‘Doctor’ El-Sayed’s bizarre health hustle raises campaign headache: ‘Moon Juice Brain Dust’
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made money promoting health products, including while invoking his medical credentials, despite saying he broadly rejected advertisements for products making health claims and criticizing others for doing the same.Before running for Senate, El-Sayed hosted a podcast that provided him with a six-figure income partially through ad reads. Among the companies El-Sayed promoted for cash, often citing his purported experience as a doctor, were firms selling supplements, peptides, and an Israeli metabolism-tracking device that has been scrutinized by health experts.The ad reads came despite an assurance from El-Sayed that he would not use his platform to sell health products to people who listen to him.SOCIALISM'S WAR ON SUCCESS HAS A NEW CHAMPION — AND HE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE IN MICHIGAN"I broadly reject any advertisements that are for products making claims about health," he wrote in a now-deleted social media post from March 2022.El-Sayed also accused Mehmet Oz during his 2022 Pennsylvania Senate run of being part of the "medical industrial complex that exists to sell you things that you don’t need that are not actually based in any level of science.""Yet he can … say, ‘Well, I’m a doctor, so you should trust what I have to say,'" El-Sayed added.DR OZ REVEALS THE HEALTHY RETIREMENT HABIT THAT COULD MAKE AMERICA $1 TRILLION RICHERAfter assuring his audience that he wouldn't hawk health products, and criticizing Oz for using his medical credentials for doing so, El-Sayed used his medical credentials to sell health products."Even as a doctor and epidemiologist, nutrition labels are obnoxiously hard to process," El-Sayed said during a March 2025 ad read.
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made money promoting health products, including while invoking his medical credentials, despite saying he broadly rejected advertisements for products making health claims and criticizing others for doing the same.Before running for Senate, El-Sayed hosted a podcast that provided him with a six-figure income partially through ad reads. Among the companies El-Sayed promoted for cash, often citing his purported experience as a doctor, were firms selling supplements, peptides, and an Israeli metabolism-tracking device that has been scrutinized by health experts.The ad reads came despite an assurance from El-Sayed that he would not use his platform to sell health products to people who listen to him.SOCIALISM'S WAR ON SUCCESS HAS A NEW CHAMPION — AND HE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE IN MICHIGAN"I broadly reject any advertisements that are for products making claims about health," he wrote in a now-deleted social media post from March 2022.El-Sayed also accused Mehmet Oz during his 2022 Pennsylvania Senate run of being part of the "medical industrial complex that exists to sell you things that you don’t need that are not actually based in any level of science.""Yet he can … say, ‘Well, I’m a doctor, so you should trust what I have to say,'" El-Sayed added.DR OZ REVEALS THE HEALTHY RETIREMENT HABIT THAT COULD MAKE AMERICA $1 TRILLION RICHERAfter assuring his audience that he wouldn't hawk health products, and criticizing Oz for using his medical credentials for doing so, El-Sayed used his medical credentials to sell health products."Even as a doctor and epidemiologist, nutrition labels are obnoxiously hard to process," El-Sayed said during a March 2025 ad read. "That's where Thrive Market comes in. See, I love Thrive Market, my go to online grocery store for getting all of my healthy essentials delivered.
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- Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made money promoting health products, including while invoking his medical credentials, despite saying he broadly rejected advertisements for products making health claims and criticizing others for doing the same.Before running for Senate, El-Sayed hosted a podcast that provided him with a six-figure income partially through ad reads. Among the companies El-Sayed promoted for cash, often citing his purported experience as a doctor, were firms selling supplements, peptides, and an Israeli metabolism-tracking device that has been scrutinized by health experts.The ad reads came despite an assurance from El-Sayed that he would not use his platform to sell health products to people who listen to him.SOCIALISM'S WAR ON SUCCESS HAS A NEW CHAMPION — AND HE’S RUNNING FOR SENATE IN MICHIGAN"I broadly reject any advertisements that are for products making claims about health," he wrote in a now-deleted social media post from March 2022.El-Sayed also accused Mehmet Oz during his 2022 Pennsylvania Senate run of being part of the "medical industrial complex that exists to sell you things that you don’t need that are not actually based in any level of science.""Yet he can … say, ‘Well, I’m a doctor, so you should trust what I have to say,'" El-Sayed added.DR OZ REVEALS THE HEALTHY RETIREMENT HABIT THAT COULD MAKE AMERICA $1 TRILLION RICHERAfter assuring his audience that he wouldn't hawk health products, and criticizing Oz for using his medical credentials for doing so, El-Sayed used his medical credentials to sell health products."Even as a doctor and epidemiologist, nutrition labels are obnoxiously hard to process," El-Sayed said during a March 2025 ad read.
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