I've had it. I bet you have, too.
So because I CAN now do something about it ... because it is perfectly aligned with the Mercola.com mission ... and because it will benefit you in a very major way, I have decided I WILL do something major about it.
As the very first step, I need your quick feedback: Will you please take just a couple of minutes to complete the survey linked to below to help me?
BUT WAIT ... You of course need to know the "IT" I am referring to above in order to take the important survey, so first let's start with these three (3) facts:
FACT 1: There are literally tens of thousands of natural health- and wellness-oriented products on the market proclaiming all sorts of major health benefits for you.
FACT 2: A vast majority of these products are worthless trash.
Tired of your money being stolen by companies whose products promise incredible health & wellness benefits but don't deliver on the promises?
Mercola.com is going to do something about it! Tell us the products you'd like to see independently reviewed and analyzed ...
Take the Mercola.com Health Products Survey Now
In some cases, their manufacturers mean well but their products just don't provide any real value despite their good intentions.
In many cases, their manufacturers are no better than the drug companies ... they're raking in the cash by taking advantage of people like you -- people who are taking control of their own health -- by selling products that they know are duds but that they claim are health gold.
In a few cases, their manufacturers should be tried as criminals, because they're driven by the same greed, but actually offering "natural" or "alternative" health products that (beyond just being ineffective) can actually cause you serious harm.
In ALL of the cases above -- meaning with the vast majority of products on the market -- you lose. You waste BIG money on these products, and your health suffers too, because you believe you are doing something beneficial for your body when you actually are not.
FACT 3: A relative handful of these natural health- and wellness-oriented products CAN actually be quite beneficial for you, they really can do what they claim they can do ... BUT the big problem is knowing which are the diamonds in the massive jungle of imposters.
How You Will Be Able to Know the Best Health & Wellness Products Available ... Our "Consumer Reports"-Oriented Approach
My vision is to shift the healthcare paradigm away from our extreme over-reliance on drugs, surgery and other mere treatments to real prevention and cure.
The Mercola.com mission is therefore to give people like you the information and the tools to take control of your own health so you can prevent & overcome illness -- and through the insight and tools guide yourself to a long and happy life.
Obviously I would not be doing my job to achieve this mission if you were only told what the problems were but not given alternatives and solutions.
So in addition to informative guidance, I have long tried to selectively recommend and offer products (and books, services, etc.) that can help you achieve your health goals. As you know, though, for me to recommend and offer a health product means that product has gone through extensive analysis, testing and review by my team and I ... and that it is ultimately something I trust enough (in terms of effectiveness and safety) to use myself.
I encourage you to check out the result of those efforts to-date in the "Most Popular Products" section .
While these efforts have helped Mercola.com readers start using a handful of the truly beneficial health products you'll see at the link above, the problem is that to-date it has only been a drop in the bucket.
With tens of thousands of "natural" health products out there, it is truly a Wild West marketplace -- and millions of people with the best of intentions are suffering for it, as they are blindly choosing and usually paying in many negative ways for it.
One of the most serious problems I have witnessed with my patients over my nearly three-decades in clinical practice has been their overuse and severe misuse of supplements and supposed other "natural health" or "alternative health" products they think are good for them. I can't tell you how often this contributed to making a bad situation -- their original health issue -- much worse.
And here's another critical fact: with people fortunately becoming more and more aware of the dangers of the conventional healthcare system, a very unfortunate side-effect is that more and more "natural" and "alternative" health products are going to be foisted on the market, and more and more people are going to get lost in the gigantic jungle of these products.
The problem of not knowing what natural health & wellness products are good and which are worthless (and even dangerous) could get much worse ... but NOT if my team and I can help it!
So I intend to step the process of independently analyzing and reviewing health products up and then providing you only the top recommended results, and here is how we are going to do that:
The Mercola.com Top-Recommended Health Products Process
You tell us which health and wellness-oriented products you are most interested in by taking the survey (please click the link below!) Whichever get the most votes are the products we will pursue first.
Based on different data depending on the product type, my team will have the products tested, analyzed and reviewed. For example, if the product category is "multivitamin," we cannot possibly test and review every multi-vitamin available, BUT we can start with the brands that have highest ratings and accolades from other trusted health sources and have them analyzed, etc.
ONLY those products in each category that pass their analysis with "flying colors" will be posted on the site and (if possible and when necessary) made available to you in the Mercola.com store.
We will also move toward a model where, even after posting the best-of-the-best products in each category, you will ALSO be able to rely on ratings and commentary from other people who have tried them to make your decisions. (You will also be able to rate and recommend these best-of-the-best products yourself.)
Whether you order these products straight through the website (if and when possible, we will try to make them available to you through the store or affiliate relationships), you will rest assured knowing your hard-earned money is actually going toward products that can truly help you on your journey to optimal health!
My One and Only Request to You Here ... Please Tell Me the Health Areas YOU Would Most Want Us to Analyze Products Within
The most important step to provide you clear, independent insights on the top health and wellness products is for me and my team to learn what products YOU are most interested in.
So please take just a couple minutes to answer the following survey by providing your rank within each product area.
I've absolutely had it with well-intentioned people like you having to be lost in the jungle of products claiming they are beneficial -- but most of the time robbing you of your money and sometimes even harming your health further. So thanks for helping me take a big step toward overcoming that by answering the following questions!