look, people have been using natural remedies for years....if you eat organic and keep away from a lot of things that this world puts out as good for you, like stress! you wouldnt have as many health issues in the first place. The world is very stressfull and theres a lot of gmo foods and processed foods. you can blame over population and government for your problems.
Go ahead and continue taking all the drugs and vaccines the pharmcos sell you. I have no objection what so ever to you taking what you want to take as long as you don't try to prevent me from taking or NOT taking what I want. Anyone disagree with that?
so its better to take an beta blocker then magnesium citrate witch both do the same but beta blocker has the side effect of SDS and magnesium doesn't with many more benefits....
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome is a genetic exocrine insufficiency. Magnesium citrate is a purgative. Beta blockers are useful for a lot of conditions, none of which can be replaced by Mg-citrate.
Very nice video, though I have a question: You said studies that in studies from Germany, St. John wort performs better than in studies made elsewhere, and provided some possible reasons why this could be the case which implied basically bad studies. Another idea: Could it be possible that due to the usage in folk medicine, the placebo effect is bigger?
I said "bias or experimental design issue", which would include improper blinding. The most likely culprit is a non-naive test population. They know what St. John's wort tastes like and what it "feels like" so they could easily differentiate which group they were in (control or treatment), and could slant the data accordingly.
The best evidence for this is a lack of dose-dependent effect.
If you are going to take any supplements at all, I recommend you buy a subscription to consumerlab. Its really cheap, like $39 or something for a full year of unlimited reports. They give reports on all types of stuff, from multivitamins to red yeast rice. I looked at the report and they tested major brands of red yeast rice. Several of them failed including the "solaray" brand which ironically, was shown in this video. They failed due to citrinin contamination. Look up all pills you take!
Pharmaceutical companies arent even LOOKING for a cure for cancer, they want to create drugs that manage it, creating EXCELLENT customers and record profits for the drug mafia!! People that live after chemo and radiation live despite it not because of it. Most likely to the serious life changes they have made when confronted with a life threatening illness. Less stress, eating better, suppliments, etc. ALL drugs have toxic side effects!! What you are doing here is EVIL! Trust GOD not Pharma
Great idea!! Pharmaceutical propoganda!!!! Most drugs are made from petroleum products!!!! I'd much rather take what god put on the earth for our health than what man has bastardized!! I do get your point, but its bs. Eli Lilley said that any drug without toxic side effects is no drug. Bravo! And by isolating active compounds in natural plants and producing them chemically, you can patent them and make billions. You cant patent plants or natural cures that work. Ill take what God intended!
in re: Red Yeast Rice, I have had adverse reactions to all pharmacuticle statins. I have not had any adverse reactions to Red Yeast Rice, and My cholesterol is being lowered by it. Yes, you should research any substance you injest, but things aren't quite as bad as this guy makes you believe. I also take St. Johns Wort, and again get better results than I do with the pharmacuticles, all of which have given me side effects. Personally, I think you really are better off with the herbs!
@ContaMuir17a You vastly oversimplify the thrust of the video, esp. in re: red yeast rice and SJW. Remember that diagnosis and treatment of depression in particular have a huge subjective component. It's great that you're getting positive results, but your single case doesn't constitute data. (cont'd...)
@DanThePropMan Perhaps you are not aware of it but aproximately one third of our medicines begins as a natural substance, i.e. plant extract. In fact researchers are very conserned that the loss of speices from the rain forest represnts a loss of many plants which could have been used to cure diseases. I suggest that you are note fully informed. For example oyster mushrooms produce the same cholesterol lowering effect as do chemical statins, and they taste better in a stir fry! Let food be meds!
@ContaMuir17a I was indeed aware of the plant-based origins of many meds, and the associated consequences of deforestation. I do not work for "chemical companies", whatever that means. Why do some people seem to think that b/c someone disagrees with them, they must be 'working for the enemy'?
@ContaMuir17a (2/2) Instead of "These two natural remedies work for me, so you really are better off with herbs," a more cautious approach is "These two natural remedies seem to be working for me, but I should stay informed about research into their effectiveness, and about any other treatment modalities that may be even better." C0nc0rdance simply advocates the cautious approach. You should watch the video again, b/c you seem to have missed several very important points.
@DanThePropMan My Single case contributes to the Data. Even you cannot deny that! Consistantly I get better results and much less side effects from natural substances than I do from pharmasuticles! I've tried many other "treatment modalities" that caused me much pain and sufferring. I suspect you work for the chemical companies! Please everyone do what works best for you, but if you're having trouble with side effects of the chemicals your doctor is pumping into you, try the natural way!
@ContaMuir17a If oyster mushrooms have that property, it's b/c of a chemical they contain. If you isolate that chemical and produce it as a pill with a fixed dose, you get the same effects. If you just eat the mushroom, you can't control the dosage, or guarantee that it has no other biologically active chemicals. Plants are not inherently better; a chemical is a chemical, and some chemicals have effects on the human body. It'd be great to let food be meds, but food can't always BE meds.
@DanThePropMan I've tried the pharmaceutics versions. They produce horrible debilitating side-effects in me, and millions of other people. There are times when the natural versions work better than the pharmaceutics! Besides Mushrooms taste good too! And you can grow your own fairly easily! And much much cheaper! -- I'm glad you don't work for the chemical companies. -- I've been so messed up by pharmaceutical drugs I've been on disability. Doctor drugs can be dangerous too!
some things are ok as natural cures or are helpful as in a spoonful of honey or honey tea to help a cough or sore throat. I have heard meat tenderizer reduces swelling from a bee sting. would those have side effects?
@daddyleon Yeah, but it a plant consists of 1,000s of chemicals, whereas pharmaceuticals tend to consist of a single active chemical with a known pharmacological profile. The idea that eating the whole plant is somehow 'better' for you is simply fallacious.
Evolution...? Okay, if you think that you are nothing but a chemical accident, an 'evolved' walking, breathing, thinking, blinking, speaking, intelligent blob or the result of nothing that made everything (Not possible, Thermodynamics = matter cannot be destroyed or created) Lets pause and look at the problems, not the symptoms, will more pills really help? P.S nofrikkname, before the flood, people lived to the age of 900, we are declining in health, size and intelligence, look it up.
This kinda reminds me of the argument between eating a dish of salon steak vs drinking a cup of creatine mono-hydrate+ a gallon of water after a workout at the gym. Or taking a whey protein shake vs drinking a glass of milk. interesting..
heh reminds me of the the medical records that archaeologists recovered from ancient Egyptian writings, "used for centuries", and certainly no plastic or "bad factory chemistry stuff" inside. while some of those plants were effective in treatment, most had no useful effect or even were harmful.
7:46 "What happened to the extra hydrogen group? Is Merck selling it separately?"
I think the hydrogen atom of Lovastatin is ignored. Carbon atom that is sp3 hybridized has to have 4 bonding atoms. Usually, when molecular structure does not explicitly mention what the bonding atoms are, it is implicitly stated that the remaining bonds are C-H bond. In other cases, C-H bonds are mentioned to indicate the chirality of the carbon atom.
