Dr Mercola sheds light on the surreptitious methods used by various corporations:

"The food, chemical, and biotechnology industries have all built up intricate and powerful systems designed to manipulate public and scientific opinion using false front organizations and industry shills posing as independent experts.

The mission is to mislead people — including lazy reporters — about issues that threaten the corporate bottom line.

[Shilling] is frequently used to discredit the opposition and create the false appearance of scientific consensus on a particular issue.

Astroturfing refers to the effort on the part of special interests to surreptitiously sway public opinion by making it appear as though there's a grassroots effort for or against a particular agenda when in reality such a groundswell of public opinion might not exist.

One hallmark of astroturfing is attacking those who question the status quo and using derogatory terms such as "crank," "crack," "nutty," "pseudo-science," and "conspiracy theorist" to describe them and their argument.

These shills also inject themselves into social media discussions, pretending to be "regular people," when in fact they have a very clearly defined agenda to steer the conversation"

When visiting the forums and Web sites of many "illness"+ Societies one can’t help but notice the many neuroscientists or others with academic doctorates who masquerade as medical doctors suffering from the illness highlighted by the organization. These individuals post information and opinions that appear designed to sway the public away from an alternative form of treatment. Their tactics include blatant attacks on any suggestion or treatment that does not include costly drug regimens. Although these attacks rarely take the form of objective evidence presented to support the speaker’s disparagement, the less educated public will often accept the criticism at face value and adopt the opinion that the suggested treatment is one to steer clear of. These are much rehearsed and refined techniques which these establishments employ to their full advantage.

However, the distortion of treatment alternatives is not the only issue with these organizations. Recently several notable illness awareness societies have come under attack for various reasons including their fiscal management. A recent case in point concerns an MS survivor drawing attention to the fact that Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada,spent only 15% of its $211MM of revenue on research into the disease. The majority of the money was used on salaries and fundraising. Considering that these organization’s "honourable" fronts attract volunteers by the hundreds - who do not receive any compensation, the majority of these salaries are paid to executives and administrative staff.

A new patient described his suffering and the losses he incurred. If any of you have suffered in this way you have every legitimate right to sue some of these racketeering societies and people behind these forums whose intention is mainly to promote the drug agenda and swat anyone with any other legitimate view. The unnecessary prolongation of your pain, suffering and financial losses are actionable. If moderators of forums have allowed such behaviour to continue they can be held equally accountable.

One victim patient wrote in the international forum Thisisms:

"I take a real issue with certain posters on forums such as this, who time and time again plant the seed of doubt into the minds of people who seriously need help.

Dr Amir, so far as I can tell, is consistently getting the best results the UK has ever seen with people diagnosed with MS. His treatment makes logical sense even to a layperson. There are numerous writings from various authorities that back up the theory. He is healing people, rather than crudely wallpapering over a couple of symptoms while creating a couple more. The most important thing is that his patients are seeing real, true, lasting, some would say miraculous results. Frankly, in the face of overwhelming positive support from real people who are being truly cured in a way that makes clear & logical sense - how am I going to trust any study funded by any drug company with their own motives over this?

And yet, there are those who, having never been treated by him, nor having had a consultation with him, nor even having ever met the man - insist on trying to discredit him time and time again. Looking through, I see that Dr Amir has well and truly shot down all their silly little "arguments". And yet, they can't accept that.

When I first learnt about how much the mouth (teeth & jaws) affects the entire body, it was through an article on the renowned Weston Price website. It was written by an American doctor. This started me on a quest to find someone in the UK who has the same understanding that he so clearly articulated there.

This was before I learned about shills - people who are paid by or represent major drug companies, to discredit anybody who claims MS or other issues can be cured by something other than drugs.

These people, whose actions seem so innocent and harmless, planted the seed of doubt in my mind which stopped me from seeking Dr Amir's help. Doubt is like a virus. I had no logical reason to doubt Dr Amir as, looking back, their posts didn't even make sense. They're irrelevant. They miss the forest for the trees. But the human mind is limited, so just seeing those one or two contrary statements made me disregard him as an option.

Instead, I went with a well-known orthotropist who does palate expansion and other jaw work in adults. This is someone who (the opposite of Dr Amir) is loud with his marketing and has videos and all sorts to grab people's attention. After lots of time & money spent with him, I had to stop as his treatment was obviously not working. It was also becoming increasingly apparent that he really didn't have much experience in treating adults. The whole thing was a depressing waste of time & money, and I was getting worse (migraines etc).

This made me continue searching until I stumbled upon Dr Amir's writings again. This time, having recently learned about shills, I re-read forums such as this, and the whole thing read differently to me. I saw what was going on, and I knew I had to see Dr Amir.

Having that consultation I believe has changed the course of my life. Dr Amir diagnosed what was wrong with me to the dot - something which dentists, orthodontists, the aforementioned orthotropist, doctors... NOBODY had ever noticed before. Had I continued my previous course of treatment with the orthotropist, it would have exacerbated my condition (to be brief, it involves a severe misalignment of my teeth which isn't obvious as demonstrated by the fact nobody before had diagnosed it). He showed me how this, without any doubt, has caused all the health issues that I'd been suffering from, including many which I thought were just mental or stress-related.

Those petty few on forums such as this, who focus in on the tiniest thing and take it out of context, in order to divert people's attention from the main message and create doubt about Dr Amir..... They are messing with people's health, with people's lives. People like me who desperately need help, and who are put off going to see someone like Dr Amir, because of their posts. Man, I don't want that kind of karma. It seems like an innocent question here or there, but the effects can be disastrous, and they are great examples of the wolf in sheep's clothing.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND HAVE CONSIDERED SEEING DR AMIR BUT HAVE DOUBTS AFTER READING COMMENTS FROM CERTAIN POSTERS: Please heed my words. Ignore the nitpickers and look at the core of what Dr Amir is saying. Go and see him, even if it's just for a consultation. I cannot stress this enough - I am so incredibly grateful that I went to see him - I didn't even think he'd accept me for treatment because I didn't think I was that bad. I thought my problems were all stress-related and everyone told me my teeth & jaws were fine. Well, some of the wisest people in various walks of life have said something along the lines of "the majority is usually wrong", which I've come to see is so true.

I write this as someone who wishes they saw something like this written when I first read through this forum. It would have saved me a lot of money, time, health and happiness.

ARAK"

Remember you might as well throw your money in the trash can then give to some of these corrupt entities.