Dr. Alan Greenberg....find the source ?

Leifer

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There is a long and often re-posted quote by a ....Dr. Alan Greenberg, advocating the futility and dangers of conventional/pharmaceutical industries, in relation to health.
This quote appears often, especially among a list of "famous doctor quotes", on alternative health websites.


"As a retired physician, I can honestly say that unless you are in a serious accident, your best chance of living to a ripe old age is to avoid doctors and hospitals and learn about nutrition, herbal medicine and other forms of natural medicine unless you are fortunate enough to have a naturopathic physician available. Almost all drugs are toxic and are designed only to treat symptoms and not to cure anyone. Vaccines are highly dangerous, have never been adequately studied or proven to be effective, and have a poor risk/reward ratio. Most surgery are unnecessary and most textbooks of medicine are inaccurate and deceptive. Almost every disease is said to be idiopathic (without known cause) or genetic - although this is untrue. In short, our mainstream medical system is hopelessly inept and/or corrupt. The treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases is a national scandal. The sooner you learn this, the better off you will be."
— A. Greenberg, MD
12/24/2002
http://www.choicesunlimited.ca/famous-medical-quotes/
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In a search of his name, his above quote consistently appears, but with no source info or links.
I understand that the quote appeals greatly to the alternative medicine crowd, as it explains the general sentiment of people's discontent with Pharma .

Dr. A. Greenberg, (if it is the same one) was involved in conventional medicine for many years, but now is in retirement....and advocates the dangers of conventional medicine and modern Pharma. He apparently now sells "chelation therapy" and other nutritional supplements.

Even though I was able to find more info on Dr Alan Greenberg, most other mentions of his quote....no source in these re-posts is mentioned at all.....and it was implicated as important, because of the "MD" credibility framing his name......as if he is somehow now a whistleblower.
This lack of a source, peaked my curiosity. I'm still not able to find the original source of the quote....but I'm semi-confident this person exists, and in his business context, he certainly could have said it.....or very close to it (ref. above quote).

I also found it quite common for many people to justify, or defend the quote, even without knowing if he was real or not. When I posed the idea (online)....."maybe he's not a real doctor, there is no source for the statement"........several replied, "It does not matter if he is real or not, his sentiments ring true" (paraphrased).
To that I mentioned......
My point may be the reaction to my suspicion of the quote. It seems that even though this "MD doctor" may not be real at all.....it does not matter, so long if the sentiment is agreed by some. I hope we realize that this now means that fallacies on the internet are somehow OK, as long as we agree to their general ideas.
A "pass" is given to untruths, in order to convince people of truths.
(?? I don't understand that...but that's just me)
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For whatever matter.....Mr Greenberg is a non-practicing (and retired) MD, and is selling/promoting chelation therapy, specifically on this site.....which also promotes the (well debunked here and everywhere) "Bionic Hydrotherapy Foot Baths".
 
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Not necessary, doesn't matter if this person exits or not. This insight point of view to medicine has been acknowledged since last century. Not only he realized this truth about modern medicine but many other health care practitioners have already revealed the limits and dangers of medical style these days.
 
Not necessary, doesn't matter if this person exits or not. This insight point of view to medicine has been acknowledged since last century. Not only he realized this truth about modern medicine but many other health care practitioners have already revealed the limits and dangers of medical style these days.

So you essentially agree with Leifer then

A "pass" is given to untruths, in order to convince people of truths.
 
It must be very frustrating for the people who distrust modern medicine that life expectancy keeps going up, and diseases that would formerly have been death sentences are now easily and routinely treated or prevented altogether. Reality just keeps getting in the way of their ideals.
 
There is a long and often re-posted quote by a ....Dr. Alan Greenberg, advocating the futility and dangers of conventional/pharmaceutical industries, in relation to health.
This quote appears often, especially among a list of "famous doctor quotes", on alternative health websites.


"As a retired physician, I can honestly say that unless you are in a serious accident, your best chance of living to a ripe old age is to avoid doctors and hospitals and learn about nutrition, herbal medicine and other forms of natural medicine unless you are fortunate enough to have a naturopathic physician available. Almost all drugs are toxic and are designed only to treat symptoms and not to cure anyone. Vaccines are highly dangerous, have never been adequately studied or proven to be effective, and have a poor risk/reward ratio. Most surgery are unnecessary and most textbooks of medicine are inaccurate and deceptive. Almost every disease is said to be idiopathic (without known cause) or genetic - although this is untrue. In short, our mainstream medical system is hopelessly inept and/or corrupt. The treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases is a national scandal. The sooner you learn this, the better off you will be."
— A. Greenberg, MD
12/24/2002
http://www.choicesunlimited.ca/famous-medical-quotes/
Content from External Source
In a search of his name, his above quote consistently appears, but with no source info or links.
I understand that the quote appeals greatly to the alternative medicine crowd, as it explains the general sentiment of people's discontent with Pharma .

