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'''Gary Michael Null''' (born [[1945]]) is a [[talk radio]] host and [[author]] on [[alternative medicine|alternative and complementary medicine]] and [[nutrition]] in the [[United States]]. He is also a critic of the medical and psychiatric communities. He is the owner of the supplement and media company Gary Null & Associates, Inc.<ref>About Us, [http://gnhealth.com/scripts/about.php GNHealth]</ref> He was raised in [[West Virginia]] with his two brothers. He has one daughter, Shelly Null, with whom he has co-authored a book. He has several associates: Doug Henderson, his Director of Operations, who frequently co-hosts his radio shows; Richard Polonetsky, the vice-president of Gary Null & Associates, and ; Manette Loudon, who heads his production company.
'''Gary Michael Null''' (born [[1945]]) is a [[talk radio]] host and [[author]] on [[alternative medicine|alternative and complementary medicine]] and [[nutrition]] in the [[United States]]. He is also a critic of the medical and psychiatric communities. He is the owner of the supplement and media company Gary Null & Associates, Inc.<ref>About Us, [http://gnhealth.com/scripts/about.php GNHealth]</ref> He was raised in [[West Virginia]] with his two brothers. He has one daughter, Shelly Null, with whom he has co-authored a book. He has several associates: Doug Henderson, a lawyer, who is the Director of Operations for Gary Null & Associates and frequently co-hosts Null's radio shows; Richard Polonetsky, the vice-president of Gary Null & Associates, and ; Manette Loudon, who heads his production company.


==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 12:41, 5 July 2008

Gary Null
Career
StationThe Progressive Radio Network
ShowNatural Living with Gary Null

Gary Michael Null (born 1945) is a talk radio host and author on alternative and complementary medicine and nutrition in the United States. He is also a critic of the medical and psychiatric communities. He is the owner of the supplement and media company Gary Null & Associates, Inc.[1] He was raised in West Virginia with his two brothers. He has one daughter, Shelly Null, with whom he has co-authored a book. He has several associates: Doug Henderson, a lawyer, who is the Director of Operations for Gary Null & Associates and frequently co-hosts Null's radio shows; Richard Polonetsky, the vice-president of Gary Null & Associates, and ; Manette Loudon, who heads his production company.

Education

Gary Null holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey and a Ph.D. from Union Institute & University, a private college specializing in distance learning programs, in Cincinnati, Ohio, in human nutrition and public health sciences. His Ph.D. thesis was titled, "A Study of Psychological and Physiological Effects of Caffeine on Human Health." This school is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools but its accreditation does not cover awarding of PhDs in the sciences, only in the humanities. He is a New York State Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist.[2]

Promoter of natural alternative remedies and exercise

Gary Null was a short-order cook in his 20's in New York City. Also, in the late 1960s Null was the editor of Caveat Emptor, a consumer health activist publication. Later, he was a New York City health food restaurant owner.[citation needed] He owns a health food store, Gary Null's Uptown Whole Foods Market,[3] in New York City. He is best known as a promoter of natural and alternative remedies. He is the author and producer of more than seventy books, booklets, and audio CDs on the topics of health, wellness, nutrition, and alternative medicine.[4] His work on medical issues has been published extensively in Penthouse.

Talk show host and maker of documentaries

Null's syndicated radio talk show, Natural Living with Gary Null, earned eight Silver Microphone Awards and remains the longest-running continuously airing health program in America for 27 years and counting from New York City.[5] He now broadcasts over the Internet on the Progressive Radio Network.[6] Null has produced several documentary films and many videos on public policy issues, personal health, and personal development. He has also directed and appeared in films and videos.

Null's videos have been aired by PBS during pledge drives, but concern arose within PBS over the sensational claims they contained. Null responded by alleging an effort to silence him, saying: "The guardians of the gates of orthodoxy at PBS... you don't know who their friends are."[7]

Views on conventional medicine

Gary Null has attacked many facets of conventional medicine. He says that physicians are not conspiring but are just trained and conditioned to accept the premises of their profession. Null believes that physicians have an economic interest in sickness maintenance, not prevention. Null co-authored a series of articles on cancer research, new therapies, and political influence for Penthouse, beginning with one entitled "The Great Cancer Fraud".[8][9] He accused the "medical community of suppressing alternative cancer treatments to protect the medical establishment's solid-gold cancer train". Time wrote: "From a young reporter this is to be expected. But two decades later, Null, 54, is still warning of a variety of medical bogeymen out to gull a trusting public."[7]