A lot of the side effects of St. John's Wort are called Marie and Marc and Tina and such because it may render the pill ineffective. oops
I think "herbal remedies" are a good thing in those cases where they are usually part of our daily diet and can help and speed up recovery.
Stuff like rosemary and thyme can provide some relief if you caught cold, ginger can help against an upset stomach and so on. But they should never be taken instead of real medicine for serious diseases.
@blazereef Well Zombie is a nearly perfect example. The christian variety pretend to eat flesh & drink blood and worship an mythological undead(zombie) creature.
Someday I'll sit down and watch these videos with my little brother and discuss the scientific method in general with him, these videos gives a great platform for digging deeper into critical thinking and gives appreciation for sound reasoning over folklore or any cultural "consensus"/"known fact". Thank you for entertaining us and letting us benefit from your acumen.
Great video C0nc0rdance. Far too many people don't make the distinction between "all natural" and "good for you", which is a very important distinction to make. Keep up the excellent work.
I was always wondering: Are the tests for behavioral medications more stringent than more conclusive medications say ones that attack specific diseases? Do they have to undergo more scrutiny because of the complexities of behavior as well as testing for the side effects? I could probably gather this information, but thought you might have the information more readily available.
I'm in ok shape, but I just realized that I need to rethink my eating when I kept thinking, butter sauce when making the choice between door one and two.
i had only one problem with this vid. the "pure pill" that you could take is not always pure-- it can have somethings you may not nessaritly want in your body. alos it only take 3yrs for a drung to be approved by the fda. 3yrs is not that long IMO.
The amount of time it takes to get a drug approved by the FDA is going to depend on the progress of the studies that test that particular drug. If you look at the very beginning of must drugs, the basic research that explores how certain chemicals function, you could argue that it takes many many more years for drugs to go from inception to approval. Further, the inactive ingredients in most pills are simply stabilizers or filler that are known to be relatively benign in the body.
I'm in the fortunate position of not having to take any kind of medicine at all. No nutritional additives of any kidn either (vitamins or the likes). Not as much as a headache pill.
I did get some anesthesia for dental work once or twice, but I don't take anything at all myself. Normal food has everything I need. You just need to eat PROPER food, and varied meals.
How do you feel about camomile? It's supposed to be good to clean your mouth... Anything bad in it?
Your videos are getting better and better over the past few months. I am so happy that I found and subscribed to your channel. Keep up the great work.
PS: Do you have a favorite charity for your subscribers to donate to?
There's a Tom and Jerry episode where Tom gets fed a tablespoon of caster oil, which makes him very sick. Even though I'm not a cat, I'm not that stupid either :p
It strikes me that the same point could be made about organised religions. There may be some good points and moral lessons in them, but there is an awful lot of rubbish in them - better to stick with science and non-axe-grinding philosophy.
I had a patient today that told me they've been taking colloidal silver for the last couple of months. She was advised by her herbalist salesperson to give it to her kids. I showed her your video in my office. She left with better info. thanks for doing what you are doing!
@quinndiesel1977 Take colloidal silver and you become a smurf, right?? Your ignorance is astounding!! It takes ALOT of silver to turn your skin blue. Millions take colloidal silver for its long time proven antibacterial qualities, with no side effects (unlike the drugs you want to push on your patient!) You are an ignoramus, and since you started calling names, you are also a fucktard. You embody that moniker are very worthy of it. You are the fucking idiot.
@SUPERSILVER7771 Fucktard is MY WORD not yours. As for the proven benefits of INGESTING colloidal silver, there are NONE in the peer reviewed literature. Silver is used antibacterially as a TOPICAL agent where it has proven benefits. Ingesting silver is dangerous, and people who recommend it for children should be sent to siberia. The side effect profile includes but is not limited to a severe case of fucktardery and gobshitedness.
@quinndiesel1977 I suggest the next time your appendix ruptures, or you get Strep throat, or a nasty case of penile drip after that romp with your sister, that you just get some silver and see what happens. No?
@quinndiesel1977 Well you certainly are deserving of the moniker fucktard! Sorry to use YOUR name! (Although I used it to describe you, so you should be proud.) Peer reviews? Yeah, theres so many peer reviews for natural cures that the drug companies cant patent and make billions on. Next thing youll be telling me that the FDA is there to protect me. Riiight. Topical use is only one use for colloidal silver. Not dangerous unless ingesting 100 times the recommended ammount.
@quinndiesel1977 So you have drugs to cure a ruptured appendix? Thought that took surgery, no? And the only time I got penile drip was after fucking YOUR sister. (She told me she got the std from you.) I don't need a bunch of brainwashed idiots to peer review stuff that I KNOW works from using it myself! I guess natural cures made by GOD dont work until a bunch of "scientists" say that it works? Its really not your fault that you are is ignorant as you are, youve been brainwashed.
I never take supplements nor vitamins. Mega doses do more harm than good. You also forgot to mention generics and their dose differences, and side effects because of the different types of fillers they use when manufacturing the medicine. I may be going off on a tangent to what the video was about. Good video though. By the way I'm a nurse, and I know these drugs like the back of my hand :D
As a vegan with more liberal political views, I'm often wrongfully grouped into the "alternative medicine" category by people. The idea that, simply by lifestyle choices, I would reject what testing continuously shows to be true, makes no sense to me. What I tell all of them: If it truly works, then it can show beyond a shadow of a doubt that it works and medicine is damn interested in knowing how it works.
Excellent explanation of the difference between natural remedies and purified drugs. The so-called natural forms are not tested, nor can you be sure of dosage. People complain about chemicals, but EVERYTHING is a chemical, whether it was manufactured in a green plant or a lab. Many drugs had their origins in plants, like digitalis, which helps control heart failure, yet is grossly toxic if the dose is not carefully moderated. You explain the effects and drawbacks well.
my mother is crazy when it comes to "alternative medicine". She will buy anything at just about any price that has the words "natural" or "no side effects" written on the bottle.
I like what you're doing, it's important. I'm very interested in supplements, diet and health. Anything I eat I first research extensively up and down and I read about the substance in Pubmed, to see if theres real science backing up the claims.
@justicetrooper Well now, does it actually have that affect? Smoking something depends on burning it. Burning it entails a chemical change. After it has changed chemically, does it still have the same affect?
seriously, a small number of people die each year from inhaling poison ivy's oils. mostly by accidentally adding it to their campfire, but there's always some jackass who decides to try smoking it.
Alcohol is also all natural so it's got to be good for you. Isn't it funny how people state 'natural' versus 'chemical'? As if everything isn't chemical to begin with. If something isn't 'natural', it's unnatural and cannot be made.
But you actually got one thing wrong, in Germany St. Johns Worth is actually only used to treat light depressions, not major ones.
And as stated before you didn't mention, that St. Johns Worth extraxt interact with the metabolizing speed of other meds, most notable birth control pills.