Dr. A. Greenberg, (if it is the same one) was involved in conventional medicine for many years, but now is in retirement....and advocates the dangers of conventional medicine and modern Pharma. He apparently now sells "chelation therapy" and other nutritional supplements.

Even though I was able to find more info on Dr Alan Greenberg, most other mentions of his quote....no source in these re-posts is mentioned at all.....and it was implicated as important, because of the "MD" credibility framing his name......as if he is somehow now a whistleblower.
This lack of a source, peaked my curiosity. I'm still not able to find the original source of the quote....but I'm semi-confident this person exists, and in his business context, he certainly could have said it.....or very close to it (ref. above quote).

I also found it quite common for many people to justify, or defend the quote, even without knowing if he was real or not. When I posed the idea (online)....."maybe he's not a real doctor, there is no source for the statement"........several replied, "It does not matter if he is real or not, his sentiments ring true" (paraphrased).
To that I mentioned......
My point may be the reaction to my suspicion of the quote. It seems that even though this "MD doctor" may not be real at all.....it does not matter, so long if the sentiment is agreed by some. I hope we realize that this now means that fallacies on the internet are somehow OK, as long as we agree to their general ideas.
A "pass" is given to untruths, in order to convince people of truths.
(?? I don't understand that...but that's just me)
Content from External Source
For whatever matter.....Mr Greenberg is a non-practicing (and retired) MD, and is selling/promoting chelation therapy, specifically on this site.....which also promotes the (well debunked here and everywhere) "Bionic Hydrotherapy Foot Baths".

Believe it or not, I found the Chinese version of this paragraph in Wechat group chat of my family. At the first glance I thought it was a blab, but my anti deeply trusts this idea,so I searched on google then I found this website.

According to the links, the status of his license of was "Revocation. The Board found that the physician is mentally incompetent to practice medicine." in 2001. May I understand this as the quote of this doctor is [nonsense]?
 
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Quite nonsense, yes. For myriad reasons.


One thing to be careful about, though, is that revocation for mental incompetence. That *could* be for promoting stuff like this, but it could also be a separate thing (though probably related, in a way). My wife as a nurse has known a few doctors to get the same revocation, and it usually comes at the end of a pattern - an older doctor has a series of issues due to out of date practices, reduced mental faculties, or reduced physical faculties for some doctors (dexterity in older surgeons, for example), which they are given gentler reprimands than they maybe deserve, but paired with the suggestion that, you know, maybe it's time to retire and enjoy some golf and grandkids. Doctors who don't retire generally get a harsher reprimand than they deserve the next time, and in the end will get a their license revoked for incompetence as the board's way of saying, "No, seriously, it's really time to retire."
 
Where I encountered the quote, it was attached to a photo of this guy: https://allangreenbergblog.wordpress.com/
Not only is the first name not the same, it's immediately evident that he's not a doctor.

Here's the actual guy: http://www.cellphysics.com/agbio.html
That "Cell Physics" venture/site is the not-obviously-selling-you-things version of his supplement company: http://vitaminretailer.com/resources/buyersguide/10374/science-formulas-inc/
Here's the [study] for his product: http://www.detoxhealth.com/oral-chelation-greenberg-study-page-1.html
As of 2015 he was apparently still giving talks: https://chemsense.blogspot.com/2015/04/march-speaker-alan-greenburg.html
and working as a consultant at Tree of Life Health Ministries: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/...ealth.html?soid=1101541216511&aid=bA8lGQZjAh8
He doesn't currently appear on their main site, so maybe he's retired for good now.
 
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It must be very frustrating for the people who distrust modern medicine that life expectancy keeps going up, and diseases that would formerly have been death sentences are now easily and routinely treated or prevented altogether. Reality just keeps getting in the way of their ideals.
You could increase life expectancy by putting people into intensive care after 70, but that does not mean they would be healthier in general.. On the other hand I am quite glad not to have had smallpox, or died of polio (like my sister).
 
You could increase life expectancy by putting people into intensive care after 70, but that does not mean they would be healthier in general.. On the other hand I am quite glad not to have had smallpox, or died of polio (like my sister).
Well I'm definitely confident to say: those people in 70s or later is healthier than those who didn't make it, because the latter are already dead :)
 
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