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Abdul El-Sayed, a Michigan Democrat running for U.S. Senate, generated substantial income through a podcast that included sponsored advertisements for health and wellness products, leveraging his medical background to pitch the items to listeners. The arrangement stands in stark contrast to El-Sayed’s stated positions and public criticism of competitors who use their medical credentials for similar commercial purposes.
Among the products El-Sayed promoted were nutritional supplements, peptides, and a metabolism-tracking device developed by an Israeli company. In a March 2022 social media post since deleted, El-Sayed declared he would “broadly reject any advertisements that are for products making claims about health,” yet proceeded to record sponsored segments touting such items throughout his podcast’s run.
El-Sayed had specifically attacked television personality Mehmet Oz during Oz’s 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign, accusing him of profiting from a “medical industrial complex” that sells unnecessary products lacking scientific support. El-Sayed stated that Oz’s invocation of his medical credentials to promote such goods exemplified problematic behavior rooted in misleading marketing practices.
In a March 2025 ad read, El-Sayed described himself as a “doctor and epidemiologist” while endorsing Thrive Market, an online grocery service that stocks supplements with names like “Moon Juice Brain Dust” and “Royal Jelly Brain Fuel.” Health researchers have expressed skepticism about whether such products deliver cognitive benefits as marketed.
On July 23, 2024, El-Sayed promoted Lumen, a handheld device claiming to measure metabolism through breath analysis. Medical experts had previously questioned the device’s utility, with a Harbor-UCLA researcher telling Outside Magazine in 2022 that the product relied on “quintessential marketing over science” and lacked practical value for weight-loss goals.
Public records show El-Sayed holds a medical degree and a doctorate in public health but has never obtained a medical license or completed a residency program. The El-Sayed campaign declined to comment when contacted by Fox News Digital on Monday.
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