Reply #55: You assume I'm dependent on pills ... [View All]

[chicagiana]

What does THAT mean?
I turned my my light switch this morning about 6:30 am. Then the sun came up. The light switch and the sun rising have no causal relationship.

Most things aren't that rediculously simple to separate. But in order to show causation, you have to do systematic controlled study.

Good luck with your spiraling pill dependence and the jacked up prices and the lack of insurance coverage for those.

I am not. But what is the difference between pill vs herb dependence??? Except that the herbs are NOT regulated or supervised by the FDA. Thus you have NO IDEA what is in those bottles.

If your "substance" is in there, you have no idea of how much. Nor can you adequetly dose if you grow herbs in your garden since you cannot tell the pharmacological content of a plant when it hasn't been rigorously tested and systematically regulated.


I have no problem with alternative ideas about treatment. This is where new treatments come from. However in the rational world (as opposed to the freaky mystic/magic world typified by religious wackjobs) you have to prove the claims you make by eliminating all other posibilities that can interact with a cause/effect relationship.


BTW, I never said that you shoulnd't eat healthy. And it's one of the things that doctors stress. Don't get on some bent that scientific medicine isn't "holistic". These folks do countless studies on the effects of dietary inputs on health. Doctors are the FIRST ones to say eat your veggies!!!!