On 2/6/08, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 understand that there can be side effects with some treatments, but they are few and far between. And you know that too. > I'm also not sure how the billion dollar pharmaceutical industry is any > better than the billion dollar supplement industry. ;^) Perhaps, but you know good and damn well, one is a bit better than the other in terms of "healthy, organic, natural, etc" > 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. Regulation that is tied to money. And that scares the crap out of me. Look at Chantrix! FDA approved!?!? Sure it was, and then all of suddent the dangers of taking it crawl out of the woodwork. Taking cinnamon supplements to help blood sugar levels never killed anyone .... eating ginger to help with a bad stomach never made someone suicidal. > 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". ;^) Sometimes, just sometimes, it's called Progress Jim. And if that turd was hardened, then shellacked in Polyurethene, you could indeed polish it. :P Bottom line: I'm not trying to change your mind, and you certainly won't change mine. I basically just went into a vent, as I am sure you did. However, we should all be open to learning new things, no matter how biased we are against current methods or beliefs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:253507 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
