> -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:33 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Airborne anyone? > > Ahhh. I **KNEW** that was coming and I was waiting. And I only half > agree > with you. :) > > I know where it comes from and what it actually means. Made a mistake > on my > statement regarding natural. It happens. I meant it wasn't > pharmaceuticals. > As in the billion dollar drug companies that are being continually sued > for > side effects, etc. Airborne is not allopathic. When I speak of it, and
I see (and even agree with) your point... but let's also remember that "natural" remedies have those same side effects and issues. Just because you can't sue nature doesn't mean that it's any less dangerous. ;^) I agree that the large pharmaceutical companies have little interest to develop naturally occurring drugs - they simply can't patent them making the return on investment less attractive. That said they still spend lots of money investigating nature's kitchen where many (if not most) of the supplement producers present faulty science and inflated claims. I'm also not sure how the billion dollar pharmaceutical industry is any better than the billion dollar supplement industry. ;^) > the specific treatments/remedies/doctor approved regimes I'm a part of, > it's > homeopathic in it's 'nature'. It's not pharmeceuticals. I just don't see much difference. Nothing is truly synthetic, everything is "natural". It's just that in this country at least pharmaceuticals are held to a high standard where supplements are held to almost none. That scares the crap out of me. Both industries are cash-printing monsters. Neither are worth any trust to me, but only one has any real regulation. > In fact, I prefer this much simplified way of looking at it: > http://www.answers.com/topic/homeopathy?cat=health I'm not sure how simplified that is... it's still crap. ;^) None of the three tenants presented have any general validity and no testing has shown any efficacy (at the very least none in line with the acceptance of the ideas). > Homeopathy/Homeopathic in today's world is evolved to be a bit > different > depending on what area of treatment you are talking about. It's never a good sign when something needs redefinition to remain relevant - it's too like special pleading and that's a huge red flag to me. All I can think of is that old piece of transcendent wisdom: "you can't polish a turd". ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
