Anthony William, who calls himself the Medical Medium, preaches the juice’s ‘healing powers’ as sales of the vegetable jump 400% – despite having no medical training
Anthony William is the Jesus Christ of celery. Legend has it that at the tender age of four, William realized he was gifted with the ability to “read” people’s medical conditions and help them overcome disease. As he grew older and even wiser, William started preaching the healing powers of celery juice – specifically, the healing powers of chugging 16oz of straight celery juice on an empty stomach daily. A “global celery juice movement” was born; William amassed disciples from all around the world – Los Angeles in particular – all of them evangelizing the power of celery juice. Indeed, Los Angeles magazine recently reported that sales of the super-stalk have jumped 400% at local grocery stores, and the veggie is increasingly hard to find.
If you are not a celery disciple, you may be wondering what on God’s green earth is going on. Is William some kind of scientist who discovered hitherto unknown medical properties of celery? Not exactly. William, who calls himself the Medical Medium, has no medical training whatsoever. His pronouncements are frequently so absurd they sound like satire. He told the New York Post that celery juice is “a powerful herbal medicine that’s killing bugs in people’s bodies”. Like all good snake oil salesmen, he also employs sciencey-sounding but completely nonsensical claims. William has said that celery contains “an undiscovered subgroup of sodium that I call cluster salts” that prevent “gut rot”. Numerous nutritionists and dietitians have rolled their eyes heavily at this.
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