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In reply to the discussion: B vitamins could delay dementia [View all]socialsecurityisAAA
(191 posts)31. Natural treatments worked long before clinical testing was thought of.
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Drug companies also make Linbrel, an extract of Scutelleria Baicalensis(chinese skullcap).
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#2
No I don't. Skullcap can be grown in the backyard and made into a 5-1 extract in your kitchen.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#12
Look at the doses in the study. Foods can be included in the diet that are equivalent.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#23
Natural treatments worked long before clinical testing was thought of.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#31
Yes not all plants are therapeutic, but not all studies done in the U.S. are unbiased.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#37
Nothing you posted mentions any of the natural compounds that are PRESCRIBED worldwide.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#55
Well naturally if you jumple them up, mix them around, they will make no contextual sense.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#96
Your understanding is limited. Berberine, Gingerols, Bacosides a-b, Curcumin have all
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#57
Try PUBMED. Its full of studies focusing on these compounds alone, as well as thousands of other
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#97
Thats how pharma works. Use influence to alter studies, studies which are often funded by taxes
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#60
There are much more absorbable forms such as methycobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, both active forms
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#38
There are plenty of vitamin manufacturers that aren't owned by Merck or Pfizer or
gateley
May 2013
#7
Supplements must go through rigorous clinical trials in much of the rest of the world.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#27
Kira is a regulated formulation that went through clinical trials and is monitored by E.U. Fda
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#43
It natural and was proven more effective than other synthetics, thats why it's 1# prescribed
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#59
Hopefully your for-profit companies can be trusted over the other for-profit companies!
trotsky
May 2013
#44
I'm not against the profit, I'm against having the FDA in your pocket and suppressing
gateley
May 2013
#9
I don't get it- do you think no research or info should be shared because of the profit angle?
bettyellen
May 2013
#15
The truth will out. Eventaully people will realize they have been swindled and bamboozled.
socialsecurityisAAA
May 2013
#16
Our doctor in Europe prescribed vitamin B for my husband, and I started taking it too, way
JDPriestly
May 2013
#33
Yet studies show that high levels of folate/folic acid which is a B vitamin
snagglepuss
May 2013
#67