Re: note to Sharon and Zee

In article <dibuc1l7890bd4e8f0np9ggalc53v1okh4@xxxxxxx>, Rita
<nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 17:33:13 -0700, jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote:
>
> >In article <78utc11n2s9s2aflf9s88aio808e2dl8k7@xxxxxxx>, Rita
> ><nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:44:51 -0700, jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Hawki,
> >> >Thanks for informing me about the review process. If you think about what
> >> >you wrote, bias could easily be used to pick out the reviewers that you
> >> >mentioned. For example, I doubt if any Alternative Doctors (aka
> >> >Nutritional Doctors) are picked to be one of the reviewers. Do you
> >> >understand my point? I subscribe to Dr. Whitaker's (an alternative doctor)
> >> >newsletter and he discusses this bias on a regular basis in his
> >> >newsletter.
> >> >Jason
> >>
> >> Have these "alternative doctors" done controlled studies or do they
> >> even believe in controlled studies? A lot of the things alternative
> >> doctors recommend people take are "supplements" which have never
> >> been subjected to rigorous testing. Now I agree the drug companies
> >> have cooked the books on some of their studies, but that does not
> >> mean I will take anything at all just on the word of some "alternative
> >> doctors". There are too many quacks among them to have any confidence.
> >> I think you found this out when you took Red Yeast.
> >
> >Rita,
> >Great point. I agree with you. People should NOT trust a doctor just
> >because he or she is an alternative doctor. Some of the supplements they
> >sell have never been tested. However, Hawki did make one error in her
> >post. Alternative doctors are real doctors and many of them do prescribe
> >regular medications such as statins to treat people that have high chol.
> >levels. The only different is that they first try supplements such as red
> >yeast rice and niacin before they prescribe a statin. My present doctor is
> >NOT an alternative doctor. I believe that you were the one that told me
> >that you can cook with olive oil. I done some more research on the subject
> >and found out that you were right. However, it does break down at really
> >high temperatures. Perhaps some of the people that use it do not realize
> >that fact. I did learn a valuable lesson when I took red yeast rice and
> >statins at the same time. I will never do that again.
> >Jason
>
> Yes, olive oil breaks down at high temps, but high temp cooking is
> not healthy cooking -- like frying or deep frying. Sauteeing means
> cooking in a bit of oil at lower temperatures. But you must have
> read some "alternative" literature to learn about red yeast rice in
> the first place. There are just too many things hyped in
> "alternative medicine" to make me trust its proponents. I know
> people who have bottles and bottles of various "supplements" they
> read about in alternative medicine sites. They have no idea what
> interactions these supplements have with prescription drugs or
> with other supplements. But they are adamant that "alternative"
> medicine can be trusted while regular doctors cannot be trusted.
> I think one has to be very careful in choosing conventional
> doctors of course. Just because a doc has an M.D. does not mean
> he or she is a good doctor. It is a minefield, but one has to try
> to navigate it somehow.

Rita,
I agree with everything you wrote. I would NOT have agreed with you
a year ago. I now realize that some of the alternative doctors are in
it for the money--esp. the ones that sell high priced supplements.
I fully realize that many of the supplements have never been tested.
I am now very careful as to which supplements I take. However, I do
believe that everyone should take a multi-vitamin--multi-mineral
vitamin each day. I use capsules since they are less likely to upset
my stomach.
Jason

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