Dietary Supplement Snake Oil
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DESCRIPTION: Supplement industry representative attempts to rebut a mea culpa editorial in an alternative medicine journal decrying the predatory nature of dietary supplement marketing. The best way to avoid adverse drug reactions is to stay healthy enough to avoid drugs altogether. See Ornish's editorial Convergence of Evidence (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/convergence-of-evidence/) and Say No to Drugs by Saying Yes to More Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/say-no-to-drugs-by-saying-yes-to-more-plants/). There are also a number of natural remedies that may work as well but have fewer side-effects such as Saffron for Alzheimer's, Flax Seeds for Prostate Enlargement, and Amla for Diabetes. Plants are powerful--check out Power Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/power-plants/) and videos on all the other 1,000+ topics here at http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/ !
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