century, are now on the decline, and...
The Good News and Bad News When You Quit Smoking
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Although the good news is your body begins healing within an hour of your last cigarette, research has also found risk of lung...
FDA Approves Genetically Engineered Golden Rice – But Is It Safe?
June 22nd, 2018 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Genetically engineered (GE) Golden Rice has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making...
How to Boost Brain Health and Reverse Neurological Disease Without Drugs
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World The less inflammatory your diet is, the faster you’re going to get well, because inflammation is nearly always a...
Best Foods for Healthy Lungs
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Flavonoids are a group of polyphenols, phytonutrients found in most fruits and vegetables. There are more than 6,000 unique...
Why People Are Losing Trust in the Vaccine Industry
June 10th, 2018 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World According to a recent national survey1,2 by the American Society for Microbiology and Research!America...