Posted on 10/29/2015 2:33:02 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Even as Dr. Ben Carson touts his medical expertise as a qualification in his candidacy for President, he is stuck having to explain why he once claimed that his prostate cancer had been cured by a junk science supplement consisting of aloe vera and tree bark. Carson, who has rejected most modern scientific principles during his campaign as he is rejected climate change and other basics, has been caught on video making the claims as part of a pyramid scheme promoting the supplement , even as he denied any connection during the third republican debate.
In what might be the strangest story yet about the seemingly strangest candidate in the 2016 race, YouTube footage has surfaced from 2004 in which Ben Carson tells a group of sales associates for a dietary supplement called Mannatech that after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he began taking the supplement and 'within about three weeks my symptoms went away.' It must not have worked that well, as Carson later had surgery to remove the cancer.
It should be pointed out that Carson is a retired medical doctor and brain surgeon, and would seemingly be the last Presidential candidate to be willing to participate in such a junk-medicine pyramid scheme. However the video in question plays up his doctor credentials as a way of giving credence to the supplement in question. Watch the video of Ben Carson claiming that tree bark cured his cancer here:
Wow—suggesting he wouldn’t have bothered with his surgery, after taking the product, except he was afraid he’d be bad a bad example for others who might not be as diligent in taking the product.
What a fraud!
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Leeches would probably work, too. Maybe enemas.
know nothing about this concoction, but I do know that one of the most widely used antibiotic is derived from a fungus. You might have heard of it. It is called penicillin.
He was a paid hack for the product which has been sued for fraudulent claims and is paying out the wazu in damage suits.
Then he tells viewers of the debate that he had no involvement with the company. Bald Faced Lying!
Bye bye Ben. (I HOPE)
So? I’m all for medical research. It was found that penecillin works. Great.
My problem would be with recommending a medical product with little knowledge. That’s not to say I haven’t used various herbal remedies in the past. Just not for cancer.
He’s adorable!
You just want to hug the little guy :-)
for later
I do not subscribe to the Mannateck product. But, I have known a couple of intelligent, very sensible people, one a PhD and former administrator of a Christian university, who report that it did them much good (health conditions)...
I say, this dog is a bit questionable but really doesn’t hunt very well. Let’s evaluate Carson on his positions and character, and besides he is not running for the job of Surgeon General of the USA (albeit his name has been mentioned for it)
It’s gotta be a coffee enema; it worked for Steve McQueen... Until it killed him, I mean.
I don’t know if the real question is the efficacy of the product; the question is did he have involvement with the company and lie about it?
I see. OK.
thanks...
Agree cutie
There is no sense in being ignorant about this. Mainstream medicine had him first, which usually does not get reported.
"His doctors gave him a gloomy prognosis, but they treated him with radiotherapy and chemotherapy to try to shrink the cancer. He kept the diagnosis a secret from all but his closest friends."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/health/mcqueens-legacy-of-laetrile.html
I don’t know what you’re saying. “Ignorant”? My understanding is the coffee enema killed him via heart attack. Is that incorrect? If it is, I am ready to admit my error.
I believe it is “low spark of high heeled boys”
I agree with the author that Dr. Carson is the last person you would expect to find in a shady sales video like that. Alternative / natural medicine has its place — but as a cancer cure pretty dubious. This lowers my opinion of him. He of all people should have known better. You can’t argue with his proficiency as a neurosurgeon but judgment?
“Let’s evaluate Carson on his positions and character”
This directly speaks to his character as well as his critical thinking faculty and judgment. And otherwise he would have made a great Surgeon General.
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