> In a message dated 1/23/2006 11:00:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> If  natural medical
> practitioners are in possession of "the truth" why don't  they have studies
> to back them up?

I'm only going to add that as an individual, *I* don't have "studies" to back
up what I find works for my body, either. What I DO have is a realization of
what works for me, and what doesn't. When it comes to my dairy problems, and
the other health issues I've had for years, those WITH the "studies" have not
been able to help me AT ALL. What eventually I found that HAS helped me, is
totally discounted by those with the studies. Isn't that interesting? I can
say, "When I do this, this result happens in my body. If I stop doing it, the
result goes away." THAT is a "study"! A mini-study, yes, but certainly one
that works within my body (and truly, that's what's most important to ME - MY
health!)

Yet when I've presented my "mini-studies" to those who supposedly swear by
studies, they poo-poo it because it doesn't agree with what they have already
decided is "truth". To my thinking, that sounds EXACTLY like the alternative
health people are accused of being. So, to my mind, BOTH sides are guilty of
not always seeking out what's true and what's not, not just one. 

Jent

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