Alt-Med Quackery

I’m sure some of you have heard the story of that Indian man that says he has lived 70 years without eating or drinking anything. It’s pretty obvious to anybody with a third grade education that that’s complete bullshit; yet, people still believe. I have a friend on Facebook that totally believes it. He thinks we can get all our energy from the sun and don’t need to eat or drink. He even wants to attempt it.

More people need to learn how to think critically. If it sounds too crazy, chances are it’s not true.

Over the weekend I saw an infomercial by Kevin Trudeau pushing his book of “Alternative Medicine” nonsense. Pretty much all the “Alternative Medicine” crap is nonsense. It’s one of the things that drives me crazy, probably because my Mom and Brother believe it all, and are always sending me links to the nonsense.

Today my Brother sent me a link about some exercises you can do 10 minutes every other day, and lose all kinds of weight. I watched a few seconds of the video and the guy said you keep burning fat the rest of the day, and then next day from the exercises. Really? To me that sounds like nonsense, so I looked up the guy, and of course he was selling all the usual “Alternative Medicine” crap on his website.

For some reason people think that “Big Pharma” is out to get them; yet have no qualms about spending three time the money on some “Natural”, “Alternative”, unregulated crap that does nothing. The “Alternative Medicine” companies are actually the ones that are in it for the money, and they are really good advertising their goods. They always advertise no side effects –because there is no active ingredients — and they are cure-alls — since it doesn’t do anything, just list everything and if someone gets better from one than it worked. Taking alt-meds usually is harmless and just a waste of money, but recently another quack Gary Null almost killed himself taking his own supplements. And that’s another way to spot a quack. They all usually sell their own supplements, or books, or website subscription; because really, they are in it just for the money.

Living a healthy live is really simple; eat healthy, exercise, and get your sleep in. That’s it. There are no shortcuts, and no need for supplements, or drugs unless you have a medical condition diagnosed by a real doctor, and not a quack.