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



robyn, im not challenging you just pointing out that a person who does so  
much research and reads peer reviewed journals and questions her doctor  
regularly  and reads detailed experiemtns really isnt  that  nieve..just passionate 
about what you are saying. i appreciate a passionate  person.
 
as im sure you realize most studies are conducted by the government or by  
industry..some are by universities too..but limited by finances
 
it doent really matter if the results are accurate or not the important  fact 
to remember is that  a study is a financial investment that only  people with 
alot of money can make. 
most studies are initiated by someone hoping to get a certain result or  
certain financial or informational gain. eg. drug companies, dairy industry  ,a 
professor seeking tenure, a doctor out to prove a theory..otherwise why  finance 
it?  
not because they care about your children. care and truth are not very cost  
effective.
as you probably already know, not many natural practicioners can   afford to 
compete with pfizer and eli lily as far as financing studies are  concerned 
anymore than you or i can afford to launch a study.
doctors or scientists who run these studies are no doubt scrupulous  and 
believe what they are doing..but the money to finance these studies dont  come 
from them...
therefore several things happen
...if you get a slightly favorable result..<the result you want>you  throw a 
gigantic press conference with lots of food and you get on the news  and sell 
lots of meridia or hrt or vioxx or whatever you have copyrighted  to sell. 
if you get a bad result you just squelch it ande try something else or you  
change the perameters of the study.. 
 
you can research studies as much as you like..but they arent required by  law 
just yet to release studies that dont prove what they want or that prove the  
opposite. those would be more telling. and will be law soon.
 
i guess i mean this robyn,
 if i  drank a coke then tried 100 times i know i could do a  cartwheel once 
or twice. i would title my study.  ""coke helps single  mothers do cartwheels""
whose going to finance that study...  COKE or a my herbalist?
 
well i mean if coke meant cocaine my herbalist might.........
nahhhh.  <for the witless..that was a joke.>
amalita