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Feb.
21, 2010
From The Desk of The People's
Chemist:
This is sure to dispel myths that may be
hazardous. (reading time 6 minutes)
Please forward to anyone you know who uses
supplements.
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Three Supplement Fallacies
That May Be Hazardous to Your Health and How to
Avoid them
You don't have to dig deep
to know that modern day medicine is risky. You
can learn this watching True TV's hit show
Operation Repo - A Levitra ad recently taught me
that a drug induced erection may be accompanied
by blindness. That's serious. My college roommate
used party drugs that were more fun - with half
the side effects - and he had to buy them
illegally. This prescription drug threat has
pushed many toward nutritional supplements. When
writing my book,
Over-The-Counter Natural Cures, I
learned first and foremost that in their search
for alternatives, too many people are falling for
supplement fallacies that could be hazardous to
their health.
Supplement Fallacy #1
Get omega-3 fish oils to be saved from the inner
fires of inflammation, diabetes,
Alzheimer's...and UFO Abduction.
Looking Closer at the
Claim
You don't need pills to get omega fat. Omega-3
fatty acids can be found in generous amounts in
servings of grass-fed meat, whole eggs,
wild-caught fish and pemmican. And better than
their "pill counterparts," food source omega-3
fats are accompanied with a host of
micronutrients and other healthy fats that are
required for increased lifespan. By themselves,
omega-3 fats are hollowed versions of Mother
Nature.
Supplement Fallacy #2
Your entire family is vitamin D deficient - even
the family dog - and pills will correct it. The
deficiency explains all your ill health...even
your bad haircut.
Looking Closer at the
Claim
A vitamin D pill is a synthetic hormone made by
the drug industry that attempts to mimic an array
of "vitamin D hormones" (isomers) produced by
nature and the body. Big Pharma cartels BASF and
Hoffman La Roche are the largest manufacturers of
your "vitamin D supplement" and have disguised
the franken-chemical as a vitamin to sell
it.
Promotion rests in "business as usual" for the
industry: Instill fear. And they've done it with
a "deficiency hypothesis" that has everyone
regurgitating their "25-hydroxy vitamin D"
levels. But it's as weak as milk toast. Ever
wonder who defines our "ideal levels?" (See
cartles above.)
To date, only statistical associations are used
to support the deficiency hypothesis, not causal
ones. This is akin to saying that since everyone
who died of a heart attack today had a
refrigerator in their home, the likely culprit is
Kenmore.
Vitamin D use is also rationalized with the
"rickets rational," insisting that it cured the
paralyzing disease, which is prima facie evidence
of its healing qualities. Sunshine cured rickets,
not vitamin D pills made in the stinky labs of
Big Pharma. If you think the two are synonymous,
you’ve been watching too much Operation
Repo.
Highlighting the Vitamin D pill controversy,
The New York Times recently wrote that
"The excitement about their health potential is
still far ahead of the science." Amen.
In their report, "The Endocrine System," the
University of Colorado, reminded us that,
"Ingestion of milligram quantities of vitamin D
over periods of weeks of months can be severely
toxic to humans and animals. In fact, baits laced
with vitamin D are used very effectively as
rodenticides." This isn't inexplicable.
Once swallowed, the Franken-chemical can "plug"
the body with calcium and induce calcification,
which among rodents leads to heart failure. At
the very least, it's a warning that natural
sources of vitamin D isomers like sunshine and
cod liver oil are a smarter choice over a manmade
hormone isolate.
Supplement Fallacy #3
Resveratrol is the fountain of youth. Stop
wrinkles, aging, diabetes...and you're your
wife's constant complaining about your
unwillingness to vacuum.
Looking Closer at the
Claim
Not a single human clinical trial substantiates
resveratrol longevity claims. In fact, some
studies are showing resveratrol acts like a
biological grenade, exploding and destroying a
variety of healthy cells internally once consumed
- when isolated from its from its evolutionary,
whole food context.
Just last year, Molecular Nutrition and Food
Research concluded that, "Resveratrol, a
polyphenol derived from red grapes, berries, and
peanuts, has been shown to mediate death of a
wide variety of cells. The mechanisms by which
resveratrol mediates cell death include necrosis,
apoptosis, autophagy, and others. While most
studies suggest that resveratrol kills tumor
cells selectively, evidence is emerging that
certain normal cells such as endothelial cells,
lymphocytes, and chondrocytes are vulnerable to
resveratrol."
With so many fleeing the prescription drug ship,
the nutritional supplement industry will continue
to act as life saver. And in the process,
supplement fallacies will be thrown around like
mini-flags at a 4th of July parade. Most of them
are sure to erode health and detract from the
real science that justifies the use of select,
natural healers as the first-line-of-defense in
the fight against poor health. And if they fail,
modern day medicine will be standing by in times
of emergency, thankfully.
About the Author
Shane Ellison is the author of Over-The-Counter
Natural Cures and holds a masters degree in drug
design (organic chemistry). He is a two-time
recipient of the prestigious Howard Hughes
Medical Institute Research Grant for his studies
in biochemistry and physiology. He has been
quoted by USA Today, Shape, Woman’s World, as
well as Women’s Health and has served as guest
speaker for large corporations like BP and
appeared on FOX and NBC News as a natural
medicine advocate. Get his Metabolic Secrets and
$8 Cancer Fighter Reports FREE at
http://thepeopleschemist.com/obesity_cure.php?page_id=11
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