Its rare that I find a blog post that completely supports how I feel about “Alternative Medicine.” The blogger talks about the need to have scientifically supported information about products that are ingested. It talks about using science to evaluate products and the studies supporting those products.
Alternative medicine is full of valid and scientifically verifiable alternatives to traditional healthcare therapies. However, alternative medicine it is overburdened by scam artists and fakers who harken back to the snake oil peddlers of the early 1900s. Without requiring proof and questioning those who seek to affect our health, we have given these peddlers carte blanche authority to sell their “snake oil.”
There are very few healthcare professionals who can truly understand the complex interactions between supplements and your health. Schools provide healthcare professionals with some of the basic tools, but do not teach many of the specifics that are necessary to address the growing concerns of those of us in the alternative healthcare arena.
Tags: clinical trials, Safety