Gary Null is also noted for his views concerning AIDS denialism. From a June 2000 article he wrote:

"A growing number of critics, including leading virologists and Nobel Prize winning scientists, doctors, journalists, and other academicians, question HIV’s relationship to the diseases we term AIDS. Some argue that HIV has never been isolated; therefore, we have no proof of its existence. Others believe that HIV does exist, but that it can’t possibly be doing everything that it is purported to do as it is merely one of 3,000 retroviruses, none of which have ever been proven harmful. What these dissenters have in common is a belief in the need to re-evaluate the HIV = AIDS hypothesis."

Criticism

Many of Null's viewpoints are controversial and he has attracted the attention of Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch. Barrett criticizes the validity of Null's Ph.D. thesis, his alternative health claims, and several of his commercial products.[10]

The James Randi Educational Foundation, an organization that aims to promote critical thinking, has accused him, together with Wayne Dyer, of "dealing in nonsense", promoting the notion of eternal youth, and prescribing magnets and "other medieval tools" to prevent aging.[11]

The Null Hypothesis: Comments on Gary Null's "Death by Medicine" by James R. Laidler, MD[12] criticizes Null’s work for double counting statistics and for presenting a simplistic and skewed view of medicine.

Films

Null wrote and directed a number of documentary films, mostly on the subject of Alternative Medicine and critiqueing of conventional medicine.[13]

  • Vaccine Nation (2008)
  • AIDS Inc. (2007)
  • Gulf War Syndrome: Killing Our Own (2007)
  • Mind Power (2006)
  • Wake Up and Get Healthy (2006)
  • Friendly Fire: Exposing Gulf War Syndrome (2006)
  • It's Not Your Fault You're Stupid (2006)
  • Prescription for Disaster (2006)
  • I'm Not Finished Yet (2005)
  • The Drugging of Our Children (2005)
  • Enhancing Self-Esteem (2005)
  • Change Your Life (2005)
  • How to Manifest a Beautiful Life (2004)
  • Power Aging (2004)
  • Embracing Passion (2004)
  • Deconstructing the Myth Of AIDS (2003)

