Ben Carson caught on video claiming Mannatech supplement magically cured his prostate cancer

[kpete]

In what might be the strangest story yet about the seemingly strangest candidate in the 2016 race, YouTube footage has surfaced from 2004 in which Ben Carson tells a group of sales associates for a dietary supplement called Mannatech that after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he began taking the supplement and “within about three weeks my symptoms went away.” It must not have worked that well, as Carson later had surgery to remove the cancer.

It should be pointed out that Carson is a retired medical doctor and brain surgeon, and would seemingly be the last Presidential candidate to be willing to participate in such a junk-medicine pyramid scheme. However the video in question plays up his doctor credentials as a way of giving credence to the supplement in question. Watch the video of Ben Carson claiming that tree bark cured his cancer here:

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/ben-carson-caught-on-video-claiming-his-prostate-cancer-was-cured-by-tree-bark-supplement/22733/

[IHateTheGOP]

1. The current right wing is the biggest threat this country has ever faced.

[MynameisBlarney]

7. Agreed

100%

[mucifer]

2. It's over an hour long. Do you know where in the video he makes these claims?

[riversedge]

3. And Carson is the face of it currently.

[riversedge]

4. This story is linked to a WSJ article but

I am not subscribed.....


http://www.wsj.com/articles/ben-carson-has-had-ties-to-dietary-supplement-firm-that-faced-legal-challenge-1444057743

[underpants]

5. Wow that's strange - he speaks as if he's lucid and coherent

It IS a miracle drug!!!

[DhhD]

9. Supplement providing psychological suppression of his perceived anxiety or is it a cover for

self-medication?

[Gothmog]

6. Carson is a grifter

[Brainstormy]

8. Exactly

That's exactly what he is.

[underpants]

10. Former Gov. McDonnell (Va.) got mixed up with one of these companies too

Star Scientific's Magic medicine was made from microwaved tobacco

[Geronimoe]

11. Sugar pill magic

He does state he is not associated with Mannatech and has no expertise in the area. But I think most people would miss this and think the reputable doctor is full heartily recommending the sugar pills to treat cancer.

[cprise]

12. This kind of cancer "treatment" cost Steve Jobs his life!

If Jobs hadn't initially put his faith in unproven herbal remedies to treat his cancer, he could have gotten proper treatment much earlier and probably survived.

[zebonaut]

13. Frankly this freak likes to play with knives

in the name of jesus of course