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Russell L. Blaylock, MD is a retired neurosurgeon and author. He charges that certain food additives such as aspartame and MSG are toxic and that the H1N1 influenza vaccine is more dangerous than the viral infection itself. These positions are not consistent with current scientific consensus.

Education and career

According to Blaylock's website, Blaylock completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He was licensed to practice Neurological Surgery in North Carolina between May 6, 1977 and December 15, 2006. He retired as a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at Belhaven College, a small, (historically Presbyterian-affiliated) Christian college in Mississippi that teaches "from a Christian Worldview Curriculum".

He is associated with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and was on the editorial board of their journal.

Views on alleged health dangers

Sweeteners and flavour enhancers

Blaylock has been quoted several times in media outlets regarding his position that MSG is toxic to the brain. He also states that the widely-used artificial sweetener aspartame is toxic and may be the cause of multiple sclerosis. He has additionally cautioned against heavy use of the artificial sweetener Splenda (sucralose). These positions are not supported by scientific consensus or regulatory bodies, as large numbers of studies support the safety of aspartame, sucralose and MSG.

Vaccinations

Blaylock has also urged avoidance of the swine flu (H1N1) vaccination, which he claims is more dangerous than the infection itself. In various alternative media outlets, he has given advice on what he feels an individual should do if faced with mandatory vaccination. Current research indicates that an effective vaccine is a vital tool in protecting the public and that the new H1N1 vaccine is both safe and effective.

Other claims

Advertisements selling the 'Blaylock Wellness Report' at newsmax.com contain claims of additional health dangers, including fluoridated drinking water, fluoridated toothpaste, vaccines, dental amalgam, cholesterol drugs, pesticides, and aluminum cookware.

Views on politics

Blaylock wrote that the Medical University of South Carolina (where he did his internship) was "deeply embroiled in a leftist-initiated war on Western Culture". He called the American medical system 'collectivist', and blamed this collectivism for the retirement of his friend Miguel Faria. Blaylock wrote that it was around this time that he began "exploring for the first time some of the classics of liberty", including Frédéric Bastiat's The Law, Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom and The Constitution of Liberty, and works by Ludwig von Mises, and Murray Rothbard.

Blaylock believes that Bill Clinton gave pardons and "free access to the Whitehouse" to "syndicate crime families". He also wrote that Clinton allowed "Chinese ships" to give weapons to gangs in Los Angeles.

Accusations of Soviet sabotage

Blaylock has asserted that behind the US drug problem was a "nefarious program created in the former Soviet Union that exceeds even the far-reaching imaginations of Hollywood writers". The drug problem, he writes, would weaken the resistance of Western Society to Soviet invasion, undermine religion (which he calls 'the foundation of Western stability and morality'), target schools, harm the work force and work ethic, make the youth "unable to resist collectivism", and create a "totalitarian mindset within the United States government". He implicates Fidel Castro, Nikita Kruschev, Leonid Brezhnev, organized crime syndicates, and their American "leftist accomplices" in the formation of US drug culture.

Blaylock implies that the Soviet program was linked to crack-cocaine, fentanyl, ecstasy and methamphetamine, and that it was responsible for "an epidemic of hepatitis, AIDS, venereal diseases and highly resistant tuberculosis". He accuses the US media and the US government of knowing about the Soviet plot, but failing to expose it. As part of his evidence, he quotes from the "Communist Manual of Instructions of Psychological Warfare", purportedly by Lavrenti Beria. However, many people have doubted the authenticity and authorship of the work, including the FBI.

Media

Television and radio

Blaylock has appeared on the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), including on the network's The 700 Club, a talk show started by televangelist Pat Robertson. Blaylock states that he has also been a guest on over fifty syndicated radio programs.

Books

  • Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147
  • Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life Health Press, 2002. ISBN 0929173422
  • Natural Strategies for The Cancer Patient New York : Twin Streams, 2003. ISBN 0758202210
  • Multiple Sclerosis Pritchett & Hull, 1988. ISBN 0939838257

Articles

Blaylock is the author or co-author of several case reports and reviews in the scientific literature. He has also written for, and been on the editorial board of the journal of the politically conservative non-profit organization Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. This journal was entitled Medical Sentinel until 2003, when it became the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS). He also authors The Blaylock Wellness Report for the conservative website NewsMax.