I loved the closing. When confronting one of these "natural" nitwits, I tell them that I'm a chemical engineer, and I can make up a cocktail of things that are tasteless and odorless, and do they want to try drinking it?
They usually get the point, although some will cling to their fundamentalism.
Hey Concordance cure metaphore. :) I ahev a request. Can you please do a show on pills. There are people who pop pharmaceurical pills like crazy. I was recently told that some pills remain undiested in the system for long periods of time. Syrups versius pills versus anything else new in the market - what would be your ideas on this.
All your advice sounds really expensive. I mean it would be great it you could get prescription drugs on the cheap or say without a prescription. Not everyone can afford to see a doctor whenever they feel like. Don't give me this crap either about it's for my own safety either. It's the information age I can look up anything about any drug and I'll spend more time and learn more about my specific case than any doctor ever would bother to.
Excellent vid. Another great analogy (in reverse) would be this: would you rather chew on 2 ounces of coca leaves to keep you on your feet as you led your alpaca to market OR snort 2 ounces of pure cocaine? Careful how you answer this one all you drug fiends out there!
I'd seriously choose something natural, putting my faith in millions of years of evolving, God, or whatever reasons people got, than something manmade. Mainly, because I don't trust myself with something that important, beeing made by something as sinister, twisted and fucked up, as the human race.
@Nofrikkname So you'd rather live in a natural cave than a constructed house? The basis of our civilization is basically the fact that nature doesn't do a good enough job when it comes to our health. There are so many things out there that can interfere and disrupt our biological functions and I'd rather leave it up to an intelligent agent than a process that doesn't give a rat's ass about my existence.
@Nofrikkname You do realize that mankind evolved in an environment that only allowed them to live about 20-30 years with high infant mortality rates, right? Evolution only cares if something's good enough to reproduce faster than the death rate.
Most humans, in contrast, want you to live much longer, and with much higher quality of life.
What you're describing is the Disneyfication of nature. Because, you know, all those children's movies can't be lying.
@TheBronzeDog: "You do realize that mankind evolved in an environment that only allowed them to live about 20-30 years with high infant mortality rates, right?"
The high infant mortality rates thing is true, but the 20-30 years thing is not. That's the AVERAGE lifespan, which is skewed low because of said high infant mortality rates, childhood diseases prior to vaccines, and most importantly, sanitation and clean water. The NOMINAL lifespan has NOT increased anywhere NEAR that much.
When I saw the title I thought you were going to go after that 'Natural Cure THEY Don't Want You To Know About" asshole. Man I hate that guy. I'd love to see you tear him apart.
7:34, Monacolin K. Those representations actually refer to the exact same molecule. Hydrogen's (H's) bonded to carbons are generally left out when their presence is implied by the requirement of carbon to have four bonds. The circled hydrogen on the left molecule is not necessary to display to know of its presence, and is present as well on the right molecule.
When you were talking about taxol at around 4:15 I forgot what your main topic was and felt like I was watching a documentary from the ABC (australian).
Interestingly, in Finland at least Lovastatin, for example, is as cheap or cheaper than red yeast rice and alot cheaper if you consider the amount of monacolin. And, ofcourse, you'll know how much of the active incredient you are taking, and as you said, you know you will not not eating other unknown substances of unknown effects.
Natural cures are very effective but HIGHLY dangerous. Some cures can kill you if you take even one ounce too much. I prefer to go with chemicals from just the risk factor of Natural cures.
Whenever someone tells me something is healthier because it's "all natural" I usually respond that hemlock is all natural too. And then I ask them if they want a cup of "herbal" tea. They never do, strangely enough...
Agree on all points, but you forgot the potentially most dangerous side effect of the otherwise useful St. Johns Worth; It speeds up the excretion of other life saving medicines you may use.
Therefore your daily doses may even have to be tripled.
I find the concept of "drug commercials" very strange (it's illegal to advertise prescription drugs to the public in the country I'm from). I'm not a doctor and in no way am I qualified to decide what drugs I need, particularly when a doctor hasn't decided what condition(s) I have. At most with a condition I've had long term I might play a role in working out the dosage ("2x makes me feel bad, half x makes me feel bad in a different way, how about we try x, doc?" sort of thing)
@golddiggingants As an American, I've seen lots of prescription drug commercials and I can't stand it (Thankfully, I've abandoned television). Leave it up to the guy with all the training. Just as bad with all the altie weight loss drugs, energy boosters, and so on. It doesn't help that the big phamaceutical companies are learning from the alties to get in on those unregulated profits.
Gee, yeah, pill-pop your way to health instead of cutting down on the Big Macs, like real doctors tells you.
5:03 I rarely disagree with you, but a) Depression is easy to diagnose, though it can be difficult to ascertain the full psychological etiology (too complicated to explain here), and psychotherapy is skill-dependent and time consuming. So b) physicians fiddle with medications = equivalent to swapping brand of "bandaid." c) Depression can be a symptom of under-diagnosed medical conditions such as hypothyroidism. Studies indicate that appropriate psychotherapy plus medication is most effective.
@Ninjikayatsu Actually, I read a news article years, and years ago about a British dude who smoked a whole room full of weed in less than twenty-four hours and died... The validity of said article is in question though. It wouldn't be the first time a newspaper has published myths.
@eicebleu Wow, he literally smoke a room full of weed? I've never known or met anyone that's stayed awake after smoking seven joints. Also, if he was smoking weed inside a closed room then there's a chance he could have died from lack of oxygen, not weed.
I actually had a discussion about something like one of the points you made (can't remember where...) with a kid in my class who said he wanted to be a homeopathic "doctor". After a while of talking, he finally got to one of the reasons he liked the AltMed people which was he wanted something that had a physiological effect, but which had no negative "side-effects". It was hard explaining to him how unlikely that is, natural or not...
Great to see you that you have the bollocks to discuss St. John's Wort in a mature a ballanced way. As you pointed out the 'pointer' for me was that all the 'inserts' for the top selling SSRIs/had a red-boxed, 14sz Bolded font clearly stating that both should not be taken at once indicating to me that they had similar physiological effects, pharma took its effects seriously.(an obvious exageration but as you said, points to some clinically proven (with all its double blinedness - the poor thing!
The over all impression I got from this video, is that the American pharmaceutical industry is all squeaky and clean and has the best interests of the patient in mind, while herbal medicine is a chaotic and dangerous alternative, is the American pharmaceutical industry all squeaky and clean ? and does it have the best interests of the patient in mind ?
@RevDevilin "is the American pharmaceutical industry all squeaky and clean ? and does it have the best interests of the patient in mind ?"
No, and possibly not. That wasn't the point to the video. The point to the video was that you shouldn't be just trusting anyone's reputation, the herbal/"all-natural" side, or the pharmaceutical side. You should be looking at the studies and seeing how everything fits together...
No, the pharmaceutical companies aren't squeaky clean. For one thing, they're a big part of that chaotic and dangerous alternative herbal supplement industry, last I checked.
What separates good science from bad is the quality of the evidence. What makes most pure drugs more predictable (and thus, safer) than raw herbs is that their content is known and regulated. 10mg is 10 mg. With herbs, you never know.
