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[salsabike]

Stay away from Mercola. If you are interested in him or what he says I suggest starting with the Wiki on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mercola. From the wiki:
A 2006 BusinessWeek editorial criticized Mercola's marketing practices as "relying on slick promotion, clever use of information, and scare tactics."[3] In 2005, 2006 and 2011 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Mercola and his company to stop making illegal claims regarding his products' ability to detect, prevent and treat disease.[4] The medical watchdog site Quackwatch has criticized Mercola for making "unsubstantiated claims and clash with those of leading medical and public health organizations [and making] many unsubstantiated recommendations for dietary supplements."[4]


He even questions whether HIV causes Aids.

I also suggest reading:

http://www.quackwatch.com/11Ind/mercola.html


The Respectful Insolence and the Science Based Medicine blogs (two well respected blogs headed up by MDs) frequently call Mercola out on his psuedo-scientific nonsense, for example:

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/20...1_influenz.php
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/20...hampoo_woo.php

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=9903

Thanks, Goldfinch. Good info.

[Bike Writer]

Thank you Hebe, The bike is one of the things I miss most but surprisingly even little everyday things mean a lot. There is so much I wanted to be able to get done over this long weekend but's it's just not happening. Even small little tasks require a long rest period. Yesterday driving a few errands brought me to tears, the sciatica pain was so intense.

Plus this is a campaign election year and that requires me to be mobile and active. Don't know where that's going to come from?

Well, better day's are coming.

Being homebound means I'm catching up more on bike reading and favorite blogs and finding new reads.