Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

re: Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

greenmtman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:46:50 GMT

Because 0f Dr Mercola newsletters and the many valuable comments from his readers I have made some significant changes in my diet, I have eliminated all food with HFCS {I hope}. I read a lot of fine print in the supermarket. No candy or white sugar. I use maple syrup which I make or local honey on my cereal. I raise range free chickens with access to flax seed so I, maybe, have omega-3 eggs. Best of all I found a source of raw milk from grass fed cows and also grass fed beef. I make Kefir from the milk and drink it everyday. For some reason the raw milk has taken away my desire for sweets and curbs my appetite. A big bonus is that I have loss 18lbs.

The reason I'm writing this is I need some help. I recently read a link posted by one of your readers about the importance of omega-3 and omega-6. This article {50 pages] written by Brian Peskin stated that omega-3 taken as a supplement can do more harm than good and that omega-6 should be taken as a supplement because all the abundant omega-6 is ruined by cooking. I hope that Dr. Mercola and some of his erudite readers would look at this link below and give me their opinion.

greenmtman

www.brianpeskin.com/efa-analysis.pdf

re: Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

curious7 — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:13:07 GMT

We ignore the basics in favor of new technology. Trouble is the basics continue to be truth. A good balanced diet, fresh air, exercise, sunshine within limits, sleep at the proper time, hydration, and a good spiritual posture. Whether anyone agrees or not that good balanced diet does not have to include flesh foods.

re: Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

purvisinvestrments — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:15:56 GMT

I use one simple standard for medical research. If the principle agrees with the Bible it will prove true over time. If it disagrees with the Bible it will prove false. If folks knew God's nature and how much He loves us lots of things would have never happened like the use of sun-screen. He designed the sun and the skin and wouldn't make the sun to do harm to you but only good. He gave you a brain and pain to know when you had too much sun. It is that way about hundred's of things but men continue to think they are smarter than God which is the basis for most medical error and that is why medical approaches have to change every 50 years or so. Being healthy was never meant to be complex and requiring of much education.

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YourSpine — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:03:57 GMT

A new report issued September 28th by Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General found that federal health officials don't even know how many clinical trials are being conducted. The report said the FDA has 200 inspectors (some part time employees) to police an estimated 350,000 testing sites.

It estimated that only 1 percent of all clinical trials were audited between 2000 and 2005. During the period between 2000 and 2005 - of the estimated 350,000 trial sites the FDA was believed to have inspected just 2,855.

The report also found there was a lack of follow ups on sites which had been issued with a warning letter after being classified as 'official action indicated' (OAI) for violations of regulatory significance.

The FDA must re-inspect sites that have been sent a warning letter to ensure there are no repeat violations, but according to FDA data, which was noted to be inadequate by the report, the agency only conducted three follow-ups for every 100 inspections that were classified as OAI or voluntary action indicated (VAI).

Other statistics showed that of the 348 sites found by the FDA to be in violation, only 26 were disqualified from further clinical trials and only two had their data disqualified. Seventy per cent received a warning letter, relying heavily on voluntary compliance to correct regulatory violations with no follow up to make sure the violations where corrected.

re: Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

Sheila C — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:30:53 GMT

Recently the FDA would not release the new cancer drug DCA because they did not believe that it worked. Well the DCA is in Phase 2 trial under Health Canada guidelines which means it is currently being tested on people with aggressive and specific types of cancer. Being that this is a "natural cure", and cannot be patented, the pharmaceutical companies are not interested in it. The people of Peace River Alberta and surrounding areas have just raised over $250,000 for further research. Dr. Mercola, you are right, maybe a FEW people can make a BIG difference.

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HappyDaze — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:39:32 GMT

In one job I had to review current research on health matters. My boss always advised to "go to the source of the funding to find the bias of the report."

One day I had two health reports to review. One claimed Coffee was good for you, the other claimed it was bad for you. Each was biased towards the outcome desired by the group paying for the research. Even so-called "independent" research is still biased!

There is some right, and some wrong in everything. It is just a matter of how MUCH of each in what is being claimed!! In other words you really can't trust what you read.

re: Flip-Flop Science: Does Anyone Really Know What Makes You Healthy?

mmc88121 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:09:31 GMT

In this instance listen to what your grandparents said, eat your vegetables, and fruits they are good for you. Meat if you can handle it. And bread in small amounts.

Mary

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Health Freedom — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:54:04 GMT

How predictable that the mainstream media attributes "Flip-Flop" science to the very nature of the scientific process. Sure, that is a part of it, but it is in large measure due to the inability (or lack of desire) of the media and government to be skeptical of the results of poor quality studies sponsored by industry ... a veritable epidemic of "tobacco company science". Study how margarine and processed vegetable oils came to displace butter, the downfall of various pharmaceuticals, or the more recent soy propaganda and the pattern is clear: it takes a while for the truth-tellers to disillusion the masses after the slew of advertisements (disguised as science) of the unscrupulous marketers.

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Swami Barmi — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:31:12 GMT

"Many explanations have been offered to make sense of the here-today-gone-tomorrow nature of medical wisdom..."

The key is knowing the difference between wisdom and fads. Those who've been following Weston Price's advice (which itself is based on centuries of human wisdom) and like-minded researchers from decades past have been finding themselves vindicated repeatedly. When a study comes along that finds a shocking divergence from the dietary path man has historically followed since the beginning of time, you'd be better off waiting for it to be shot down in the future. After it's done its damage to millions of unsuspecting people of course.

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KAC — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:26:15 GMT

What amazes me is that doctors are supposed to have high IQ's and the majority of them are easily brainwashed and are very naive about drugs. Healthy is what we are getting away from and that is RAW WHOLE FOODS. How are we to get healthy from taking drugs, processed junk foods we stuff our kids, vaccinations full of chemicals, chemicals in our food, pasteurizing dairy, chemically altering our food. Keep the chemicals and junk food out of your body!