Irvine511
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Are you being serious? I've never heard of that being a characteristic problem of vegetarians in particular
it's something former vegetarians have mentioned to me.
Are you being serious? I've never heard of that being a characteristic problem of vegetarians in particular
Google scholar restricts results to journal articles, it is perfectly legitimate to use it. If we are going to play with regular websites heres a wikipedia articleA_W, you can try all you want to push me into an extremist corner, and although I don't post often to know me better, I don't support extremist views on any topic.
Google scholar? Seriously?? Well that settles it then. You win! Yay!
Others who find traditional medicine, doctors and preventions haven't helped (and migraine is often one of these mysterious ailments) often turn to alternative therapies and find their solutions.
You're thoroughly entitled to think it's bullshit.
I'm sure those who are living easier lives due to the placebo effect of a conspiratal 'marketing ploy' couldn't care less.
Migraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA 2005 literature review found that the available information about dietary trigger factors relies mostly on the subjective assessments of patients. Some suspected dietary trigger factors appear to genuinely promote or precipitate migraine episodes, but many other suspected dietary triggers have never been demonstrated to trigger migraines. The review authors found that alcohol, caffeine withdrawal, and missing meals are the most important dietary migraine precipitants, that dehydration deserved more attention, and that some patients report sensitivity to red wine. Little or no evidence associated notorious suspected triggers like chocolate, cheese, histamine, tyramine, nitrates, or nitrites with migraines. Some people may develop migraines from consuming aspartame. In a University of Parkinson's-Florida study, the incidence of migraine doubled for the majority of participants when they took aspartame, and their headaches lasted longer and were marked by increased signs of shakiness and diminished vision. Headaches are the most common side effect cited by those who consume aspartame-containing products. In a large and definitive study monosodium glutamate (MSG) in large doses (2.5 grams) was associated with adverse symptoms including headache more often than was placebo. The review authors also note that while general dietary restriction has not been demonstrated to be an effective migraine therapy, it is beneficial for the individual to avoid what has been a definite cause of the migraine.
It can't be confidently asserted that veaganism staves off migraine headaches, I don't think we should be treating "alternative medicine" as equally valuable - if it had any effect it would fall into the realm of evidence-based.
a lot of people part with a lot of money to charlatans because they can't distinguish between relatively innocuous and good advice (eat more vegetables and cut back on read meat) and bad advice (my homeopath tells me to take this big fat placebo).
Yeah, malnutrition in general (not just vegetarianism) causes hair loss. I went through the same thing when I was 18. Living off of Easy Mac, McDonald's cheeseburgers, and gummy bears led to me losing a bunch of weight, and some hair. There was probably a good deal of stress involved too.Are you being serious? I've never heard of that being a characteristic problem of vegetarians in particular, but I do know that if you're undernourished (shortages of iron, B12 or folic acid, or more generally just inadequate caloric intake) then that can definitely cause noticeable hair loss. I wasn't a vegetarian, but I experienced this myself in college when due to a combination of too much stress (working fulltime plus a full class load) and frankly not being able to afford enough to eat, I not only lost quite a bit of weight but also huge amounts of hair, to the point of having some bald spots. I think what basically causes this is that the body, in an attempt to conserve energy, shifts a much larger number of hair follicles than usual into the dormant phase, so heavy shedding kicks in and much of it isn't immediately replaced. (Something similar usually happens to the nails around the same time.) This effect usually plateaus after several months though, even if your diet or stress levels are still pretty bad, and eventually your hair returns to normal thickness. If it doesn't, then probably something more serious is wrong.
Your mentality really comes across as wishy-washy and relativistic; as if both scientific and alternative are equally valid paths, that they compliment each other. That on the one hand we have the closed minded science which doesn't accept new ideas and is a tool of industry, and on the other there are well meaning alternative providers who offer genuine relief to patients that goes a little bit beyond corporate medicine.Not sure where you're seeing those assertions? Treating health issues is not an all or nothing contest between traditional and alternative.
Agreed. It's also cannot be overlooked that many people suffer needlessly and part with a lot of money on big pharma big fat pills because they cannot question and explore beyond a white lab coat telling them all alternative medicine is a sham (when plenty of people have wisely saved considerable amounts of money treating their issues with alternatives).
people ought to take more care for their health and learn what any substance will be doing to their bodies before making choices
The rise of alternative medicine over the last few decades is a sad indictment of societies regressing to a state of willful ignorance.
A more recent follow-up studyPrevalence and cost of alternative medicine in Australia. Lancet. 1996 Mar 2;347(9001):569-73.
