"blake murphy" > wrote in message
. ..
> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:11:45 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:01:46 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>>"Boron Elgar" wrote
>>>ImStillMags wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Ever heard of homeopathy? The same applies for homeopathic medicine,
>>>>>use only the glass dropper, never touch the medicine
>>>>>with the hands, it changes the chemistry and energy of the medicine.
>>>>
>>>> Homeopathy is a crock of shit....something else one should keep one's
>>>> hands out of.
>>>
>>>Much of it is but not all of it. It's based on observation, just like
>>>plant
>>>medicines.
>>
>> No, really. All of it is. It has no basis whatsoever. It is quackery.
>>>
>>>The terminology used in asian healing by 'eating the right food' comes
>>>off
>>>as quackery but some of it is based in solidly testable results. Like
>>>the
>>>chondritin/glucosamine pills and powders many now take to help control
>>>arthritis. Back in Japan, our Japanese Doc recommended I start also
>>>eating
>>>the shrimp tails and shells. They are simply a natural source of the
>>>same
>>>thing and the pill form wasnt working as well for me. Also, to use as
>>>many
>>>bone based deep broths (and not so much the canned type but more of a
>>>consomme sort you make at home that gels). Calcium and other bone
>>>strengthening things in there, and less salt by far when you make it at
>>>home.
>>
>> I did not say make any argument about what you mention above.
>>>
>>>Apparently I work better with food sourced calcium, iron, and joint based
>>>things. That is *not* unusual and totally harmless.
>>
>> That has nothing to do with homeopathy.
>>>
>>>He's also the one that did the salt tolerance-reactive study which Don
>>>and I
>>>were part of. I'm not sodium reactive in blood pressure, Don is if he
>>>goes
>>>over 2,000mg a day but at 2,000mg a day or less, he has no changes. Doc
>>>recommended we aim for 1,500mg a day for him after the study but that
>>>leaves
>>>a little leeway for an unaccounted for 'snack'. Basically I seemed to
>>>have
>>>pretty much a Japanese native salt tolerance while Don is more the 'needs
>>>to
>>>keep an eye on it'.
>>
>> That is not homeopathy.
>>>
>>>It isnt uncommon in Asia to find the Doctor is also well schooled in
>>>nutrition, unlike most of what I have encountered in the USA. If their
>>>methods are a little different because they tell you to eat more liver
>>>and
>>>fresh leafy greens vice prescribe iron pills, it's harmless.
>>
>> But that is not homeopathy.
>>
>>> And no, they
>>>won't tell you silly things like not mixing live veggies with your hands
>>>;-)
>>>They will tell you to eat a wider variety of fresh foods and not live off
>>>boxed 'American crap' like hamburger helper.
>>
>> And I have not criticized healthy eating, but I reiterate my utter
>> disdain for homeopathy.
>
> homeopathic doctors are the people chiropractors snicker at.
>
IOW, crackpots calling the kettles black!
Graham



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