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MineralMan

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16. Thank you. Caution is always advisable before taking

Reply to 2on2u (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:36 AM

Jan 2013

random information from the Internet and applying it to individual situations. It's also often advisable before spreading information that may be incorrect, incomplete, or misunderstood. The Internet is full of half-baked, untested quasi-medical information. Spreading such information even further may not be the best thing to do, overall. When it is incorrect, premature, or has questionable motives, retractions never seem to get posted, leaving people with only the poor information.

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Dr. Oz speaks on natural antibiotics [View all] 2on2u Jan 2013 OP

Oz is a half-quack OKNancy Jan 2013 #1

Manuka honey, first thing no one should take.... 2on2u Jan 2013 #5

lef in a sigline... SidDithers Jan 2013 #7

Why all the hostility? I don't get it Sid, you and me used to be tight. Nothing lasts 2on2u Jan 2013 #8

We were tight? What name were you using when we were tight?...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #9

You know, back in the day, before automobiles, in another life, you and me went back almost 2on2u Jan 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Jan 2013 #14

Yes, well... MineralMan Jan 2013 #13

A well constructed, well thought out, reasonable and proper response, on every point you 2on2u Jan 2013 #15

Thank you. Caution is always advisable before taking MineralMan Jan 2013 #16

Again, spot on, I will endeavor to tone it down several degrees since what you have just 2on2u Jan 2013 #17

I would never take anything Dr. Oz tells me to. bigwillq Jan 2013 #2

He's even talked about magnets and that woo obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #12

I have a shelf full of things Dr Oz recommended and none of them work: megareds, rasberry ketones, mfcorey1 Jan 2013 #3

He is so full of shit on so much. cali Jan 2013 #4

lol - I just posted a thread by the same authors OKNancy Jan 2013 #6

A respected cardiologist turned into a quack woo woo obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #11

Locking: Medical advice threads do not match the GD SOP. MineralMan Jan 2013 #18