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In Defense of Science » omega man

Posted by JonW on June 10, 2002, at 13:32:57

In reply to Re: omega 3 getting overlooked by industry ? » judy1, posted by omega man on June 9, 2002, at 22:21:28

> thats a great site...its a pity things have got to this stage where all that has to have its own place....it is after all the same problem....human mental health...

I have to say this is not a good site. The fact that they are selling so much stuff should make you skeptical from the second the page loads.

Skepticism, and logical scientific thinking are healthy, you know?

The articles on this page make outrageous claims like they know what causes depression and how anti-depressant drugs relieve depression! Neither of these things are known... and you have to be an illogical person not to realise how biased these articles are when reading them! I know it's tempting to believe in things like this when "prozac" isn't working for you, but it's in your best interest to be guided by science and not your emotions. The fact that this page links to www.prozactruth.com should turn anyone of a sound mind away!! It's tempting to believe in something new and different, but first demand the truth. Demand the data! Demand data from multiple large controlled studies!

Not to say there are not things that should be ruled out when treating depression, because this is very important. However, that is very different than making the claim that the measures used to rule out depression, explain depression! Nutritional deficiencies, food allergies, selenium toxicity, etc. are all things you may want to rule out when diagnosing "depression" but should not be called the actual *cause* of depression -- real depression. There may very well be people with so-called "depression" on "prozac" who simply suffer from selenium toxicity, but this should not be interpreted as "prozac" not treating the root cause of depression. This should be interpreted as "prozac" not treating the root cause of selenium toxicity at best.

> hope you take a tape recorder to that seminar..it looks really good...I had no idea that the gut was a brain that could operate on its own yet has all the same neurotransmitters...

I hope she also takes a gun, people like this should not reproduce :) In all seriousness, I think we should in fact be open to everything and certain things like omega3 appear to have promise, but we should always demand hard data on efficacy, safety, and tolerability.

> from the way I see things which is quite fresh..some sort of political will needs to be in place to stop profit playing such a role in what dictates a valid treatment...

Until there is evidence that natural remedies can be as effective as "prozac" there really is no harm in the drug business being driven by profits. In fact, I think that largely benefits us and I wouldn't have it any other way. However, certain practices do seem shady and negatively affect us. There may need to be some changes, but as I see it, it should always be a profit driven business.

Jon


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