Josh Axe

Joshua Lee Axe practices quackery,Dr. Axe by D. Van Zandt (10/26/2017; Updated 11/30/2018) Media Bias/Fact Check. chiropractic and naturopathic medicine in Tennessee.About Dr. Axe Dr. Axe. He has doctorates in chiropracticApparently Dr Axe's chiropractor-license expired in 2013. and naturopathic medicine; he is not a medical doctor. He is also a Certified Nutrition Specialist.Where To Get Professional Nutrition Advice by Stephen Barrett. Quackwatch. He promotes discredited and unproven cancer treatments.10 Natural Cancer Treatments Revealed. Josh Axe. Allegedly his DrAxe website receives over 100 million visits per year."www.DrAxe.com ... has over 11 Million visitors a month." says "PaleoFx.com". Assuming this is true, his website receives more visitors than Doctor Oz, Dr. Mercola or NaturalNews.2017 comparison of "Dr. Axe.com" with competing websites, (the "SE traffic" figures are monthly visitors via Google Search Engine).
In 2019, Dr. Axe jumped on the keto diet bandwagon and promotes other low-carb quackery.Dr. Josh Axe on the Keto Diet
==Medical woo==
Dr. Axe pushesAffiliate Disclosure Dr. Axe. In the small-print Dr. Axe states he's on-commission. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. a range of natural health-products, including the classics: apple cider vinegar,20 Unique Apple Cider Vinegar Uses and Benefits Dr. Axe Himalayan pink salt,Pink Himalayan Salt Benefits that Make It Superior to Table Salt Dr. Axe and colloidal silver.8 Proven Colloidal Silver Benefits, Uses and Side Effects Dr. Axe
He has written a book called Eat Shit & Die Eat Dirt,Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It by Josh Axe (2016). Harper Wave. ISBN 0062433644. whose title is intended to be taken literally.Book summary on Google Books. Dr. Axe offers simple ways to get these needed microbes, from incorporating local honey and bee pollen into your diet to forgoing hand sanitizers and even ingesting a little probiotic-rich soil. He is a fan of low-carb dieting and promotes the ketogenic diet.Dr. Axe’s Keto Diet Book. Josh Axe. Dr. Axe sells keto supplements for $59.95.Keto Supplements. Josh Axe.
Dr. Axe makes money by selling dirt sandwiches nutritional supplements that contain — among other things — a "Soil and Plant based probiotic and prebiotic blend with 5 billion cfu…"CFU" is Colony-forming unit, or the number of units that are able to multiply via binary fission under the controlled conditions. Saccharomyces boulardii, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus coagulans, Bacillus sbutilis, BacteriophageBacteriophages are viruses that target bacteria Blend (Myoviridae T4, Myoviridae LH01, Myoviridae LL12, Siphoviridae LL5)".
Compare:
Probiome RX Adrenal Restore Dr. Axe. "Contains Rhodiola rosea, Holy Basil and Schizandra [...]
INGREDIENTS: 5 Billion CFUs* per serving, Plant- and Soil-Based Organisms, Prebiotics, 10 Adaptogen Superfoods and Herbs"
Dr. Axe is a proponent of curing which he describes as a "rapidly growing condition that millions of people are struggling with and don’t even know it."The Leaky Gut Diet and Treatment Plan, Including Top Gut Foods. Josh Axe.Leaky Gut Syndrome: 7 Signs You May Have It. Josh Axe. In reality, leaky gut syndrome is not a recognized medical condition and is only found in alternative medicine literature.Leaky Brain, Leaky Gut: Are They Real?. Science-Based Medicine.Leaky gut syndrome is not real | What's really happening in your gut The NHS has written that "there is currently little evidence to support the theory that a porous bowel is the direct cause of any significant, widespread problems."Leaky gut syndrome. NHS.
He is supportive of dangerous and unproven alternative cancer treatments such as Gerson therapy.
==I wanna get off Dr. Axe's wild ride==
Dr. Axe warns customers against consuming heavy metals, whilst simultaneously pushing bentonite clay,10 Proven Bentonite Clay Benefits and Uses Dr. Axe a quack-treatment which contains potentially hazardous levels of the arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and lead.Best Bentonite Clay by Best Bentonite: FDA Alert — Risk of Lead Poisoning (03/23/2016) U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.Bentonite Clay Nutrition Dr. Axe (archived from February 17, 2017). A table from Dr. Axe acknowledging that bentonite clay contains lead and other toxic metals.
He compares (confuses) ionizing radiation from a (Fukushima) nuclear reactor with non-ionizing radio waves from a microwave oven.With a sunburned face, Dr. Axe has the cheek to lecture his audience about protection from radiation.YouTube where Dr. Axe tells his audience microwave ovens & cellphones cause cancer.
Dr. Axe recommends chelation as a treatment for autism, despite the fact it has not been shown to work, and can be hazardous to the patient."autism-natural-treatment", from Dr. Axe.
Dr. Axe promotes coffee enemas,Fight Cancer & Detoxify with a Coffee Enema Dr. Axe. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. which have no known medical benefit but have numerous risks (burning, rectal perforation, infection and electrolyte imbalance).
Dr. Axe states he is a creationist.Why I DON’T Eat a Paleo Diet… But Close Dr. Axe writes "I personally am a creationist." (archived from February 17, 2017) This declaration could endear him to the only sector of the market who would buy his shtick, i.e., those who don't ask for evidence.
If you are having trouble swallowing his bullshit, Dr. Axe has a treatment for your : acupuncture.Graphic from Dr. Axe, at bottom right he recommends acupuncture for dysphagia.
==Publications==
*Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It (Harper Wave, 2017) ISBN 978-0062433671
*Keto Diet: Your 30-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, Boost Brain Health, and Reverse Disease (Little, Brown Spark, 2019) ISBN 978-0316529587
==External links==
* The Dr. Axe webshite
* Dr Josh Axe is a moron by AddictedToIgnorance
* The quack Miranda warning on the Dr. Axe website is not only in small-print, it's also in low-contrast. 
* The Dr. Axe YouTube channel.
* More on Dr. Axe's promotion of bentonite-clay by Mark Aaron Alsip.
* Dr. Axe's snake essential-oil program is only $197.00 
* Dr. Axe is co-founder of "Ancient Nutrition" : who offer nutritional supplements.
* A photo of Dr. Axe posing with Dr. Oz, and Jolly Roger.
* Mike Adams has Dr Axe's (competing) "Ancient Nutrition" protein-powder in the cross-hairs of his mass-spectrometer.
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