MacLennan AH, Wilson DH, Taylor AW.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
BACKGROUND: To determine the prevalence and cost of alternative medicines and alternative practitioner use in an Australian population. METHODS: We conducted a representative population survey of persons aged 15 or older living in South Australia, which required 3004 personal interviews. We assessed the rates of use and types of alternative medicine and therapists used by this population in 1993, and correlations with other demographic and medical variables. FINDINGS: The overall use of at least one non-medically prescribed alternative medicine (excluding calcium, iron and prescribed vitamins) was 48.5%. The users were more likely to be perimenopausal females, better educated, have a higher alcohol intake, be of normal weight and more likely to be employed than non-users. 20.3% of respondents had visited at least one alternative practitioner, most commonly chiropractors (15%). The users of alternative practitioners were more likely to be younger, live in the country and be overweight. Women were more likely to consult naturopaths, iridiologists, and reflexologists than men. INTERPRETATION: Extrapolation of the costs to the Australian population gives a natural expenditure in 1993, for alternative medicines, of $621 million (Australian dollars) and for alternative therapists of $AU309 million per annum. This compares to the $AU360 million of patient contributions for all classes of pharmaceutical drugs purchased in Australia in 1992/93. The public health and economic ramifications of these huge costs are questioned in view of the paucity of sound safety and efficacy data for many of the therapies and products of the alternative medicine industry.
Vast amounts of money are being spent on this industry, which is rife with quackery and huckters, the public and many practitioners may have an honest belief in the alternative treatments but that doesn't make it effective and doesn't validate it.The escalating cost and prevalence of alternative medicine. Prev Med. 2002 Aug;35(2):166-73.
MacLennan AH, Wilson DH, Taylor AW.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Adelaide University, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia. alastair.maclennan@adelaide.edu.au
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to measure trends in the prevalence and cost of alternative medicines and alternative practitioner use in an Australian population and to obtain a profile of users and their beliefs. METHODS: In 2000, we repeated a 1993 representative population survey of persons ages 15 years or older living in South Australia, which provided 3,027 personal interviews. We assessed the rates of use, types of alternative medicine and therapists, costs, and beliefs of users and nonusers. Comparisons in usage patterns with the 1993 survey were also made. FINDINGS: In 2000, the overall use of at least one nonmedically prescribed alternative medicine (excluding calcium, iron, and prescribed vitamins) was 52.1% (CI +/- 1.8). Users were more likely to be female, be better educated, have a higher income, and be employed. Since 1993, females were using significantly more herbal medicines, ginseng, Chinese medicines, and aromatherapy oils. Many were self-prescribed. Among users, 57.2% (CI +/- 1.2) did not tell their doctor. In 2000, 23.3% of respondents had visited at least one alternative practitioner with increasing use of acupuncturists, reflexologists, aromatherapists, and herbal therapists. Most thought alternative medicines were safe but thought they were, or should be, subject to the same standards as prescribed medicines. Among respondents, 92.9% wished product information to be of standard and content similar to those supplied with pharmaceuticals. INTERPRETATION: Extrapolation of the costs to the Australian population gives an expenditure on alternative therapies in 2000 of $AUD2.3 billion and for the U.S. population an annual expenditure of $US34 billion. In Australia this represents a 120 and 62% increase in the cost of alternative medicines and therapists, respectively, since 1993. In 2000 expenditure on alternative therapies was nearly four times the public contribution to all pharmaceuticals. The public appears to have ambivalent standards for alternative therapies but wishes to be empowered with accurate information to facilitate self-prescription. The public health ramifications of an expanding alternative medicine industry are great.
At the same time I have a close family member who suffers from sever bipolar disorder and I can recognise the life-saving benefits which these drugs (and electroshock therapy) deliver. The drugs work, but I think that we should take a cost-benefit approach to drug use and explore other validated treatments like cognitive behaviour therapy, diet, and exercise for people who are functional and not at risk of suicide.
You can softly mock my "conventional bias" as much as you like, it has the benefit of being justifiable and honestly critical of received wisdom.First, let me thank you from moving me from mild annoyance at you loading my views with assumptions based on your own bias to overtly amused that in broadbrushing everything I've said and pontificating a conventional agenda (again, based on your own bias), you haven't digested anything I've said.
Pun intended.
And more importantly peace for those she left behind, I've wondered if its harder to have someone close continually drag those around them through the wreckage of suicide attempts or for them to just finish themselves off and leave regular grief, it's a frighteningly ambiguous question.Four days ago, she died in Spain, apparently the fourth time is the charm. I hope that in death she found the peace that she never had in life.
Four days ago, she died in Spain, apparently the fourth time is the charm. I hope that in death she found the peace that she never had in life.
It is true.
Her brother remarked that he was ashamed to say that he felt relief that at least now he knew where she was and that no harm could come to her.