posted December 20, 2013 01:56 PM            

Interview + transcript

Dr. Offit wrote a book called:
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine

Book Description from amazon.com

In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.

Dr. Offit reveals how alternative medicine—an unregulated industry under no legal obligation to prove its claims or admit its risks—can actually be harmful to our health.

Using dramatic real-life stories, Offit separates the sense from the nonsense, showing why any therapy—alternative or traditional—should be scrutinized. He also shows how some nontraditional methods can do a great deal of good, in some cases exceeding therapies offered by conventional practitioners.

An outspoken advocate for science-based health advocacy who is not afraid to take on media celebrities who promote alternative practices, Dr. Offit advises, “There’s no such thing as alternative medicine. There’s only medicine that works and medicine that doesn’t.”

posted January 03, 2014 10:18 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I thought vaccinations were based on magic.

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Vaccinations pump outrageous amounts of toxic mercury into our bodies, live virusus, plus now microchips. There is no magic in that.

You know everyone has the right to refuse vaccines. They are not required by law to attend school. You just need a doctor's excuse presented to attend school.

posted January 03, 2014 10:35 AM            

Of course I believe in magic. There is magic in elliminatic ignorance. Do you realize that, at least in USA, we are all brainwashed into spending thousands of dollars on health insurance that can't be "cashed in" unless we are sick? That's " sick" insurance, not health insurance.

If each person took responsibility for their own health instead of letting government and pharmaceutical-run medical school graduates dictate our "sickness" we would all be very fit. How threatening would that be - no debilitated population easy to control?

posted January 03, 2014 07:03 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Vaccines are not required at any level in any circumstance (not even for international travel or military service).

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posted January 11, 2014 12:01 AM            

I'm not huge on taking vitamins (although, due to the amount of coffee that I drink, I do take cellular active vitamin B, zinc, and calcium/magnesium supplements.

I also take a handful of Chinese herbs to help balance my hormones so that I'm not a raging banshee every month, and some Ayurvedic herbs for energy throughout the day, or sleep at night. I've noticed a huge difference in the quality of brand, but the good brands do work for me.

As far as vaccinations go, we only have our son vaccinated for diseases that we consider serious and life-threatening. I make sure that thimerosal is not used in any of his vaccinations, or mine for that matter.

But it would be interesting to read the book. I still think that eating a lot of organic fruits, greens, and herbs would be more helpful than taking vitamin supplements.

My son eats mostly organic, cruelty free foods, although we aren't always as diligent about it as I would like. But about 75% of his food intake is healthy.

Not entirely sure about the vitamin supplements, though. We don't give him any of those.

posted January 12, 2014 05:22 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
With the flu vaccine, it doesn't even work for this season. We supposedly try to predict how the virus will mutate next season. If that sounds imposssible to you, well, it is.

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