Medical Medium & the celery juice 'cure'

An Instagram influencer with millions of followers and a host of celebrity endorsements claims that drinking celery juice can cure chronic illnesses.

But he doesn't have any medical qualifications, and doctors say many of his claims about celery and other vegetables and fruits aren't backed up by science.

If you spend a lot of time on Instagram, you may have come across posts of people sipping on a green beverage - celery juice.
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The influencer in question is a man who calls himself the "Medical Medium". His real name is Anthony William.

He has more than 2 million Instagram followers and another 3.4 million on Facebook.

His website lists endorsements from numerous celebrities, including tennis star Novak Djokovic. He's appeared on TV shows including Keeping Up with the Kardashians. And he's written for Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle website Goop.
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Something has gone horribly wrong with education. Why do people believe this stuff?
 
I have. I love celery juice (with a bit of carrot). The salts feel good for my POTS but beyond that, no not remotely cured. And I don’t have the energy or ability to stand to juice or wash up afterwards anymore anyway!

As what people believe, I think education should have critical thinking as a key subject. We have access to so much “information “ these days, learning to not trust all we read seems more crucial than ever.
 
@Trish & @ProudActivist I couldn't agree more, I just sometimes cant believe people fall for some of this stuff & what does a celebrity endorsement mean anyway? I don't understand why somebody thinks a famous actor or whatever is likely to be any more trustworthy or knowledgeable than the woman who works behind the fish counter at the supermarket... they both have equal chance of being well educated, well researched etc. What qualifications do people think being famous gives people?

I agree critical thinking should be taught in schools, but of course it never will be because that would lead to students calling out the teachers on some of the twaddle they spout... haha discipline would go to pot!
 
This is terrible, a friend sent me a link similar to above and expecting me to be cured by drinking celery juice. I used to get excited about stuff like this in the early days of my diagnosis but I now know how deceptive and irresponsible these articles are. I get sad.
 
20 years ago it was yahoba, drinking it by the liter, at something like £15 a bottle.

Expensive, didn't taste nice, and didn't do much apart from make me never want to drink the stuff again.

None of these simple fixes ever works because if one did someone would have noticed.
 
Despite his nom de plume, Anthony William freely admits he has no medical training. Instead, he says he gets his medical information from "a spirit."

In one of his YouTube videos he says: "When I was four years old, I heard a voice: 'I am the spirit of the most high. There is none above me but God himself.'"
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Well that's good enough for me. Off to buy some celery.
 
Sounds like a cunning plan from young Anthony's Mum, standing behind the door - "I am the spirit of the most high. There is none above me but God himself. So, eat your vegetables, especially that nice celery."
 
TiredSam said:
Despite his nom de plume, Anthony William freely admits he has no medical training. Instead, he says he gets his medical information from "a spirit."

In one of his YouTube videos he says: "When I was four years old, I heard a voice: 'I am the spirit of the most high. There is none above me but God himself.'"
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Well with those sorts of qualifications he will be published in the BMJ soon.
 
So this is the crazy thing my parents have guilt tripped me into.

By the way two weeks in, still not cured of my ME/CFS :thumbup:

No worries though, I'll let you guys know when I am finally cured after 3 years of drinking Celery every morning :balloons:
 
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