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gateley

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5. And even more threatened now since more and more people are willing to give
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 03:42 AM
Jan 2013

other therapies a try. That's why they're sneaking in through the back door, I think.

The FDA (well, big Agra/Pharma) tried to make it impossible to use stevia as a sweetener, it was dangerous! But when Coke and Pepsi/Cargil decided they were watching too much money go from their "safe" artificial sweeteners towards more natural options, well gee, all of a sudden it wasn't so dangerous any more.

And we know this has happened countless times in countless areas.

It's always the money. Always.

Alternative therapies PatSeg Jan 2013 #1
Do homeopathy and alternative treatment operate at a loss? jberryhill Jan 2013 #2
And even more threatened now since more and more people are willing to give gateley Jan 2013 #5
It has been going on for decades PatSeg Jan 2013 #10
Homeopathy deserves to be discredited jmowreader Jan 2013 #24
How can homeopathics be explained as placebos for animals? Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #54
Easy: There isn't any demonstrable effect that needs explaining William Seger Jan 2013 #57
PROFIT, eh? Homeopathic "medicine" costs $1.29 a gallon at Safeway William Seger Jan 2013 #41
So they are against fraud in animal medicine. Deep13 Jan 2013 #3
It has nothing to do with fraud. It has to do with money. gateley Jan 2013 #6
You do have a point there, but how do we know you're not just a shill for big accupuncture? Electric Monk Jan 2013 #9
Are you just trying to needle Gately? Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #52
Yes, Big Veterinary is out to get you. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #13
And how much fraud is in big pharma drugs? N/T Big Blue Marble Jan 2013 #55
Considerably less than homeopathy, acupuncture and aromtherapy. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #63
Homeopathy is not natural medicine it is a placebo. originalpckelly Jan 2013 #29
We got our dog from a Homeopathic shelter. Tracer Jan 2013 #36
I'm going to stop calling it homeopathy and start calling it water fetish. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #43
How much money do you suppose the homeopaths are making? I bet their margins are even bigger! rbixby Jan 2013 #59
+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #66
THANKS so much for this info and the link! nt Raine Jan 2013 #4
What's next, an anti-astrology resolution? eShirl Jan 2013 #7
Q: My dog got hit by a car and broke his foot, what should I do? A: Have you tried aromatheropy? Electric Monk Jan 2013 #8
I would imagine the placebo effect adieu Jan 2013 #17
My iguana is a die hard skeptic, then jberryhill Jan 2013 #20
My dog is down with all that hippie shit. originalpckelly Jan 2013 #31
You should have never named her "Patchouli". surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #67
I use to date your hamster, ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #53
It was after dating you that it needed the enemas jberryhill Jan 2013 #58
I was an inocent lad before I met that hamster. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #62
BINGO!!! GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #47
We can give ourselves quack medicine, but please give pets real medicine cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #11
I would add that this type of quackery has even less chance of working in pets Major Nikon Jan 2013 #32
I don't know if it works in pets, but for humans sakabatou Jan 2013 #12
Actually it's water. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #14
Highly, highly diluted sugar pill adieu Jan 2013 #16
Homeopathy is the medical world's biggest scam adieu Jan 2013 #15
I don't mind if people dabble in it. They have free will, and hey, they can enjoy the placebo effect AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #18
Placebo effect works for animals in sort of the opposite way adieu Jan 2013 #56
It's very simple, if you don't want to use medicine to assist your pet AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #19
It gets a little worrying dkhbrit Jan 2013 #21
I have little tolerance Mona Jan 2013 #22
No. I dislike seeing animals suffer because actual medical treatment is being withheld. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #42
aas someone Mona Jan 2013 #49
I don't base my worldview on anecdotal opinions. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #51
If the white paper has no peer review and not author how can it be accepted as policy guidance? Ford_Prefect Jan 2013 #23
Yeah, because the fact that homeopathy is quackery needs still to be scientifically determined.. (?) Democracyinkind Jan 2013 #26
Homeopathy is magic medicine longship Jan 2013 #25
This is yet another of Joseph Mercola's scams. Archae Jan 2013 #27
Mercola? Homeopathy?... SidDithers Jan 2013 #28
. Berlum Jan 2013 #30
I don't believe in homeopathy for anything. Humans, pets, plants or even rocks. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #33
There's already enough water in Fido's bowl. Codeine Jan 2013 #34
Shit and sugar... SidDithers Jan 2013 #35
So this "discussion" is about science vs em, err belief? Culturally mandated fact vs superstition? Ford_Prefect Jan 2013 #37
Oh, yes, how odd that a professional association of science-based MineralMan Jan 2013 #38
But you think links to mercola are just fine for GD... SidDithers Jan 2013 #39
I think they do not violate the SOP for GD. MineralMan Jan 2013 #40
"Believe" - The headline says it all. FarCenter Jan 2013 #44
Many natural/alternative remedies are great, but homeopathy in particular seems to be quackery. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #45
Animals don't believe in faith healing rusty fender Jan 2013 #46
Translation: If you want to continue to throw away more money on worthless placebos... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #48
gately, I'm sorry Mona Jan 2013 #50
Aww, thank you Mona -- how sweet. But it's okay. gateley Jan 2013 #61
These things are almost always not about how much money is being made rbixby Jan 2013 #60
I believe homeopathic therapies should be killed. Note that killing off Homeopathic is NOT... yawnmaster Jan 2013 #64
What homeopathy is, for the uninformed obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #65
Locking HappyMe Jan 2013 #68
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