Parody of Allopathic Medicine

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Crap...that's 5 minutes of my life that I'll never have back. Who runs that site, Kevin Trudeau?
 
I agree with wtwei...I want my five minutes back.

The only other thing I have to say is WTF? 😕
 
Way back when I used to teach college level health classes, I used his website to show how someone could look okay on the surface, but really be a quack. Sure, you can find decent, accurate information on his site, but then you run across stuff like some of the content of this page.
 
DrMom said:
Way back when I used to teach college level health classes, I used his website to show how someone could look okay on the surface, but really be a quack. Sure, you can find decent, accurate information on his site, but then you run across stuff like some of the content of this page.
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Wow. Fluoride is bad for teeth? My deodorant is going to give me Alzheimers disease? What a nutcase. And what a bad way to represent DOs...👎
 
DrMom said:
Way back when I used to teach college level health classes, I used his website to show how someone could look okay on the surface, but really be a quack. Sure, you can find decent, accurate information on his site, but then you run across stuff like some of the content of this page.
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Actually, I've heard elsewhere about the aluminum issue in antiperspirants. Don't know about the Alzheimer's connection. Sure, he has some wacky stuff on there, but the positive effects of antioxidants are well established. As for fluoride being bad...that'd be a tough sell, I think.

As in all things, moderation. And cross-check your sources before you believe anything. 🙂
 
Cartoon brought a smile to my face but the analogy was weak.
The FDA should be shut down though - that part was really funny. :laugh:
 
I bet that guy has become very rich off the gullible and un/misinformed nature of the public. I wonder how he would explain the steady rise in average life expectancy with the advances of allopathic medicine. In 1900 in the United States the life expectancy at birth for white males was 47 years; now it's 75+ years. Nothing ever improves or changes in the city of Allopath, right?
 
That was just immature. What audience does this guy hope to reach with that cartoon any way?

It's funny, because everytime we have a DO in the media that does something outstanding, everyone readily ignores the fact that he's a DO and calls him an MD. (Latest example is the Newsweek magazine entitled "Hero MD") but then when ever we get a quack - the media then says: Hey he's not a doctor, he's a DO! This Mercola guy makes us look bad.

I'm going to "cut and paste this post" over onto the osteo forum and let everyone tear this guy to shreds.

And did you look around on his website - he's got a million things for sale. Hell, it's even worse than that Kevin T guy. 😡
 
"Not only does fluoride do little to prevent tooth decay, it is also damaging to your health."

You gotta be f'in kidding me. This is hilarious. Dentists damn near put themselves out of business when they pushed for municipal fluoride. As for being "damaging to your health"....well so is water, Advil, and potato salad if you get too much.....it's all about the concentration.

I wonder if he's against dihyrogen monoxide? Or against using rat-poison to thin blood?
 
what the hell did i just watch?

Waste of time.
 
I couldn't make it through the entire thing.

toofache32 said:
"Not only does fluoride do little to prevent tooth decay, it is also damaging to your health."

You gotta be f'in kidding me. This is hilarious. Dentists damn near put themselves out of business when they pushed for municipal fluoride.
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They should set up shop in my hometown. I grew up in a small town in rural Louisiana where the population has consistently voted against fluoride in the water because it's a communist plot or whatever. 🙄 I've got a mouthful of silver to show for it...
 
Hurricane said:
I grew up in a small town in rural Louisiana where the population has consistently voted against fluoride in the water because it's a communist plot or whatever. 🙄 I've got a mouthful of silver to show for it...
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Apparently the residents of Worcester, MA, feel the same way. I was suprised to hear this from one of the UMass residents who said that the pervasive thought in town was that it was a government plot to dump fluoride.
 
DrMom said:
Way back when I used to teach college level health classes, I used his website to show how someone could look okay on the surface, but really be a quack. Sure, you can find decent, accurate information on his site, but then you run across stuff like some of the content of this page.
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I haven't seen everything on this guy's site, but I don't see anything super crazy about that particular page. If I'm not mistaken, there are many people in the medical community that feel that sources of metals like antiperspirant and alluminum cans may, in fact, be a contributing factor to Alzheimers.

The way I see it is that this guy is erring on the conservative by advising patients to avoid something that MAY be a problem. It seems harmless given that, technically, antiperspirants are not necessary, and has a simple alternative; soap and water.

Also, I thought I've read elsewhere ("legitimate sources") that over-cooking meats in their own fat could be carcinogenic. I've read that it's not good to, for example, cook steak on a grill without some kind of pan under it. The idea is that if the liquified fat drips down to the charcoal, it burns, producing potentially harmful smoke. So, again, his statements don't seem totally out of line. Not quack warranting, that is.

Not sure about fluoride, but I just saw a movie in my immunology class about the rise of allergies and auto-immune diseases in, particularly, developed countries, where hygenic measures may be a cause of increased levels of allergies and AI disease. Apparently, chloride in the water supply (not removed post treatment) is still active in the body. And it has been show to kill some of the natural flora in our intestines. This is not good. Perhaps this is the arguement behind fluoride (though I totally acknowledge it's role in fighting tooth decay).

And as for antibiotic soaps, it's well known that they can increase the rates of antibiotic resistance in microbes. They were also mentioned in the allergy movie in terms of preventing some normal (or non-pathogenic) organisms from contacting babies and children (The Hygene Hypothesis). And this may be leading to immune systems that aren't properly primed, leading to problems down the road.

Again, not so sure why everyone's so quick to jump on this guy.
 
Hurricane said:
I couldn't make it through the entire thing.



They should set up shop in my hometown. I grew up in a small town in rural Louisiana where the population has consistently voted against fluoride in the water because it's a communist plot or whatever. 🙄 I've got a mouthful of silver to show for it...
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what part of louisiana?
 
I agree with 95% of the criticism here. But, most public health folks say that the increase in life expectancy is more due to public health interventions that allopathic care. Obviously, though, there is overlap (immunizations, etc). But, most allopathic care adds years of life to older folks (which, truly does add a lot - say saving the 50 y.o. with an MI who can go on to live another 20-30 years).

The cartoon tries to make the "prevention" person sound like they are ostracized though. The key difference in the real world is the public health and preventive medicine are (should be) evidence-based.
 
cfdavid said:
It seems harmless given that, technically, antiperspirants are not necessary, and has a simple alternative; soap and water.
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As a greasy Italian that sweats olive oil, I can at least attest that for some people, antiperspirants are definitely necessary. That's just on a regular day, God forbid one when I'm playing hockey. Flash flood warnings follow me around on those days...
 
dante201 said:
I agree with 95% of the criticism here. But, most public health folks say that the increase in life expectancy is more due to public health interventions that allopathic care. Obviously, though, there is overlap (immunizations, etc). But, most allopathic care adds years of life to older folks (which, truly does add a lot - say saving the 50 y.o. with an MI who can go on to live another 20-30 years).

The cartoon tries to make the "prevention" person sound like they are ostracized though. The key difference in the real world is the public health and preventive medicine are (should be) evidence-based.
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agree that PH deserves most of the credit for extending the life expect.

disagree with the cartoon's negative message

agree that i wish i had my 5 minutes back...
 
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