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In reply to the discussion: Nitwits & Why Physicians Lose Credibility [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)96. Thank you, CreekDog.
You weren't any help before this post, and you aren't any help after this post, so I'll give the comment all the worry it is worth.
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Please note that prenatal folic acid and vitamin K injections aren't the same thing as supplements.
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2013
#1
My brother IS a doctor with an MD from a well-known medical school, and
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2013
#77
Maybe there aren't any because there is no causal link between the treatment and the disease?
CreekDog
Dec 2013
#88
Science based medicine smacking down the multi-billion dollar supplement industry...
SidDithers
Dec 2013
#4
Not at all. Just did not see it (the word "woo") in the article you referenced.
geckosfeet
Dec 2013
#68
Big Pharma wants us to buy prescription drugs, nothing over-the-counter.
another_liberal
Dec 2013
#9
Ida, there are a bunch of us who know what nutrition and natural remedies do to help people.
loudsue
Dec 2013
#18
"Food Matters" is a highly robust assertion, in part because no one has ever disputed it
Orrex
Dec 2013
#122
Actually, people like Ida and myself actually know about our medical subjects of interest
tavalon
Dec 2013
#157
At least I haven't wasted $45/bottle of vitamin supplements that come out in my pee.
Vashta Nerada
Dec 2013
#48
Yep. Which is why I never dismiss out of hand, ideas the scientists would instantly reject as 'woo.'
reformist2
Dec 2013
#83
the purveyors of woo aren't the ones that warned you about dangerous or unneeded supplements.
CreekDog
Dec 2013
#132
Then don't. Each person is different, and if you don't have deficiency issues,
IdaBriggs
Dec 2013
#36
Ya know, the amusing thing is that even tho you grossly misinterpreted the posted article...
eqfan592
Dec 2013
#43
Ask a sanitary engineer sometime how many pills, vitamins, & supplements pass completely untouched
FSogol
Dec 2013
#52
So that article said pregnant women shouldn't take folic acid? Or did you imagine that?
cthulu2016
Dec 2013
#62
The problem is often that folks who think they are 'scientific' are anything but
Matariki
Dec 2013
#117
Lookee here, NPR came out with an article about the dangers of vitamin supplements today:
Vashta Nerada
Dec 2013
#111
Why are you consulting with veterinarians about child nutrition? Nobody here told you to do that.
CreekDog
Dec 2013
#118
You do know that it's illegal to practice Medicine without a license, don't you?
NealK
Dec 2013
#123
I work with premature infants and disabled infants. This is amazing. Thank you for sharing it..
Squinch
Dec 2013
#133