I'm sure that someone is going to "point out" that natural cures are rigorously studied. With some exceptions pharmaceutical companies use data from multiple sources (themselves, a research company and academia) to present to the FDA. Supplement manufacturers do not.
For example Lipozene/Propelene makers fame research done at the Obesity Research Institute. This is not a research institution but the manufacturer (add an LLC to the end). They also claim a US patent proves its effectiveness.
@C0nc0rdance Your videos are firmly among those things which lend to the daily renewal of my reverence for science and reason (so is Glenn Beck, but for a vastly different reason).
Uh. COncOrdance? There are no sea snakes in the North Atlantic. They are not in the Atlantic at all (although I have heard they are making a slow incursion to the Atlantic via the Panama Canal).
look, people have been using natural remedies for years....if you eat organic and keep away from a lot of things that this world puts out as good for you, like stress! you wouldnt have as many health issues in the first place. The world is very stressfull and theres a lot of gmo foods and processed foods. you can blame over population and government for your problems.
amsnatrem1 2 weeks ago
Excellent video COncOrdance. So clearly explained!! One of your best IMHO on medicine.
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Excellent video COncOrdance. So clearly explained!!
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I remember "happy fun ball." lol
mushroomstone 5 months ago
Go ahead and continue taking all the drugs and vaccines the pharmcos sell you. I have no objection what so ever to you taking what you want to take as long as you don't try to prevent me from taking or NOT taking what I want. Anyone disagree with that?
chemicalsweet13 5 months ago
Saint John wort has a nice flower and going to looking at one is about as close as I want that in my body.
finderfinder100 6 months ago
Some examples of all-natural: anthrax, arsenic, cyanide, strychnine, nightshade, cobra venom, asbestos, radon, HIV, lead, mercury, Death Cap mushrooms, ebola, botulism, e.coli, ricin, bubonic plague, staphylococcus.
Akira625 7 months ago 3
so its better to take an beta blocker then magnesium citrate witch both do the same but beta blocker has the side effect of SDS and magnesium doesn't with many more benefits....
PureBrutalSickness 7 months ago
@PureBrutalSickness
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome is a genetic exocrine insufficiency. Magnesium citrate is a purgative. Beta blockers are useful for a lot of conditions, none of which can be replaced by Mg-citrate.
C0nc0rdance 7 months ago
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PureBrutalSickness 7 months ago
@C0nc0rdance im not talking about that SDS im talking about sudden death syndrome sorry for the confusion
PureBrutalSickness 7 months ago
Very nice video, though I have a question: You said studies that in studies from Germany, St. John wort performs better than in studies made elsewhere, and provided some possible reasons why this could be the case which implied basically bad studies. Another idea: Could it be possible that due to the usage in folk medicine, the placebo effect is bigger?
thargor2k 8 months ago
@thargor2k
I said "bias or experimental design issue", which would include improper blinding. The most likely culprit is a non-naive test population. They know what St. John's wort tastes like and what it "feels like" so they could easily differentiate which group they were in (control or treatment), and could slant the data accordingly.
The best evidence for this is a lack of dose-dependent effect.
C0nc0rdance 8 months ago
@C0nc0rdance That was pretty much what I did mean, thanks for the clarification.
thargor2k 8 months ago
That was stupid
TheWIZnasty 8 months ago
If you are going to take any supplements at all, I recommend you buy a subscription to consumerlab. Its really cheap, like $39 or something for a full year of unlimited reports. They give reports on all types of stuff, from multivitamins to red yeast rice. I looked at the report and they tested major brands of red yeast rice. Several of them failed including the "solaray" brand which ironically, was shown in this video. They failed due to citrinin contamination. Look up all pills you take!
kekejojo1212 8 months ago
"Trust GOD not Pharma"
Wow, how arrogant does one have to be to believe that this world is perfectly tailored just for us?
AvatarZ 8 months ago
Pharmaceutical companies arent even LOOKING for a cure for cancer, they want to create drugs that manage it, creating EXCELLENT customers and record profits for the drug mafia!! People that live after chemo and radiation live despite it not because of it. Most likely to the serious life changes they have made when confronted with a life threatening illness. Less stress, eating better, suppliments, etc. ALL drugs have toxic side effects!! What you are doing here is EVIL! Trust GOD not Pharma
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
Great idea!! Pharmaceutical propoganda!!!! Most drugs are made from petroleum products!!!! I'd much rather take what god put on the earth for our health than what man has bastardized!! I do get your point, but its bs. Eli Lilley said that any drug without toxic side effects is no drug. Bravo! And by isolating active compounds in natural plants and producing them chemically, you can patent them and make billions. You cant patent plants or natural cures that work. Ill take what God intended!
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
I prefer natural products myself. Only crude oil for my car, none of that processed garbage.
urantivirus 9 months ago
in re: Red Yeast Rice, I have had adverse reactions to all pharmacuticle statins. I have not had any adverse reactions to Red Yeast Rice, and My cholesterol is being lowered by it. Yes, you should research any substance you injest, but things aren't quite as bad as this guy makes you believe. I also take St. Johns Wort, and again get better results than I do with the pharmacuticles, all of which have given me side effects. Personally, I think you really are better off with the herbs!
ContaMuir17a 11 months ago
@ContaMuir17a You vastly oversimplify the thrust of the video, esp. in re: red yeast rice and SJW. Remember that diagnosis and treatment of depression in particular have a huge subjective component. It's great that you're getting positive results, but your single case doesn't constitute data. (cont'd...)
DanThePropMan 10 months ago
@DanThePropMan Perhaps you are not aware of it but aproximately one third of our medicines begins as a natural substance, i.e. plant extract. In fact researchers are very conserned that the loss of speices from the rain forest represnts a loss of many plants which could have been used to cure diseases. I suggest that you are note fully informed. For example oyster mushrooms produce the same cholesterol lowering effect as do chemical statins, and they taste better in a stir fry! Let food be meds!
ContaMuir17a 9 months ago
@ContaMuir17a I was indeed aware of the plant-based origins of many meds, and the associated consequences of deforestation. I do not work for "chemical companies", whatever that means. Why do some people seem to think that b/c someone disagrees with them, they must be 'working for the enemy'?
DanThePropMan 9 months ago
@ContaMuir17a (2/2) Instead of "These two natural remedies work for me, so you really are better off with herbs," a more cautious approach is "These two natural remedies seem to be working for me, but I should stay informed about research into their effectiveness, and about any other treatment modalities that may be even better." C0nc0rdance simply advocates the cautious approach. You should watch the video again, b/c you seem to have missed several very important points.
DanThePropMan 10 months ago
@DanThePropMan My Single case contributes to the Data. Even you cannot deny that! Consistantly I get better results and much less side effects from natural substances than I do from pharmasuticles! I've tried many other "treatment modalities" that caused me much pain and sufferring. I suspect you work for the chemical companies! Please everyone do what works best for you, but if you're having trouble with side effects of the chemicals your doctor is pumping into you, try the natural way!
