{"id":40889,"date":"2011-01-18T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T22:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=40889"},"modified":"2011-01-18T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T22:53:57","slug":"astaxanthins-powers-hawked-by-dr-mercola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/astaxanthins-powers-hawked-by-dr-mercola\/","title":{"rendered":"Astaxanthin&#8217;s Powers Hawked by Dr. Mercola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Astaxanthin Supplements\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/astaxanthins-powers-hawked-by-dr-mercola\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40890\" title=\"astaxanthin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/astaxanthin.jpg\" alt=\"astaxanthin pills\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Introduced as the \u201chealth expert doctors love to hate,&#8221; Dr. Joseph Mercola appeared on the <strong><a title=\"Skinny Secrets on The Dr Oz Show\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/skinny-secrets-on-the-dr-oz-show\/\" target=\"_self\">Dr. Oz show<\/a><\/strong> today to discuss the supplement astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is a carotenoid that is a powerful antioxidant. Currently, astaxanthin is used as a food supplement and preliminary research shows that it may be beneficial in immune, inflammatory and neurodegerative diseases, according to an article published in <em>Future Cardiology<\/em>. It can come from natural or synthetic sources.<\/p>\n<p>Although the benefits of astaxanthin may be real, consumers may do well to be wary of Dr. Mercola&#8217;s advice. He is selling the supplement on his website, which claims astaxanthin is the &#8220;Most powerful nutrient for eye health.&#8221; Mercola claims to espouse &#8220;Natural&#8221; medicine, and by doing so rejects microwaves, pasteurized milk, immunizations and the <strong><a title=\"dangers of fluoride in water\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/the-dangers-of-fluoride-in-water\/\" target=\"_self\">fluoridation of water. <\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Joseph Mercola Sales Tricks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/smallbiz\/content\/may2006\/sb20060523_063274.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<!--more-->NewsWeek<\/a> is highly critical of Mercola, saying &#8220;a master promoter, using every trick of traditional and Internet direct marketing to grow his business,&#8221; including scare tactics. The articles points out the conflict of interests between the claims of providing information about alternative health care advice while at the same time selling these &#8220;miracle&#8221; products directly though his website.<\/p>\n<p>As with adding any supplement to your daily diet, it&#8217;s best to consult with your personal physician first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduced as the \u201chealth expert doctors love to hate,&#8221; Dr. Joseph Mercola appeared on the Dr. Oz show today to discuss the supplement astaxanthin. Astaxanthin is a carotenoid that is a powerful antioxidant. Currently, astaxanthin is used as a food &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/astaxanthins-powers-hawked-by-dr-mercola\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,731],"tags":[7414,3124],"class_list":["post-40889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-supplements","tag-astaxanthin","tag-dr-oz-show"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40892,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40889\/revisions\/40892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}