Gary Greenberg is the author of The Chelation Revolution: Breakthrough Detox Therapy, which promotes the bullshit and potentially dangerous practice of chelation therapy. Now, as Greenberg deceptively states, “chelation has long been approved by the FDA to rid the body of lead by using a synthetic amino acid, which binds to toxic metals and minerals in the bloodstream” – and while that is technically true, it has nothing to do with the pseudoscience-based bullshit Greenberg himself recommends. As Greenberg sees it, not only does “chelation [rid] the body of deposits that can lead to atherosclerosis, which causes coronary arteries to narrow, leading to heart attacks”, but “[p]atients have also found relief through chelation for improving the symptoms of autism” – no, that is not how it works, and yes: it's the idea promoted by Rashid Buttar and the Geiers. Indeed, to Greenberg, chelation therapy is a general detox regime, and since many of todays ills are, as he sees things, the result of an overload of toxins (they are really not), chelation therapy becomes something of an all-purpose path to health and well-being.
And what about the science? Well, The Chelation Revolution does not seem to be that kind of book; rather, it is “full of hope-inspiring case histories, expert findings and where to find treatment.” Now, we can’t honestly claim to have read it (why on Earth would we?), so we don’t know who the ‘experts’ of the “expert findings” are, but at least the book has a foreword by one Tammy Born Huizenga, D.O., of the Born Clinic in Grand Rapids, MI, “an internationally respected organization in preventive medicine with a speciality in Chelation Therapy”. Indeed, we have little further information about Greenberg himself beyond references to this book and a description of him as a Florida man who “currently contributes to Health Radar Newsletter, Newsmax Magazine, AARP, Life Extension, Boca and other regional magazine”; it is possibly noteworthy that he doesn’t even try to call himself ‘Dr. Greenberg’. Huizenga, on her side, is a longtime promoter of integrative medicine, i.e. mixing real medicine with bullshit, and a member of the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Diagnosis: Gah!
I notice our old pal BP8 has been conspicuously quite in recent months.
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe Trumpler/ICE deported him somewhere in El Salvador to some camp where there is no internet access. In fact, maybe there is no electricity. It happens. Especially with those who wish such a thing on others. Let's remember the thousands of them who supported Hitler and Stalin and ended up in their "recreational camps".
Delete(If you can, wink at us twice, once short, twice long if you are okay for now BP8! Pls... 😉ðŸ¤)