ContaMuir17a 9 months ago
@ContaMuir17a If oyster mushrooms have that property, it's b/c of a chemical they contain. If you isolate that chemical and produce it as a pill with a fixed dose, you get the same effects. If you just eat the mushroom, you can't control the dosage, or guarantee that it has no other biologically active chemicals. Plants are not inherently better; a chemical is a chemical, and some chemicals have effects on the human body. It'd be great to let food be meds, but food can't always BE meds.
DanThePropMan 9 months ago
@DanThePropMan I've tried the pharmaceutics versions. They produce horrible debilitating side-effects in me, and millions of other people. There are times when the natural versions work better than the pharmaceutics! Besides Mushrooms taste good too! And you can grow your own fairly easily! And much much cheaper! -- I'm glad you don't work for the chemical companies. -- I've been so messed up by pharmaceutical drugs I've been on disability. Doctor drugs can be dangerous too!
ContaMuir17a 8 months ago
some things are ok as natural cures or are helpful as in a spoonful of honey or honey tea to help a cough or sore throat. I have heard meat tenderizer reduces swelling from a bee sting. would those have side effects?
twylightsky2007 1 year ago
Thanks very much for this video! An asset to the internet!
AxisMundiOnline 1 year ago
I'm a vegetarian: I'll choose to not use any door ^.^
Btw... the whole plant is "chemical" too, aaaallll biology is chemistry, in the basics.
daddyleon 1 year ago
@daddyleon Yeah, but it a plant consists of 1,000s of chemicals, whereas pharmaceuticals tend to consist of a single active chemical with a known pharmacological profile. The idea that eating the whole plant is somehow 'better' for you is simply fallacious.
0mniaV1nc1t 11 months ago
@0mniaV1nc1t I know and I agree :P
I was jsut stating something else ^_,_^
daddyleon 11 months ago
@daddyleon I didn't mean to imply that you disagreed :)
0mniaV1nc1t 11 months ago
@0mniaV1nc1t well....
then.. I just assumed that you implied that ... !!!
:P
daddyleon 11 months ago
@daddyleon Or to put it another way, that's what you inferred from what I unintentionally implied :p
Glad that's all cleared up! Hehe
0mniaV1nc1t 11 months ago
@0mniaV1nc1t Yes!
I like that last one better... puts more blame on you ;)
daddyleon 11 months ago
I'm a vegetarian: I'll choose to not use any door ^.^
daddyleon 1 year ago
Evolution...? Okay, if you think that you are nothing but a chemical accident, an 'evolved' walking, breathing, thinking, blinking, speaking, intelligent blob or the result of nothing that made everything (Not possible, Thermodynamics = matter cannot be destroyed or created) Lets pause and look at the problems, not the symptoms, will more pills really help? P.S nofrikkname, before the flood, people lived to the age of 900, we are declining in health, size and intelligence, look it up.
NotReallyHere996 1 year ago
@NotReallyHere996 Your username really sums you don't it
Sentho 1 year ago
Hahaha "separate the weed from the chaff about herbal medicines". I see what you did there. :P
gedwashere91 1 year ago
Never eat Bee pollen. Bees visit plants with toxic pollen/nectar. Some people buy honey and accidentally poison themselves.
mmmmmarcus 1 year ago
The truth is that once these natural healing products become known as such the price goes up so the cost benefit is minimal
educatedAtheist 1 year ago
This kinda reminds me of the argument between eating a dish of salon steak vs drinking a cup of creatine mono-hydrate+ a gallon of water after a workout at the gym. Or taking a whey protein shake vs drinking a glass of milk. interesting..
kamikazeroniner 1 year ago
heh reminds me of the the medical records that archaeologists recovered from ancient Egyptian writings, "used for centuries", and certainly no plastic or "bad factory chemistry stuff" inside. while some of those plants were effective in treatment, most had no useful effect or even were harmful.
LukeGeoDude 1 year ago
Could you check out." Run from the cure" and give me your opinion? Maybe you could do a vid.....Peace
CBTENGR100 1 year ago
@C0onc0rdance
7:46 "What happened to the extra hydrogen group? Is Merck selling it separately?"
I think the hydrogen atom of Lovastatin is ignored. Carbon atom that is sp3 hybridized has to have 4 bonding atoms. Usually, when molecular structure does not explicitly mention what the bonding atoms are, it is implicitly stated that the remaining bonds are C-H bond. In other cases, C-H bonds are mentioned to indicate the chirality of the carbon atom.
JaMoond 1 year ago
A lot of the side effects of St. John's Wort are called Marie and Marc and Tina and such because it may render the pill ineffective. oops
I think "herbal remedies" are a good thing in those cases where they are usually part of our daily diet and can help and speed up recovery.
Stuff like rosemary and thyme can provide some relief if you caught cold, ginger can help against an upset stomach and so on. But they should never be taken instead of real medicine for serious diseases.
giliellthesecond 1 year ago
it really scares me that in the US where i live the creationists run amuck like zombies ;D
blazereef 1 year ago 4
@blazereef Well Zombie is a nearly perfect example. The christian variety pretend to eat flesh & drink blood and worship an mythological undead(zombie) creature.
mistereveready 8 months ago
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
davidealessio 1 year ago
Someday I'll sit down and watch these videos with my little brother and discuss the scientific method in general with him, these videos gives a great platform for digging deeper into critical thinking and gives appreciation for sound reasoning over folklore or any cultural "consensus"/"known fact". Thank you for entertaining us and letting us benefit from your acumen.
maqrux 1 year ago
Great video C0nc0rdance. Far too many people don't make the distinction between "all natural" and "good for you", which is a very important distinction to make. Keep up the excellent work.
FiddleofNero 1 year ago 2
I was always wondering: Are the tests for behavioral medications more stringent than more conclusive medications say ones that attack specific diseases? Do they have to undergo more scrutiny because of the complexities of behavior as well as testing for the side effects? I could probably gather this information, but thought you might have the information more readily available.
CraniumOnEmpty 1 year ago
Nature is not out to find cures for humans. Actually, in many cases plants try to defend themselves by being toxic.
If a plant has healing properties, then it is a fortunate and rare coincidence. It is not something to be expected.
slipcurve 1 year ago 10
I'm in ok shape, but I just realized that I need to rethink my eating when I kept thinking, butter sauce when making the choice between door one and two.
rjbonacolta 1 year ago
i had only one problem with this vid. the "pure pill" that you could take is not always pure-- it can have somethings you may not nessaritly want in your body. alos it only take 3yrs for a drung to be approved by the fda. 3yrs is not that long IMO.
pbhs07 1 year ago
@pbhs07
The amount of time it takes to get a drug approved by the FDA is going to depend on the progress of the studies that test that particular drug. If you look at the very beginning of must drugs, the basic research that explores how certain chemicals function, you could argue that it takes many many more years for drugs to go from inception to approval. Further, the inactive ingredients in most pills are simply stabilizers or filler that are known to be relatively benign in the body.
fruitbane 1 year ago
Good video.