See also

References

  1. ^ Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J; et al. (2007). "Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies". Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 37 (8): 629–727. doi:10.1080/10408440701516184. PMID 17828671. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Walker R, Lupien JR (2000). "The safety evaluation of monosodium glutamate". Journal of Nutrition. 130 (4S): 1049S – 52S. PMID 10736380.
  3. ^ Greenberg ME, Lai MH, Hartel GF, Wichems CH, Gittleson C, Bennet J, Dawson G, Hu W, Leggio C, Washington D, Basser RL (2009). "Response after One Dose of a Monovalent Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine -- Preliminary Report". New England Journal of Medicine. Epub ahead of print, September 10. PMID 19745216.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Russell Blaylock's website
  5. North Carolina Medical Board
  6. Belhaven College Biology Department Faculty
  7. Belhaven College website
  8. "An Irresistible Force?". aapsonline.org. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. A game of hide and seek.(hidden MSG in processed foods) originally printed in Vegetarian Times, September 01, 1998 AccessMyLibrary record.
  10. Want full disclosure with that meal? St. Petersburg Times September 25, 2005
  11. FLAVOR-ENHANCING MSG IS EVERYWHERE, BUT IS IT HARMLESS OR AN "EXCITOTOXIN"? Chicago Tribune July 28, 1994
  12. Sugar substitutes aren't always so healthy The Free Lance-Star September 10, 2001
  13. How sweet it isn't? Natural alternatives to sugar, minus the calories and carcinogens.(Eating Right) E Magazine November 01, 2003
  14. Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147
  15. Gogoi, Pallavi, edited by Beth Belton. How Far from Sugar Is Splenda?, BusinessWeek Online, McGraw Hill, February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  16. Grice HC, Goldsmith LA (2000). "Sucralose--an overview of the toxicity data". Food Chem Toxicol. 3 (Suppl 2): S1-6. doi:10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00023-5. PMID 10882813.
  17. "What to do if you are forced to take swine flu shot" Blaylock R., Canada Free Press, 19 September 2009.
  18. "The Blaylock Wellness Report: Mercury: Save Your Body From Nature's Deadly Poison". newsmax.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  19. "The Blaylock Wellness Report: Autism". newsmax.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  20. "The Blaylock Wellness Report: Why Fluoride Is Toxic". newsmax.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  21. "The Blaylock Wellness Report: Food Additives". newsmax.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  22. "Blaylock Wellness Report". newsmax.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  23. Blaylock, Russell (2003 Spring). "A Tribute to Dr. Miguel Faria" (PDF). jpands.org. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  24. "RUSSELLBLAYLOCKMD.COM". russellblaylockmd.com. Retrieved 2009 10 19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) (residdency at South Carolina)
  25. ^ Blaylock, Russell (2002). "Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy". aapsonline.org. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  26. FBI Special Agent in Charge (1956-04-6). "COMMUNIST STRATEGY "BRAIN-WASHING, A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Phycopolitics". xenu-directory.net. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  27. Chris Owen (2000 10 27). "The Brainwashing Manual - the hard facts". xenu-directory.net. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  28. "The Brainwashing manual: Timeline". xenu-directory.net. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  29. The Hidden Danger in Your Food CBN News Saturday, February 17, 2007
  30. MSG, Cancer, and Your Heart CBN News Monday, January 28, 2008
  31. What's In That? How Food Affects Behavior CBN News Thursday, January 01, 2009
  32. Journal of Neurosurgery Chondrosarcoma of the cervical spine Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., and Ludwig G. Kempe, M.D.
  33. Journal of Neurosurgery Hydrosyringomyelia of the conus medullaris associated with a thoracic meningioma Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
  34. Food Additive Excitotoxins and Degenerative Brain Disorders - Originally published in the Medical Sentinel 1999
  35. "Medical Sentinel Issues". jpands.org. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  36. "Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons". jpands.org. 2003 Spring. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  37. "Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy". haciendapub.com. Retrieved 2009 10 17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  38. Blaylock Wellness Report

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