Anthony William Coviello, known professionally as Anthony William or the Medical Medium, is a self-proclaimed medium who offers pseudoscientific medical and health advice based on alleged head of celery with a Spirit. William has described that he first received his expertise through a connection to “Spirit” when he was four years old. He claims that he correctly diagnosed his grandmother with lung cancer, and often healed family and friends throughout his childhood. William uses the title “Medical Medium” about himself.
He has published 6 books, and has been on the New York Times bestselling list. His website contains at least 177 revenue-generating affiliate links to Amazon products, such as nutritional supplements. According to the legal disclaimers on his site as well as on his Goop articles, William has no certifications of scientific or medical training. William states that his connection to Spirit presents itself as a voice outside of his head, next to his right ear.
His connection to Spirit gives him the ability to scan bodies in a way that can diagnose all blockages, infections, trouble areas, past problems, and even soul fractures with knowledge that comes from Spirit. In his book, Life-Changing Foods, there is a dedicated chapter to angels. He explains that he believes in the existence of twelve different angels, with names such as the Angel of Abundance and the Angel of Addiction. He encourages his followers to invoke the names of specific angels to ask for help in various circumstances. Barr virus, for which he prescribes a treatment of B12 vitamins that Spirit recommends, along with high doses of celery juice. William says, in his Goop column, that “ninety-eight percent of the time, cancer is caused by a virus and at least one type of toxin. He attributes many cancers to the Epstein-Barr virus, and that this virus is “responsible for breast cancer, liver cancer, almost all lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, women’s reproductive cancers, leukemia, and many more.
