HYPOCRISY ALERT: Michigan Democrat Senate Frontrunner Made Fortune Hawking Questionable Health Products He Condemned Rivals For Promoting
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed pocketed over $100,000 from his health podcast while simultaneously blasting Dr. Oz for doing exactly what he was doing — selling dubious wellness products to unsuspecting listeners.
The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, who currently leads the primary race, built a lucrative side business promoting questionable health gimmicks on his “America Dissected” podcast while publicly condemning other physicians for the same behavior.
This is the kind of rank hypocrisy that defines today’s Democratic Party.
The Double Standard Is Staggering
El-Sayed savaged Dr. Mehmet Oz during his 2022 Pennsylvania Senate run, claiming Oz was just another grifter “selling people s— they didn’t need.” The Michigan epidemiologist pontificated that Oz was “part of the same kind of medical industrial complex that exists to sell you things that you don’t need that are not actually based in any level of science.”
Strong words from someone who was simultaneously running ads for 35 different sponsors across 316 podcast episodes.
The audacity is breathtaking.
Follow The Money
Financial disclosures paint a clear picture. El-Sayed’s podcast production company generated over $100,000 in revenue — nearly all from sponsorships. The firm itself was valued at up to $250,000.
That’s a substantial war chest built on the very practice he condemned in others.
When called out on social media in March 2022 for promoting Magic Spoon Cereal, El-Sayed hastily defended himself in a now-deleted post, claiming he “broadly rejects any advertisements that are for products making claims about health.”
That statement didn’t age well.
The Products Tell The Real Story
Despite his public pledge, El-Sayed repeatedly promoted the Lumen metabolic coach — a breathalyzer-style device that claims to tell users whether they’re burning fats or carbs during exercise. Health experts have demolished this product’s credibility.
“Quintessential marketing over science,” is how medical professionals described it. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center researcher Nicholas Tiller was even more blunt: “Do you really need an expensive gadget to measure your carbon-dioxide output and tell you this? I just don’t see a practical use for the product.”
The device only measures carbon dioxide output, while legitimate Respiratory Exchange Ratio metabolism readers examine multiple gases. It’s the difference between a parlor trick and actual science.
It Gets Worse
El-Sayed also shilled for Thrive Market, touting it as his source for “healthy essentials.” The company peddles products like “Moon Juice Brain Dust” and “Royal Jelly Brain Fuel” — supplements claiming to boost cognitive function that have been thoroughly debunked by legitimate medical experts.
“There’s no evidence to suggest there’s an ingredient in supplements that can improve brain health,” Dr. Pieter Cohen of Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance stated definitively. “Nothing legally contained in supplements has been proven to improve your thinking or prevent memory loss.”
Thrive Market itself settled a lawsuit in 2024 for $1.4 million for allegedly deceiving customers into automatic subscription renewals and making false claims about subscription terms.
This is who El-Sayed chose to partner with while building his healthcare expertise brand.
The Pattern Is Clear
El-Sayed maintained this profitable podcast operation from 2019 through 2025, when he launched his Senate campaign. He initially partnered with Crooked Media before forming his own company in 2024 — right as the revenue stream was hitting six figures.
The timeline reveals calculated self-dealing. Build the brand as a “public health expert,” monetize through questionable sponsorships, then pivot to politics while attacking opponents for corporate influence.
Speaking of which, El-Sayed recently accused his primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, of selling out to “corporations and special interests.”
The man made a quarter-million-dollar company out of selling wellness products to podcast listeners. His corporate partnerships are documented in federal financial disclosures.
Why This Matters
This isn’t just about one hypocritical candidate. It’s about the Left’s broader pattern of “rules for thee but not for me.”
Democrats love positioning themselves as consumer protection crusaders while quietly profiting from the same industries they claim to regulate. They blast pharmaceutical companies while taking their donations. They condemn corporate America while building personal fortunes through speaking fees and book deals.
El-Sayed embodies this perfectly. He weaponized his medical credentials to build credibility, used that credibility to generate podcast revenue from wellness companies, then attacked others for the same behavior.
It’s the Washington playbook: Profit privately while posturing publicly.
The Media’s Deafening Silence
Where’s the outrage from the mainstream media? If a Republican Senate candidate had pulled this stunt, it would dominate cable news for weeks. We’d have panel discussions about ethics, investigative reports on every sponsor, and demands for financial transparency.
Instead, El-Sayed gets a pass. He’s leading Michigan’s Democratic primary despite this documented hypocrisy because the media refuses to hold their preferred candidates accountable.
What Voters Deserve To Know
Michigan voters deserve better than this charade. They deserve candidates who practice what they preach, who don’t build personal wealth through the same mechanisms they condemn in others.
El-Sayed’s campaign refused to comment on these revelations. That silence speaks volumes.
A trained epidemiologist and former director of health services should understand the ethical implications of promoting products dismissed by medical experts. He should recognize the conflict of interest in building a six-figure revenue stream from wellness companies while positioning himself as a healthcare policy authority.
His failure to address these concerns demonstrates either stunning ethical blindness or calculated deception.
Neither quality belongs in the United States Senate.
The Bottom Line
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed spent years enriching himself through podcast sponsorships from questionable health and wellness companies. He promoted metabolic devices that experts call “marketing over science.” He partnered with supplement sellers whose products have been thoroughly debunked. He defended a company that later settled a $1.4 million consumer fraud lawsuit.
Then he had the gall to attack Dr. Oz for the exact same behavior.
This is disqualifying hypocrisy. It reveals a candidate willing to say anything, do anything, and attack anyone to advance his political career — even while engaging in the precise conduct he claims to oppose.
Michigan Democrats should demand answers before heading to the polls. They should ask why their frontrunner built a quarter-million-dollar business selling the same wellness gimmicks he condemned in others.
They should wonder what else he’s willing to say to get elected.
And they should seriously question whether someone with this track record of hypocrisy deserves to represent them in Washington.
The evidence is clear. The pattern is established. The hypocrisy is undeniable.
Now Michigan voters need to decide if that’s the kind of representation they want in the Senate.
