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To: Mase
So why do you dismiss anyone else's opinions and/or research, that does not support the FDA's, as charlatan's etc.?
182 posted on 12/14/2006 6:00:46 AM PST by dcnd9
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To: dcnd9
I don't dismiss everyone. Only those who employ faulty research methodology and those who use that research to further their own political or financial ends. You need to understand that most research today is done to find grant money and not the truth. Also, most of the message today is controlled by extremists who also have a political and/or financial agenda.

To separate what's legitimate from all the nonsense out there requires a substantial education in biochemistry and nutrition as well as having worked in real world situations where the accuracy of your research determines your success in industry. Too many people are quick to believe whatever they see on the internet because it sounds like the researchers know what they're talking about. Most of the time, after critically reviewing the research, it's clear that their conclusions -- although they may show correlations -- don't prove a thing. 95% of research today is meaningless. Mercola is an internet charlatan who is getting rich selling people crap that doesn't perform as advertised. He's been cited several times by the FDA for doing so. The Weston Price Foundation is another organization that's driven by a political agenda and cares nothing about the truth. Fortunately, the FDA, most of the time, creates policy based on sound science. That's reassuring to me in a world filled with food Nazi's, toxic terrorists and nanny staters.

184 posted on 12/14/2006 8:08:38 AM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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