David Wolfe

[[File:David Wolfe.png|thumb|165px|David Wolfe]]
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'''David "Avocado" Wolfe''' is a staunch ''avocat'' for [[raw foodism|raw food]] woo<ref>[http://www.naturalnews.com/019196_bird_flu_raw_foods.html Interview with David Wolfe on raw foods, the bird flu and herbal healing]</ref> and [[reflexology]], and an opponent of [[genetically modified food]]<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/i-can-take-any-diet-and-tear-it-apart-20130514-2jhs3.html Sydney Morning Herald 'I can take any diet and tear it apart']</ref> and [[Anti-vaccination movement|vaccines]].<ref>[http://www.davidwolfe.com/vaccines-and-vaccine-safety/ VACCINES AND VACCINE SAFETY]</ref> Wolfe has been accused of discouraging [[cancer]] patients from using effective medical treatments in favor of [[cancer woo]].<ref name=BadScience>[https://badscidebunked.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/your-worst-day-ever-david-avocados-himalayan-salt-debunked/ Your Worst Day Ever: David Avocado’s Himalayan Salt Debunked]</ref> He is also a [[Statin denialism|statin denialist]].<ref>[https://www.davidwolfe.com/9-habits-reduce-cholesterol/ 9 Habits That Reduce Cholesterol Without Dangerous Statins]</ref><ref>[https://www.davidwolfe.com/study-statins-dont-lower-cholesterol-cause-serious-disease/ Study: Statins Don’t Lower Cholesterol. They Cause THIS Serious Disease!]</ref>

Wolfe believes himself to be ''"the rock star and Indiana Jones of the [[superfoods]] and longevity universe."''<ref>[http://www.davidwolfe.com/about/ About Me]</ref> but in reality he's a snake oil salesman.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2015/05/28/how-is-it-that-ive-never-heard-of-david-avocado-wolfe-before/ Science Blogs 'How is it that I’ve never heard of David Avocado Wolfe before?']</ref> Wolfe promotes numerous [[alternative medicine]] and [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] products on his website, and has featured in infomercials for NutriBullet (which is basically a blender with a 
phallus
 [[messiah]] complex).

==What's his Guacamole?==
Wolfe believes "mushrooms are from space", "chocolate is an octave of sun energy", and deer antler is "a cosmic substance"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2uyt_-f6nU DAVID WOLFE Best quotes ever!]</ref> (a product he promotes and sells).  He is expert at stringing words together in ways that look superficially as though it means something.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/02/26/sorry-australia-dontcrywolfe/ Sorry, Australia: #DontCryWolfe]</ref>

Wolfe is also a [[Flat Earth|flat earther]]<ref>https://twitter.com/DavidWolfe/status/672240433842536448</ref>, [[anti-evolution|evolution denialist]]<ref>[https://youtu.be/Ne5DrD7rIkw?t=14m30s Video of Dave saying evolution is a hoax]</ref> and [[gravity]] denialist:
  
{{quotebox|Gravity is not intrinsic to matter. That [[Carl Sagan]] idea that was sold to us on Cosmos on [[PBS]], was sold to us deliberately to actually confuse us just so you know that. There’s people who have known that gravity is a force that can be displaced. There’s people that have known that since the 50s or even earlier than that. But by screwing up, confusing our mind about things, and giving us incorrect theories we were [[Brainwashing|brain washed]] into a totally different belief system. That gravity is intrinsic to all matter, we’re fighting gravity, we have to push our way through gravity to launch a craft up into outer space, all this nonsense.<ref>http://www.scibabe.com/a-challenge-to-david-avocado-wolfe-take-a-flying-leap-literally/</ref>}}

Wolfe believes that gravity is a [[toxin]], and by turning yourself on your head you can turn gravity into a cure for arthritis.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZPi3HnGxq8 Which Mammals Don't Get Arthritis (and why)]—Longevity Institute video</ref>

Wolfe doesn't know how [[solar]] [[radiation]] or [[light]] absorption work; he once claimed that solar energy wasn't renewable because "[[Not even wrong|the light [solar panels] absorb is lost forever]]", stating his belief that solar panels are "draining the sun".<ref>[https://twitter.com/DavidWolfe/status/729607928815222784 I wish I was joking.] (Note: the admonition "like and share if you think draining the sun is a good idea" may have implied that he was just advocating solar power and being tongue-in-cheek about it. But don't bet on it.)</ref>

Wolfe is into [[salt woo]]: He sells [[Himalayan salt]], which he claims "contains the 84 natural elements needed by the body." One of the "84" elements Wolfe claims are in his salt is [[Mercury#The element|mercury]]. Wolfe knows that mercury is poisonous and points this fact out with other products, but somehow manages to market the alleged mercury in his own salt product as being beneficial.<ref name=BadScience/> The salt is also alleged to include trace amounts of [[arsenic]] and [[plutonium]].<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/01/19/dontcrywolfe/ DontCryWolfe]</ref>

Bringing it all together, Wolfe once stated that "The reason the oceans are salty is to hold the water onto the [[Earth]]. If that didn't happen, the water would levitate right off the Earth and that would be the end of it."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XJCnanT4ac Importance of Salt]</ref>

He also claims to have five degrees, two engineering degrees from University of California, Santa Barbara, one in political science (from somewhere), a law degree from "University of SD" (probably San Diego, can also mean University of South Dakota instead) and a Masters in Nutrition from the University of Integrative Sciences California<ref>[http://www.uisca.org/en-us/degrees.aspx UISC &mdash; Degrees offered]</ref> (also a guess, there's a legitimate Sint Maarten medical school with the same name<ref>[http://www.auis.edu/ American University of Integrative Sciences]</ref>).<ref>[https://twitter.com/DavidWolfe/status/732728826803814400?replies_view=true Somehow.]</ref>

==Social media and following==
In addition to his self-published work, Wolfe is also the co-founder of TheBestDayEver.com, an online so-called health magazine.<ref>http://www.davidwolfe.com/</ref>

Most of his material is unoriginal; taken from other sources. He frequently takes alternative medicine and food woo meme pictures from other questionable sites, puts his own watermark on them, and posts them to his Facebook page.

He holds pricey weekend getaways at substandard campsites, and has been accused of sexually harassing at least one of the attendees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190406114216/http://www.30bananasaday.com/forum/topics/is-david-wolfe-a-sleaze-bag Is David Wolfe a sleaze bag with the ladies?], post on a forum at a vegan website</ref>

==In a nutshell==
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==See also==
*[[Food Babe]]

==Further Reading==
[https://theoutline.com/post/1951/david-avocado-wolfe-is-the-biggest-asshole-in-the-multiverse David Avocado Wolfe is the biggest asshole in the multiverse] by [[SciBabe]]

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