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September 27, 2011 at 6:38 PM #729829September 27, 2011 at 8:14 PM #729833JumbyParticipant
Video proof of Vitamin D attacking and killing a cancer cell @ 4:48.
September 28, 2011 at 12:58 AM #729839eavesdropperParticipant[quote=Jumby]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtjiOCgwe6I&feature=related
Video proof of Vitamin D attacking and killing a cancer cell @ 4:48.[/quote]
We know this how? What kind of cancer? What’s the mechanism of action here?
I wasn’t favorably impressed by the report. There are two people who do most of the talking. One is a physician whose specialty is psychiatry, but, in reality, apparently believes that he’s an all around medical expert, including cancer research. The other is a self-proclaimed health writer who has his own line of “natural health” books; I’ll exercise some political correctness and restraint, and say only that sick people shouldn’t listen to this guy.
Both were making broad-based claims that were either distorted or downright false. There is nothing in the literature supporting their claims, on either a basic science or clinical application level. The sensational “success” of Vitamin D they, and others, have broadcast is, in reality, based on epidemiological studies. Correlation does not equal causation.
As for the video itself, I could find no corresponding lab studies that provided details of what was taking place on film, or that it was what the CBN reporter claimed. This included a search at Wake Forest University (the label on the film).
Can someone – anyone! – tell me why people are so willing to bash legitimate scientists, but will not even consider questioning what these quacks say? While science has the occasional nut job or criminal pop up, just like any career field, the majority are extremely well-educated, highly disciplined, hard-working, and concerned about their fellow man. What the hell is wrong with Americans who feel free to ridicule their accomplishments, question their motivation, and accuse them of criminal acts in the complete absence of evidence?
Sorry, but this video isn’t proof of anything as far as I can tell. I hope that you never become seriously ill, but should that happen, do yourself a favor and avoid guys like this like the plague. Because that’s what they’re doing: creating a plague of superstition and ignorance.
September 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM #729845RenParticipant[quote=jpinpb]Marshall’s research has demonstrated how ingested vitamin D can actually block VDR activation, the opposite effect to that of Sunshine…..
Vitamin D deficiency, long interpreted as a cause of disease, is more likely the result of the disease process, and increasing intake of vitamin D often makes the disease worse.
[/quote]“Dr.” Marshall is not a medical doctor, he’s an engineer, but I would still put him in the category of quack. Virtually no one in the medical community takes his claims seriously and his forum is heavily censored.
The Marshall Protocol advocates (among other things) complete abstinence from sunlight and any other source of D. Some people have become extremely ill from it.
September 28, 2011 at 9:17 AM #729846RenParticipant[quote=eavesdropper]Can someone – anyone! – tell me why people are so willing to bash legitimate scientists, but will not even consider questioning what these quacks say?[/quote]
The simple answer is that the quacks are telling them what they want to hear, while the legitimate scientists are doing the opposite.
September 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM #729851VeritasParticipantReally excellent points eaves about government oversight: “However, the current political atmosphere will only make things worse. A significant percentage of the American people are declaring that less government regulation is needed, and that regulation and oversight are “job-killers”. I, myself, believe that this is a patently ridiculous claim, and I have yet to see anyone in a position of authority present an actual documented case that proves how judicious oversight/regulation caused any well-operated previously successful corporation to go out of business. In fact, the roots of today’s horrendous economy can certainly be traced to a LACK of oversight and enforcement of regulations on the top execs and owners of financial institutions and businesses who intentionally engaged in business practices that posed a high risk to their employees, their customers, and to the nation.”
Even with regulation though, if you have enough money you can get around the exemptions: “SACRAMENTO — Unable to mediate a settlement with opponents of a football stadium proposed for the city of Industry, the California Senate approved a measure Wednesday that exempts the project from state environmental laws. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/15/local/me-stadium15”
Seems to me politics and money compromise science and commonsense. Or to put it another way, for the people in charge, money talks.September 28, 2011 at 12:20 PM #729855afx114Participant[quote=eavesdropper]Can someone – anyone! – tell me why people are so willing to bash legitimate scientists, but will not even consider questioning what these quacks say? While science has the occasional nut job or criminal pop up, just like any career field, the majority are extremely well-educated, highly disciplined, hard-working, and concerned about their fellow man. What the hell is wrong with Americans who feel free to ridicule their accomplishments, question their motivation, and accuse them of criminal acts in the complete absence of evidence?[/quote]
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
― Isaac AsimovSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:32 PM #729856AnonymousGuest[quote=Ren][quote=eavesdropper]Can someone – anyone! – tell me why people are so willing to bash legitimate scientists, but will not even consider questioning what these quacks say?[/quote]
The simple answer is that the quacks are telling them what they want to hear, while the legitimate scientists are doing the opposite.[/quote]
+1
One of the most basic characteristics of human nature: People are far more likely to believe what they want to be true.
Understand this, and you’ll understand much about how the world works.
It’s a useful tool, and used heavily by scam artists. For example: Almost everyone knows that an investment that consistently yields more than 10% per year is simply too good to be true. But time after time, people buy into some scam where that is the claim (we’ve seen examples on this very site.)
Why do people believe it? Because they want it to be true.
October 4, 2011 at 6:33 AM #730002eavesdropperParticipant“Navigating the Net Wisely in a Health Crisis”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/health/04brody.html?_r=2
Andrew Schorr, a specialist in health communications, is convinced that the Internet saved his life. Now, through a book he wrote with Mary Adam Thomas, “The Web-Savvy Patient,” he is trying to help others facing a medical crisis use the Internet to their advantage and avoid its potential pitfalls.
n 1996, at age 45, with two young children and hoping for a third, Mr. Schorr had his life turned upside down by a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, an incurable disease. Cancer doctors in Seattle, near his home in Mercer Island, Wash., told him he needed immediate chemotherapy.
But before he took their advice, he went on the Web and found a community of patients with his disease……..
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