Books

  • Gary Null's Power Foods: The 15 Best Foods for Your Health. :NAL Hardcover, Dec. 5, 2006. ISBN 0451219763] 336 pages.
  • Gary Null's Mind Power: Rejuvenate Your Brain and Memory Naturally. :New American Library, December, 2005, 326 pages. ISBN 0451216733
  • Get Healthy Now! with Gary Null: A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment and Healthy Living. (2nd rev.ed., Amy McDonald, Senior Project Editor)(pbk) Seven Stories Press, Oct. 1, 2006. ISBN 1583227534 1146 pages. 2nd ed. (pbk), Dec. 30, 2000, ISBN 1583220429, 1037 pages. 1st ed. 1999.
  • Healing with Magnets. Carrol & Graf Publishers, August 2, 2006. softcover, 240 pages. ISBN 0786705306
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing: A Comprehensive A-Z listing of Common and Chronic Illnesses and their Proven Natural Treatments. (rev.& updated ed., Oct.1, 2005) :Kensington. (pbk) ISBN 0758213167. 320 pages. Also (pbk) :KTrade Paper, 2000.
  • Gary Null's Power Aging. :NAL Trade, Dec. 7, 2004 ISBN 451213082 400 pages.
  • Germs, Biological Warfare, Vaccinations: What You Need to Know (with James Feast). :Seven Stories Press, 1st ed. Feb. 2003. (pbk) ISBN 1583225189. 304 pages.
  • Gary Null's Guide to a Joyful, Healthy Life. :1st Carroll & Graf Ed., January 2000. (HB) ISBN-13: 978-0786707126. 848 pages. :Carroll & Graf Publishers, July 10, 2002, reprint ed. of three books: Who Are You Really, Be Kind to Yourself, and Choosing Joy. (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-0786709946. 768 pages.
  • Women's Health Solutions. :Seven Stories Press, 1st ed., Jan. 9, 2002. ISBN 1583224199 640 pages.
  • The Joy of Juicing: Creative Cooking with Your Juicer (with Shelly Null). New York: Avery, rev., updated. May 31, 2001. ISBN 58333-102-6. 240 pages.
  • AIDS: A Second Opinion (with James Feast). :Seven Stories Press, 1st Ed., December 2001. (HB) ISBN-13: 978-1583222067. 400 pages.
  • The Baby Boomer's Guide to Getting It Right the Second Time Around (with Vicki Riba Koestler). :Carrol & Graf Publishers, 2001, (pbk) ISBN 0786708514. 384 pages.
  • For Women Only! Your Guide to Health Empowerment (with Barbara Seaman). New York, NY: Seven Stories Press, reprint (pbk). 1999, (HB). ISBN 1583220153. 1573 pages. Oct. 10, 2001 (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-1583222978. 1600 pages.
  • Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet: A Revolutionary All-Natural Program for Losing Weight and Building a Healthy Body. :Broadway, Jan.2, 2001. (pbk) ISBN 0767904742 720 pages. (Retitled Kiss Your Fat Goodbye :Broadway, Feb. 28, 2006 ISBN 0767925174.)
  • Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program. :K Hardcover, 1st ed., Feb. 15, 1999. ISBN 1575664095 (HB) 498 pages. And :Kensington (1999)(pbk)[ASIN: B000HZXEC4]. And :Broadway, reprint ed., Dec. 1, 1999. (pbk)ISBN 0767904360 608 pages. And :Broadway Books (2000). (pbk) [ASIN: B000GRS85Q]
  • The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing: The first comprehensive guide to scientific peer review studies of natural supplements and their proven treatment values. New York: Kensington Publ. Corp., March 1, 1998. (HB) ISBN 1-57566-720-7. 870 pages. And Nov. 1, 2000, (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-1575667201. 880 pages.
  • Choosing Joy: Change Your Life for the Better (with Vicki Riba Koestler). 1st Carroll & Graf edition. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, April 1998 [ISBN 0-7867-0522-1] (pbk) 311 pages.
  • The Joy of Juicing Recipe Guide: Creative Cooking With Your Juicer (with chef Shelly Null). :Penguin Group USA, Inc., 1996 (pbk) [ASIN: B000J33RKS]. And :Avery, April 1, 1992. (pbk) ISBN 0895295927. 240 pages. And :Golden-Lee Book Distributors, Inc. (1992) (pbk)[ASIN: B0000J00HPG]. And :Gary Null & Associates (1991) (pbk) [ASIN: B000MPR0E8].
  • The Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing. :Seven Stories Press, Nov. 1996 ISBN 1888363357 (28 ailments) 411 pages.
  • Who Are You, Really?: Understanding Your Life's Energy. New York: Carroll & Graf, July 1996 ISBN 0-7867-0326-1 (pbk) 218 pages.
  • Be Kind To Yourself: Explorations into Self-Empowerment. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Sept. 1995. ISBN 0786702695. 256 pages.
  • Nutrition and the mind. New York/London: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995. ISBN 1-56858-021-5
  • Ultimate Training: Gary Null's Complete Guide to Eating Right, Exercising, and Living Longer (with Dr. Howard Robins). :St. Martin's Griffin, March 15, 1993. ISBN 0312087968. 224 pages.
  • No More Allergies: Identifying and Eliminating Allergies and Sensitivity Reactions to Everything in Your Environment (The Gary Null Natural Health Library). :Villard, 1st ed., Nov. 3, 1992. ISBN 0679743101. 464 pages.
  • How to keep your feet & legs healthy for a lifetime: the only complete guide to foot and leg care, with sections for walkers, joggers, and runners (with Howard Robins). 1st ed. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, c1990, ISBN 0-941423-36-0
  • Black Hollywood: The Black Performer in Motion Pictures. :Carol Publishing Corp. (pbk) Reissue Ed., April 1990. ISBN-13: 978-0806509082. 254 pages.
  • The Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition: A Sourcebook for a Healthier Life. London: Arlington, 1984. ISBN 0-85140-655-6. And :Dell, Aug. 1, 1986. (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-0440506126. 608 pages.
  • Man and His Whole Earth. Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole 1976. ISBN 0-8117-0969-8. :Pyramid Books, 1977. (Mass Market PBK) ISBN-13: 978-0515036206. 159 pages.
  • The Conspirator Who Saved the Romanovs: The untold story of Aaron Simanovitsch-Kiev jeweler, Rasputin's secretary, etc. by Gary Null. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, (HB) 1971. 177 pages.

