GeneGnomeX
07-23-2009, 12:44 PM
Since I can't put it as eloquently as this man how I feel about non evidence-based health professions:
VIaV8swc-fo
I started my own supplement company.
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I'm introducing my own line of products primarily because its more financially feasible for me to carry an exclusive brand and ultimately carry some products over from my market brand which is naturopathic medicine to the bodybuilding industry.
...
Understand that while I will have a few bodybuilding products, the main focus of the line will mainly address health issues such a heart disease, blood sugar support for diabetics, immune boosters, etc.
Beside the fact that you cannot market nutritional supplements to treat disease, how do you even know these will effectively do anything if:
Scientists and Naturopaths don't get along. Since I'm a Naturopath, I'm going to be automatically bias against any scientific data for the most part.
The number of supplements that may have a measurable effect on any disease that have been tested for safety and efficacy in humans is low. Even then, how many have been replicated in enough contexts and have enough subject data to be certain?
I have no problem with someone knowing the risks of trying to self treat a health problem without the use of prescriptions (as long as it is sensible and theory based), or qualified physicians opting to advise this way while carefully monitoring the patient, but people like you, who may actually convince some naive person to try your crap instead of an evidence based treatment is scary.
How do you justify what you do?
VIaV8swc-fo
I started my own supplement company.
...
I'm introducing my own line of products primarily because its more financially feasible for me to carry an exclusive brand and ultimately carry some products over from my market brand which is naturopathic medicine to the bodybuilding industry.
...
Understand that while I will have a few bodybuilding products, the main focus of the line will mainly address health issues such a heart disease, blood sugar support for diabetics, immune boosters, etc.
Beside the fact that you cannot market nutritional supplements to treat disease, how do you even know these will effectively do anything if:
Scientists and Naturopaths don't get along. Since I'm a Naturopath, I'm going to be automatically bias against any scientific data for the most part.
The number of supplements that may have a measurable effect on any disease that have been tested for safety and efficacy in humans is low. Even then, how many have been replicated in enough contexts and have enough subject data to be certain?
I have no problem with someone knowing the risks of trying to self treat a health problem without the use of prescriptions (as long as it is sensible and theory based), or qualified physicians opting to advise this way while carefully monitoring the patient, but people like you, who may actually convince some naive person to try your crap instead of an evidence based treatment is scary.
How do you justify what you do?