Reply #62: Did I bash the science behind "glyconutrients"?

[trotsky]

No, I did not. What is it with this all-or-nothing attitude constantly exhibited by the "alternative" supporters?

There is some promise behind this concept. Research is being done, but it's far from conclusive at this point. Right now the strongest evidence concerns yeast in a petri dish. There are massive libraries of studies that looked promising in the lab but didn't translate into actual human medicine. Time will tell.

What I am doing here is simply pointing out to you that the original website you linked to, is run by a company with a history of legal problems concerning fraud. In other words, THEY'VE BROKEN THE LAW BEFORE AND THEY WANT TO SELL YOU SOMETHING NOW. Doesn't that tell you to be a little bit suspicious?

When people have to resort to the old Schopenhauer quote, that usually tells you they're up to no good. As Carl Sagan once said, "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."