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Originally Posted by REDLAN  The proliferation of "natural cures" like cinnamon whose claims rely on small poorly performed trials. Are inadequately regulated as they count only as a food supplement and not a drug, and so don't have follow the strict guidelines on safety that a pharmocological drug has to. And then make claims that they have a pharmacological action. |
What's your point? Have you ever heard of anyone getting cancer from Stevia? No, however, it's not been approved by the FDA. Again, why... because it CANNOT BE PATENTED. Also, these "poorly performed trials" you speak of are only poorly performed, because no reputable school or pharmaceutical would dare test them. Any medical school that would try to test the validity of a natural cure, would immediately lose any support from the pharmaceutical industry they get. All medical schools are anymore, is a mill for pharmaceuticals. If centuries of use isn't enough to "prove" anything for you, then stand in line and take whatever drug they can talk you into taking.
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Statins come from red yeast rice. The very first statin, was chemically identical to the one produced by red yeast rice, and they certainly managed to patent that.
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That statement is so scary, it's almost terrifying. Statins either come from red yeast rice, or they are chemically identical. They can't be both. In the case of statins, there is nothing natural about them. They are chemical recreations, which are neither as beneficial as the original source, or nearly as safe.
If I have a million dollars, and a drug, I can find a way to get FDA approved, regardless of the dangers. If I have a natural product, it will not only never be approved or taken seriously, but I would be hounded by the Government until I stop making the product altogether.
Who do you think is on the board at the FDA? Do some research, you might be surprised to find out that most of the board is made up of former employees and executives from the very pharmaceutical companies they oversee. It's all a big sham.
I put no faith into the advice of the FDA. I put even less faith into the drug companies. As is frequently said here, YMMV. According to the rules established by the FDA, the only thing that can cure a disease is a drug. The problem, as I've said before, is that there isn't a single drug, NOT ONE, that cures any disease. I'll repeat that. THERE ISN'T A SINGLE DRUG, NOT ONE, THAT CURES ANY DISEASE! All drugs do is treat symptoms. As they treat symptoms, they create side effects and complications. Drugs are poisons. They are chemicals. I am only taking the Metformin, because I have to get my BGLs under control. Since the Metformin isn't doing the trick, I'll be looking at insulin, which originally was a real natural product.
Now, let's look at that... insulin became cheaper, because they lost the patent protections, so now we have analogs, which are much more expensive. Don't tell me it's not about the money. Analogs are no where near "natural". They are lab generated. Nothing that comes from a lab is as beneficial as something that comes from nature.
Oh, and if you didn't know, botulism is now one of the best selling products ever created. We call it Botox.
I could go on all night about this subject. However, I'll yield the floor.
Regards,
