Re: Campaign launched against dietary supplements

From: David Wright (wright_at_clam.prodigy.net)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:53:55 GMT

In article <CMydne3Vd9hjimncRVn-1w@got.net>,
Robert <RobertJ@hotmail.com> wrote:
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><calypso@voyger.com> wrote in message
>news:41f3fe2f$0$63176$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com...
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>> I think this kind of "feel" good is what is being sold. In the selling
>> there is often a great point made about "increased energy" and other very
>> vague things. The only way we can know for sure if something works is to
>> test it wherethings like these mental things are not allowed to interfere.
>> The placebo effect is what the science people call it. That is why even
>> the person testing some new thing doesn't know which pill has the new
>> stuff and which has some typical thing like a sugar pill. Also if it is
>> not tested we don't know if someone would get better anyway. If I have a
>> cold and someone says take this pill and it will go away it will but not
>> because of the pill. But then I start to think it was the pill. This is
>> another reason we need things tested to see if they make a difference.
>
>The role of medicine is to make people feel better and it should include the
>use of placebos.
>What the west calls placebo the east calls chi.

Well, I think that last sentence alone demonstrates your massive
ignorance on the subject. Placebos and chi have only a tangential
relationship.

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