Re: DETOX

From: mindwalker (mindwalker@innerspace.net)
Date: Mon Jul 26 1999 - 11:05:43 MDT


While there may be a lot of useful information at

http://www.quackwatch.com

one of the underlying themes there seems to be that all nutrients and drugs
should be controlled by terrocrats, and that terrocrats should require
medical licensing and have the authority to approve or deny the sale of
certain substances. For an example take a look at the article at

http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/hfreedom.html

The above article is critical of those who talk about "health freedom" and
implies that anyone who believes in health freedom is either a quack or
someone who's been deceived by quacks.

Sure, there may be a lot of quacks out there, but as long as they aren't
doing anything to purposely deceive their customers, and their customers
want to take their suggestions and/or buy their products, they should have
the freedom to do so, and to live with the consequences.

At 08:59 AM 7/26/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>Anybody know any reliable material on detoxification? Specifically, I'm
>>looking for rationales, schedules, substances, regimens... I'm using the
>>term as it's used in the alternative medicine field and not the more
>>conventional sense of cleaning out alcohol or other drugs from one's
>>system -- i.e., in the sense of cleansing the body of harmful substances in
>>general.
>
>"Detoxification" is one of the buzzwords that marks a charlatan, so
>any "information" on it is fraudulent and probably dangerous. More
>good info can be found at <http://www.quackwatch.com>.
>
>--
>Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
>"All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past,
>are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified
>for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
>



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