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== Controversial recommendations ==
== Controversial recommendations ==
=== Vaccinations ===
=== Vaccinations ===
Dr. Mercola recommends against getting any sort of [[vaccine]].
Dr. Mercola recommends against getting any sort of [[vaccine]]. He especially decries the routine practice of vaccinating against [[influenza]]. He notes that the [[Centers for Disease Control]] often misidentify the particular strain of influenza virus likely to be most prevalent in any given year, and charges that vaccines ''depress'' immune function. He also denounces as absurd the notion of trying to make a vaccine against every conceivable pathogen, including, most recently, the pathogen responsible for [[dental caries]].
Instead, he says that a healthy immune system, made healthy by good dietary choices (and avoiding sugar, which he says is an immune suppressant), should obviate the need for most vaccines. Changes in behavior should render a patient less likely to come into contact with other pathogens.
=== Cellular telephones ===
=== Cellular telephones ===
Dr. Mercola subscribes to the theory that radio-frequency carrier waves can perturb the structure of cell membranes and thus increase the risk of cancer in any patient exposed to a high dose of radio-frequency transmissions. Thus he decries the current popularity of [[cellular telephone]]s and has repeatedly expressed his fear that the modern cellphone will become the [[cigarette]] of the twenty-first century. As evidence, he cites reports (that, so far, only he carries) of higher incidences of cancer in neighborhoods where cellular radio towers now stand.
Dr. Mercola subscribes to the theory that radio-frequency carrier waves can perturb the structure of cell membranes and thus increase the risk of cancer in any patient exposed to a high dose of radio-frequency transmissions. Thus he decries the current popularity of [[cellular telephone]]s and has repeatedly expressed his fear that the modern cellphone will become the [[cigarette]] of the twenty-first century. As evidence, he cites reports (that, so far, only he carries) of higher incidences of cancer in neighborhoods where cellular radio towers now stand.