I'm in the fortunate position of not having to take any kind of medicine at all. No nutritional additives of any kidn either (vitamins or the likes). Not as much as a headache pill.
I did get some anesthesia for dental work once or twice, but I don't take anything at all myself. Normal food has everything I need. You just need to eat PROPER food, and varied meals.
How do you feel about camomile? It's supposed to be good to clean your mouth... Anything bad in it?
LazyJones1 1 year ago
Great video as normal. Just one point though.....Herb, its got a bloody H in it so pronounce it!
BiblicalAtheist 1 year ago
@C0nc0rdance
Your videos are getting better and better over the past few months. I am so happy that I found and subscribed to your channel. Keep up the great work.
PS: Do you have a favorite charity for your subscribers to donate to?
thebeardedone 1 year ago
It would be totally awesome if you did a video on Cannabis!
tookaysevon 1 year ago
There's a Tom and Jerry episode where Tom gets fed a tablespoon of caster oil, which makes him very sick. Even though I'm not a cat, I'm not that stupid either :p
FHomeBrew 1 year ago
It strikes me that the same point could be made about organised religions. There may be some good points and moral lessons in them, but there is an awful lot of rubbish in them - better to stick with science and non-axe-grinding philosophy.
revjimbob 1 year ago
I had a patient today that told me they've been taking colloidal silver for the last couple of months. She was advised by her herbalist salesperson to give it to her kids. I showed her your video in my office. She left with better info. thanks for doing what you are doing!
quinndiesel1977 1 year ago
@quinndiesel1977 you have done a great disservice to your patient!
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
@SUPERSILVER7771 Right....because most people like to be smurfs. You're a fucking idiot.
quinndiesel1977 9 months ago
@quinndiesel1977 Take colloidal silver and you become a smurf, right?? Your ignorance is astounding!! It takes ALOT of silver to turn your skin blue. Millions take colloidal silver for its long time proven antibacterial qualities, with no side effects (unlike the drugs you want to push on your patient!) You are an ignoramus, and since you started calling names, you are also a fucktard. You embody that moniker are very worthy of it. You are the fucking idiot.
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
@SUPERSILVER7771 Fucktard is MY WORD not yours. As for the proven benefits of INGESTING colloidal silver, there are NONE in the peer reviewed literature. Silver is used antibacterially as a TOPICAL agent where it has proven benefits. Ingesting silver is dangerous, and people who recommend it for children should be sent to siberia. The side effect profile includes but is not limited to a severe case of fucktardery and gobshitedness.
quinndiesel1977 9 months ago
@quinndiesel1977 I suggest the next time your appendix ruptures, or you get Strep throat, or a nasty case of penile drip after that romp with your sister, that you just get some silver and see what happens. No?
quinndiesel1977 9 months ago
@quinndiesel1977 Well you certainly are deserving of the moniker fucktard! Sorry to use YOUR name! (Although I used it to describe you, so you should be proud.) Peer reviews? Yeah, theres so many peer reviews for natural cures that the drug companies cant patent and make billions on. Next thing youll be telling me that the FDA is there to protect me. Riiight. Topical use is only one use for colloidal silver. Not dangerous unless ingesting 100 times the recommended ammount.
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
@quinndiesel1977 So you have drugs to cure a ruptured appendix? Thought that took surgery, no? And the only time I got penile drip was after fucking YOUR sister. (She told me she got the std from you.) I don't need a bunch of brainwashed idiots to peer review stuff that I KNOW works from using it myself! I guess natural cures made by GOD dont work until a bunch of "scientists" say that it works? Its really not your fault that you are is ignorant as you are, youve been brainwashed.
SUPERSILVER7771 9 months ago
zocor (simvastatin) is on the $4 dollar list at walmart and target. there is no excuse for using anything different.
quinndiesel1977 1 year ago
Great video! I've tried to stress this to some people before that herbs can be, and are quite often poisonous to humans.
xgunnBlaze 1 year ago
For anyone considering taking him up on his ipecac challenge, I recommend watching this first: /watch?v=4eYSpIz2FjU
ikesbrain 1 year ago
WTF??? lololol
djalessandromagno 1 year ago
I never take supplements nor vitamins. Mega doses do more harm than good. You also forgot to mention generics and their dose differences, and side effects because of the different types of fillers they use when manufacturing the medicine. I may be going off on a tangent to what the video was about. Good video though. By the way I'm a nurse, and I know these drugs like the back of my hand :D
TheAmericanatheist86 1 year ago
Just to say I always enjoy it when you post new videos. Just awsome
turnitoffthenon 1 year ago
As a vegan with more liberal political views, I'm often wrongfully grouped into the "alternative medicine" category by people. The idea that, simply by lifestyle choices, I would reject what testing continuously shows to be true, makes no sense to me. What I tell all of them: If it truly works, then it can show beyond a shadow of a doubt that it works and medicine is damn interested in knowing how it works.
TheIlluminerdi 1 year ago 2
I love how at least half of the videos in the 'related videos' section are promoting natural healing. /rollseyes
hpbarret 1 year ago 2
This channel is waay too under rated. Videos so informative and promoting skepticism and inquiry, should be on a par with thunderfoot's channel.
Keep the good work up!
Ryosuke1208 1 year ago
"A man composed entirely of teeth and focus group hairstyle..." = instant thumbs up. :D
deadly22sniper 1 year ago
Excellent explanation of the difference between natural remedies and purified drugs. The so-called natural forms are not tested, nor can you be sure of dosage. People complain about chemicals, but EVERYTHING is a chemical, whether it was manufactured in a green plant or a lab. Many drugs had their origins in plants, like digitalis, which helps control heart failure, yet is grossly toxic if the dose is not carefully moderated. You explain the effects and drawbacks well.
laraesque 1 year ago
my mother is crazy when it comes to "alternative medicine". She will buy anything at just about any price that has the words "natural" or "no side effects" written on the bottle.
boonw 1 year ago
"everything in 10³ km of the North Atlantic"
It beats door #3, with it's 10³ km of the Gulf of Mexico.
AlmightyAtheismo 1 year ago 4
Interesting, keep up the good work.
Wernerrrrr 1 year ago
China doesn't have the safety record to make paint forget pharma products.
JamesThWilliams 1 year ago
'erbs, 'erbal.
Ch0mpyFrank 1 year ago
Excellent.
AuntieDill 1 year ago
I like what you're doing, it's important. I'm very interested in supplements, diet and health. Anything I eat I first research extensively up and down and I read about the substance in Pubmed, to see if theres real science backing up the claims.
Zerafinel 1 year ago
Excellent video. I had no idea that the oleander plant was that dangerous, thanks for another great educational video.
musicgeniusno1 1 year ago
Personally, I prefer to rely on poison ivy and hemlock. They're all natural, after all.
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago 33
@lazyperfectionist1 And now I imagine someone smoking poison ivy.
justicetrooper 1 year ago
@justicetrooper Hmm. That's an interesting idea, actually. I mean, I know what happens when you touch it, but what happens when you smoke it?