Published articles and interviews

  • Null, Gary and Houston, Robert The Great Cancer Fraud. Penthouse, 1979 (September): p.76-78, 82, 268, 270, 272, 274, 276-278.
  • Null, G. "The suppression of cancer cures." Penthouse, 1979 (October): 90-92, 94-96.
  • Null, G. and Pitrone, A. Suppression of new cancer therapies: Dr. Joseph Gold and hydrazine sulfate. Penthouse, 1980 (January): 97-98, 160, 162-163.
  • Null, G. and Steinman, L. The politics of cancer. Part five. Suppression of new cancer therapies: Dr. Lawrence Burton. Penthouse, 1980 (July): 75-76, 188-194, 196-197.
  • Caffeine: Psychological Effects, Use and Abuse Sanford Bolton, Ph.D. and Gary Null, M.S. 1981. 47 references from 1965–1981.
  • The Antioxidant Vitamin - Vitamin C by Gary Null, Ph.D. 15 pages. 69 endnotes, 1991.
  • The Hidden Side of Psychiatry by Gary Null, Ph.D. 49 endnotes. 38 pages. 1997.
  • Iatrogenic Illness: The Downside of Modern Medicine: A White Paper by Gary Null, PhD & Debora Rasio, MD. 2000.
  • Fluoride: The Deadly Legacy. A 16-part white paper by Gary Null, Ph.D. 2001. 233 endnotes.
  • The Fluoridation Fiasco by Gary Null. 85 endnotes. © 1983–2002 Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients.
  • Vitamin C and Treatment of Cancer: Part I Abstracts and Commentary from the Scientific Literature and Vitamin C and the Treatment of Cancer: Part II by Gary Null, Ph.D.; Howard Robins, DPM; Mark Tannenbaum, DPM; and Patrick Jennings, Editor. A review of the medical literature published in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients – May 1997.
  • Death by Medicine By Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD. Six pages. 152 references. 2004.[14]
  • Oxygen Therapy The Empire Strikes Back! (Gary Null interview 1993) Transcript of radio interview conducted in mid-1993 by Gary Null of WBAI; Nexus Magazine Dec 1993--Jan 1994. Polyatomic Apheresis unit.
  • Fascism in Medicine. by Gary Null, Ph.D Speech given May 15, 1994 at a forum on Democracy and Fascism. Broadcast June 6, 1994 on the Pacifica Radio station WBAI-FM, New York. A 12-page transcript is available on the www.whale.to website.
  • Flu Vaccine: Interview of Dr. Eva Snead. by Gary Null 8-minute interview. No date.
  • Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola. Nature, Accident or Intentional? Interview of Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A.., M.P.H. by Gary Null 1995.
  • Why We Lost The War On Cancer. Two page essay, 1997.
  • Pathologizing Life. by Gary Null © 2002, ADHD and Ritalin. 59 endnotes.
  • Vaccines: A Second Opinion. by Gary Null. 2000.

References

  1. ^ About Us, GNHealth
  2. ^ License Information, NY State Education Department - Office of the Professions
  3. ^ Gary Null's Uptown Whole Foods, NY Site
  4. ^ Gary Null Book List, as listed on Amazon.com
  5. ^ 'The Gary Null Show' to the Internet on the VoiceAmerica Network, Tech Web, Retrieved on April 14, 2008
  6. ^ The Gary Null Show, Modavox.com
  7. ^ a b The New Mister Natural, Time - May 17, 1999
  8. ^ Null, Gary and Houston, Robert "The Great Cancer Fraud". Penthouse, 1979 (September): p.76-78, 82, 268, 270, 272, 274, 276-278.
  9. ^ Null, G. and Pitrone, A. "Suppression of new cancer therapies: Dr. Joseph Gold and hydrazine sulfate". Penthouse, 1980 (January): 97-98, 160, 162-163. Null, G. and Steinman, L. "The politics of cancer. Part five. Suppression of new cancer therapies: Dr. Lawrence Burton". Penthouse, 1980 (July): 75-76, 188-194, 196-197.
  10. ^ Stephen Barrett, MD. "A Critical Look at Gary Null's Activities and Credentials". Quackwatch. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  11. ^ James Randi Educational Foundation
  12. ^ The Quack-Files: "The Null Hypothesis" - James R. Lailer, MD (comments on Null's "Death by Medicine")
  13. ^ Gary Null
  14. ^ Death by Medicine, Life Extension magazine March 2004

See also

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