Lair Ribeiro

Lair Geraldo Theodoro Ribeiro (born July 6, 1945) is a Brazilian self-help author, cardiologist and physician writer.[1]

Lair Ribeiro

Lair lived for 17 years in the United States, where he worked at Harvard Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine and Thomas Jefferson University. He has written more than 38 books, of which 15 are considered best sellers.[2] He is the author of the bestseller O sucesso não ocorre por acaso (Success doesn't happen by chance), among others.[3]

He is a advocate of pseudociences and alternative medicine as neuro-linguistic programming, coconut oil to cure cancer and miracle mineral supplement.[4] At Covid-19 pandemic he promoted the misinformation recommending the use of chloroquine and ozone therapy.[5][6]

References
  1. "Em vez de remédios, médico recomenda alimentos". Ebc.com.br (in Portuguese).
  2. "Lair Ribeiro best-seller na Espanha". Terra.com.br (in Portuguese).
  3. "Lair Ribeiro". Golfinho - O Portal da PNL no Brasil (in Portuguese). 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  4. Oliveira, Thaiane; Quinan, Rodrigo; Toth, Janderson Pereira (2020-03-31). "Antivacina, fosfoetanolamina e Mineral Miracle Solution (MMS): mapeamento de fake sciences ligadas à saúde no Facebook". Revista Eletrônica de Comunicação, Informação e Inovação em Saúde. 14 (1). doi:10.29397/reciis.v14i1.1988. ISSN 1981-6278.
  5. Cerqueira, João Júlio (2019-03-30). "Lair Ribeiro é um Charlatão - Análise Crítica às Suas Afirmações no Programa Maluco Beleza". Scimed (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. Filho, João (2019-03-30). "As dicas do médico Lair Ribeiro, defensor da ozonioterapia, são um risco à saúde pública". The Intercept Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-01-08.
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