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
@lazyperfectionist1 All the joys of poison ivy
ON YOUR LUNGS.
justicetrooper 1 year ago
@justicetrooper Well now, does it actually have that affect? Smoking something depends on burning it. Burning it entails a chemical change. After it has changed chemically, does it still have the same affect?
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
@lazyperfectionist1 Wow, you're right. That's not something I'd like to test out any time soon, though.
justicetrooper 1 year ago
@justicetrooper Indeed. Neither would I.
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
@justicetrooper The question has been answered.
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
@lazyperfectionist1 What, did someone decide to smoke poison ivy?
justicetrooper 1 year ago
@justicetrooper Apparently it happens now and then, and pyr666 heard about it.
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
@lazyperfectionist1
you die.
seriously, a small number of people die each year from inhaling poison ivy's oils. mostly by accidentally adding it to their campfire, but there's always some jackass who decides to try smoking it.
pyr666 1 year ago
@pyr666 Oh. Well that answers my question.
lazyperfectionist1 1 year ago
Good vid, but dammit, I wish Americans would pronounce 'herb' properly. :OP
fishypaw 1 year ago
Francium is all natural too.
Proudtobeacommie 1 year ago
Alcohol is also all natural so it's got to be good for you. Isn't it funny how people state 'natural' versus 'chemical'? As if everything isn't chemical to begin with. If something isn't 'natural', it's unnatural and cannot be made.
Orkaney 1 year ago
You know what else is all natural? Arsenic.
RomeoCo 1 year ago
One of your best videos so far!
But you actually got one thing wrong, in Germany St. Johns Worth is actually only used to treat light depressions, not major ones.
And as stated before you didn't mention, that St. Johns Worth extraxt interact with the metabolizing speed of other meds, most notable birth control pills.
PittyPaintUser 1 year ago
So I drank what you told me to and I trowed up...ouch
why did you tell me to do that YOU MONSTER
zapo147 1 year ago
I loved the closing. When confronting one of these "natural" nitwits, I tell them that I'm a chemical engineer, and I can make up a cocktail of things that are tasteless and odorless, and do they want to try drinking it?
They usually get the point, although some will cling to their fundamentalism.
SiriusMined 1 year ago 2
Good vid.
As a chemical engineer, and as someone who used to work in the flavor and fragrance industry, I appreciate this one.
Just because the label says "natural", that doesn't mean it's just plucked and crushed berries/flowers/etc.
Hell, one way to "natural" strawberry and cherry flavors involved ASPARAGUS, and gets processed in several steps.
SiriusMined 1 year ago 2
Hey Concordance cure metaphore. :) I ahev a request. Can you please do a show on pills. There are people who pop pharmaceurical pills like crazy. I was recently told that some pills remain undiested in the system for long periods of time. Syrups versius pills versus anything else new in the market - what would be your ideas on this.
Sunhawk7ajj 1 year ago
Good fear tactic!
thinker900 1 year ago
Great video!
kablamo9999 1 year ago
All your advice sounds really expensive. I mean it would be great it you could get prescription drugs on the cheap or say without a prescription. Not everyone can afford to see a doctor whenever they feel like. Don't give me this crap either about it's for my own safety either. It's the information age I can look up anything about any drug and I'll spend more time and learn more about my specific case than any doctor ever would bother to.
ArchNME 1 year ago
i very much like and respect what you're doing here. +1 for science.
NTROPYK 1 year ago
Excellent vid. Another great analogy (in reverse) would be this: would you rather chew on 2 ounces of coca leaves to keep you on your feet as you led your alpaca to market OR snort 2 ounces of pure cocaine? Careful how you answer this one all you drug fiends out there!
gforce527 1 year ago
I'd seriously choose something natural, putting my faith in millions of years of evolving, God, or whatever reasons people got, than something manmade. Mainly, because I don't trust myself with something that important, beeing made by something as sinister, twisted and fucked up, as the human race.
Go nature!
Nofrikkname 1 year ago
@Nofrikkname So you'd rather live in a natural cave than a constructed house? The basis of our civilization is basically the fact that nature doesn't do a good enough job when it comes to our health. There are so many things out there that can interfere and disrupt our biological functions and I'd rather leave it up to an intelligent agent than a process that doesn't give a rat's ass about my existence.
aeroeng314 1 year ago 4
@Nofrikkname You do realize that mankind evolved in an environment that only allowed them to live about 20-30 years with high infant mortality rates, right? Evolution only cares if something's good enough to reproduce faster than the death rate.
Most humans, in contrast, want you to live much longer, and with much higher quality of life.
What you're describing is the Disneyfication of nature. Because, you know, all those children's movies can't be lying.
TheBronzeDog 1 year ago 27
@TheBronzeDog: "You do realize that mankind evolved in an environment that only allowed them to live about 20-30 years with high infant mortality rates, right?"
The high infant mortality rates thing is true, but the 20-30 years thing is not. That's the AVERAGE lifespan, which is skewed low because of said high infant mortality rates, childhood diseases prior to vaccines, and most importantly, sanitation and clean water. The NOMINAL lifespan has NOT increased anywhere NEAR that much.
COMALiteJ 1 year ago
@TheBronzeDog That is so great, the Disneyfication of nature! What a great description!
EpistemicFusion 1 year ago
Can't wait to hear this guy on league of reason..
JesterAzazel 1 year ago
Keep making these great vids. Love 'em!
benjibase 1 year ago
When I saw the title I thought you were going to go after that 'Natural Cure THEY Don't Want You To Know About" asshole. Man I hate that guy. I'd love to see you tear him apart.
SisyphusRedeemed 1 year ago 3
Very well done and very well researched...
Thank you
orge121 1 year ago
cocknobs
WKaliberr 1 year ago
7:34, Monacolin K. Those representations actually refer to the exact same molecule. Hydrogen's (H's) bonded to carbons are generally left out when their presence is implied by the requirement of carbon to have four bonds. The circled hydrogen on the left molecule is not necessary to display to know of its presence, and is present as well on the right molecule.
mcwhite001 1 year ago 2
When you were talking about taxol at around 4:15 I forgot what your main topic was and felt like I was watching a documentary from the ABC (australian).
In case it isn't clear, thats a compliment.
KnightTemplar108 1 year ago
Interestingly, in Finland at least Lovastatin, for example, is as cheap or cheaper than red yeast rice and alot cheaper if you consider the amount of monacolin. And, ofcourse, you'll know how much of the active incredient you are taking, and as you said, you know you will not not eating other unknown substances of unknown effects.
Sokra81 1 year ago
Another badass video man! This is the argument I am having with every friend in LA who is addicted to the "natural" fad.
skepticallypwnd 1 year ago
You should do a video on Organic Food. I can barely find any unbiased scientific information on the organic versus the other.
UncomfortableSilence 1 year ago
@UncomfortableSilence Penn & Teller did a Bullshit episode about organic food (in season 7 IIRC). XD I'm sure you can find it somewhere.
evilotakuneko 1 year ago
@evilotakuneko Yeah, I saw it, but I just wanted more statistics.
