--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ruthsimplicity wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: > > > >> ruthsimplicity wrote: > >> > >>> Tell me, what can you cure with 50 cents worth of spices? I favor > >>> evidenced based medicine. > >>> > >> And I favor medicine that has survived for over 5000 years. I can bet > >> you little of today's allopathic medicine will be around 5000 years > >> > > from > > > >> now. As an example cinnamon has been known in ayurveda to be useful > >> for diabetes and now I note it is available in capsules even at the > >> local drugstore. How much have you actually looked into alternative > >> methods? You might find some very useful. > >> > >> > > Yes, cinnamon is good for you. But it won't cure diabetes. > I didn't say it cured it did I, Ruth? Read what I said above! Don't be > another arrogant and elitist MD who thinks they are smarter than anyone > else.
I am smarter, faster, better looking, have perfect pitch and am on the verge of enlightenment! I am, I tell ya! Sorry, I did not mean to come off as elitist. The problem is that many people seem to look at some of these remedies as more more than what they are, as cures when they are not. It is possible that cinnamon might help lower blood sugar levels, though the jury is still out. And people have to watch not too take too much as the coumarin in cinnamon can have a blood thinning effect or can harm your liver. But people hear cinnamon is good so they might think that a lot is better. The thing is, supplements are drugs too. Too much can cause harm. They can interact with other drugs that you take. For example, St. John's wort can reduce the effectiveness of anti-rejection drugs transplant people take. Some have actually ended up rejecting the transplanted organ as a result of taking St. John's wort. Yet we do next to nothing to require research on safety and effectiveness. And there is no standards of purity or strength. The drugs a physician may prescribe can be as natural as that supplement. Taxol, a major anti-cancer drug, is from the bark of the yew tree. Aspirin came from the willow tree, where people noted that pain was reduced when they chewed its leaves. So nature brings us valuable drugs. There is no bright line. So I really don't want to diss your supplements. I just want to see safety and effectiveness before they are recommended. >
