How to Live Forever

Keith L. Egli

Public broadcasting, PBS, has traditionally claimed to follow the highest standards in presenting educational, cultural, and informative television programs. Unfortunately, WETA, a bastion in this network has decided to compromise its standards of quality. Thursday evening, December 10, the station aired a radical program of pseudo-scientific -- perhaps anti-scientific -- propaganda. The program, "How to Live Forever", presented by Gary Null, advocated a wide range of treatments for disease and conditions through the use of Mr. Null's protocols. The program was introduced with claims that his regimen could remove 5 to 10 years from one's biological age. Diseases of arthritis, heart disease, dementia, forgetfulness and fatigue can be eliminated. He claims -- and promises -- to have the knowledge and the science to stop disease. He claims that some adherents of this program can give up their medications and reverse the aging process. He is a proponent of biomagnetism and he recommended the use of a 50,000 gauss magnet for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. He extols the value of a high chlorophyll diet and l-arginine for a naturally-produced erection. He ridiculed MIT and Harvard ("they want proprietary patents and want to become billionaires") in particular and medicine in general. He advocated skepticism for the food industry because they are alleged have financial motives for offering traditional foods (e.g. meat). I have found at Mr. Null's website (garynull.com) an offering of 300 tablets of "Gary Null's Suprema Health Formula" for $150! Testimonials were provided for reversal and cure of several major illnesses and conditions: obesity, bleeding ulcers, hair loss, menopause, gingivitis, arthritis, emphysema, bipolar depression, attention deficit disorder and schizophrenia. Mr. Null's website indicated that this program has been or will be carried by at lease 15 PBS stations throughout the country. Books, audio and video tapes were offered as premiums to contributors.

It is disappointing to find PBS, one of few sources of reliable information, lending its credence to a program such as this. I plan to request a refund of my membership dues.

Related Information

• GaryNull.com

• Quackwatch: Some Notes on Gary Null

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