tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27888980.post7349161960067646909..comments2011-10-13T19:21:00.604+01:00Team Aegishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841048636974396506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27888980.post-35665268780991430192011-10-13T19:21:00.604+01:002011-10-13T19:21:00.604+01:00I don&#39;t disagree with you Tommo, pharmaceutical companies use plenty of statistical tricks to make some drugs appear more effective than they are. SSRIs are a great example of this,and reading into them is a great education in bad science. This is hwy there is the peer review system and bodies like the cochrane collaboration, checks and balances.<br />While I&#39;d be stupid to suggest that its perfect, I don&#39;t fully buy into the worldview that mainstream medicine &quot;only ever treats the symptoms&quot;<br />Also, the fact that pharmaceutical companies engage in dodgy practices doesn&#39;t automatically prove that any alternative is therefore better, in many cases all you have is a system with far less regulation and less of an evidence base. <br />Not to tar the entire industry with the same brush obviously, in the article I was reffering to out and out charlatanry like homeopathy and crystal healing. I&#39;d never argue that sorting someones nutrition out will not have a significant effect on health and disease, of course it will.Team Aegishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841048636974396506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27888980.post-10841892285839901542011-10-13T18:30:42.196+01:002011-10-13T18:30:42.196+01:00I agree anecdotal use of supplements shouldn&#39;t be forced on clients but it&#39;s also the use of bad science to reinforce opinnion and social programming is just as bad.<br /><br />Take for example statins http://balancedbodymind.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/statinscholesterol-medication-jupiter-study-was-flawed/<br /><br />The rationale for statins in primary care is based upon flawed medical science, yet millions of people think that they are great to take because medical practitioners promote their use based upon skewd pharmaceutical companies studies. <br /><br />The same can be applied to fish oils from what I have read. yet we still take science and medicine as gospel over a certain type of practitioner. How many people have died from mis prescribed vitamins compared to say Viox? How many SSRI&#39;s have been prescribed when a simple amino acid deficiency could have been identified?<br /><br />You have to weigh up the research and make your stand but those who stand on th opposite side of the fence to main stream pharmacology and medicine, have something genuine to offer to those not wanting a standard approach that deals with symptom abatement and instead look for a reason for a symptom.tommo littlewoodhttp://balancedbodymind.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27888980.post-90619425995584076462011-09-29T23:45:34.911+01:002011-09-29T23:45:34.911+01:00interesting article!!!Polished Personal Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10280642518174887941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27888980.post-46510868181473338912011-09-29T13:22:33.969+01:002011-09-29T13:22:33.969+01:00Really good read zack! Much of this applies to all industries but your comment about alternative medicine is particularly poignant about ours.Dave Thomashttp://www.foundryfit.comnoreply@blogger.com