UncomfortableSilence 1 year ago
I use cranberry juice on occasion to help out with preventing UTIs. Although, if they had an OTC drugs extracted from it, I'd prefer to use that.
puellanivis 1 year ago
Note: Swordfish meat generally has unsafe levels of mercury.
But that has nothing to do with the point of the video.
DeconstructingGlenn 1 year ago 2
great video!
1aaronaaron1 1 year ago
Natural cures are very effective but HIGHLY dangerous. Some cures can kill you if you take even one ounce too much. I prefer to go with chemicals from just the risk factor of Natural cures.
DarkZerkerX 1 year ago
does that include oil and dispersants?
t3rr411 1 year ago
Whenever someone tells me something is healthier because it's "all natural" I usually respond that hemlock is all natural too. And then I ask them if they want a cup of "herbal" tea. They never do, strangely enough...
Atheistblindchick 1 year ago 3
Agree on all points, but you forgot the potentially most dangerous side effect of the otherwise useful St. Johns Worth; It speeds up the excretion of other life saving medicines you may use.
Therefore your daily doses may even have to be tripled.
Never use it before your doctor says OK!
skinnyjohnsen 1 year ago
@skinnyjohnsen
I almost did forget to mention it, but you'll spot it as text at 6:26. Thanks for pointing it out.
C0nc0rdance 1 year ago 4
@C0nc0rdance
I have heard some things about natural honey being a cure for Hayfever, I don't suppose you have heard i there is any truth to this?
Proudtobeacommie 1 year ago
Lots an' lots o' 'erbs.
You might want to leave a second or two at the start of your videos before you start talking, it tends to chop of some of what you say.
piprod01 1 year ago
Cyanide, arsenic, asbestos and digitalis extract: 100% natural, folks! Get it while it's deadly!
smaakjeks 1 year ago 4
I find the concept of "drug commercials" very strange (it's illegal to advertise prescription drugs to the public in the country I'm from). I'm not a doctor and in no way am I qualified to decide what drugs I need, particularly when a doctor hasn't decided what condition(s) I have. At most with a condition I've had long term I might play a role in working out the dosage ("2x makes me feel bad, half x makes me feel bad in a different way, how about we try x, doc?" sort of thing)
golddiggingants 1 year ago
@golddiggingants As an American, I've seen lots of prescription drug commercials and I can't stand it (Thankfully, I've abandoned television). Leave it up to the guy with all the training. Just as bad with all the altie weight loss drugs, energy boosters, and so on. It doesn't help that the big phamaceutical companies are learning from the alties to get in on those unregulated profits.
Gee, yeah, pill-pop your way to health instead of cutting down on the Big Macs, like real doctors tells you.
TheBronzeDog 1 year ago
marijuana is natural, but ppl say its bad, even imoral, but these alt meds "oh yeah, there better."
91jgphonecall 1 year ago
Did anyone else have to pause this video to go get mexican food?
JesterAzazel 1 year ago 2
5:03 I rarely disagree with you, but a) Depression is easy to diagnose, though it can be difficult to ascertain the full psychological etiology (too complicated to explain here), and psychotherapy is skill-dependent and time consuming. So b) physicians fiddle with medications = equivalent to swapping brand of "bandaid." c) Depression can be a symptom of under-diagnosed medical conditions such as hypothyroidism. Studies indicate that appropriate psychotherapy plus medication is most effective.
musekiteer 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this video.
Greetings
tmp6X6X6X 1 year ago
Marijuana is natural, and has never killed anyone.
What do you think, C0nc0rdance?
Do you think it should be legalized and used medicinally or recreationally?
Ninjikayatsu 1 year ago
@Ninjikayatsu Actually, I read a news article years, and years ago about a British dude who smoked a whole room full of weed in less than twenty-four hours and died... The validity of said article is in question though. It wouldn't be the first time a newspaper has published myths.
eicebleu 1 year ago
@eicebleu Wow, he literally smoke a room full of weed? I've never known or met anyone that's stayed awake after smoking seven joints. Also, if he was smoking weed inside a closed room then there's a chance he could have died from lack of oxygen, not weed.
Ninjikayatsu 1 year ago
Can you make a video on medical marijuana. I'm interested in what you think about it.
facelessone86 1 year ago
I actually had a discussion about something like one of the points you made (can't remember where...) with a kid in my class who said he wanted to be a homeopathic "doctor". After a while of talking, he finally got to one of the reasons he liked the AltMed people which was he wanted something that had a physiological effect, but which had no negative "side-effects". It was hard explaining to him how unlikely that is, natural or not...
Cyrathil 1 year ago
You don't have to tell which plants not to eat. I live in Florida and just about everything is poisonous. Its kind of hilarious actually.
RaidenTheAlmighty 1 year ago
Great to see you that you have the bollocks to discuss St. John's Wort in a mature a ballanced way. As you pointed out the 'pointer' for me was that all the 'inserts' for the top selling SSRIs/had a red-boxed, 14sz Bolded font clearly stating that both should not be taken at once indicating to me that they had similar physiological effects, pharma took its effects seriously.(an obvious exageration but as you said, points to some clinically proven (with all its double blinedness - the poor thing!
Origen305 1 year ago
This is an extraordinary breath of fresh air. YouTube really needs more of you.
AndromedasWake 1 year ago 22
The over all impression I got from this video, is that the American pharmaceutical industry is all squeaky and clean and has the best interests of the patient in mind, while herbal medicine is a chaotic and dangerous alternative, is the American pharmaceutical industry all squeaky and clean ? and does it have the best interests of the patient in mind ?
RevDevilin 1 year ago
@RevDevilin "is the American pharmaceutical industry all squeaky and clean ? and does it have the best interests of the patient in mind ?"
No, and possibly not. That wasn't the point to the video. The point to the video was that you shouldn't be just trusting anyone's reputation, the herbal/"all-natural" side, or the pharmaceutical side. You should be looking at the studies and seeing how everything fits together...
Cyrathil 1 year ago 2
@RevDevilin Talk about a straw man.
No, the pharmaceutical companies aren't squeaky clean. For one thing, they're a big part of that chaotic and dangerous alternative herbal supplement industry, last I checked.
What separates good science from bad is the quality of the evidence. What makes most pure drugs more predictable (and thus, safer) than raw herbs is that their content is known and regulated. 10mg is 10 mg. With herbs, you never know.
TheBronzeDog 1 year ago 2
I'm sure that someone is going to "point out" that natural cures are rigorously studied. With some exceptions pharmaceutical companies use data from multiple sources (themselves, a research company and academia) to present to the FDA. Supplement manufacturers do not.
For example Lipozene/Propelene makers fame research done at the Obesity Research Institute. This is not a research institution but the manufacturer (add an LLC to the end). They also claim a US patent proves its effectiveness.
aarlin81 1 year ago
@C0nc0rdance Your videos are firmly among those things which lend to the daily renewal of my reverence for science and reason (so is Glenn Beck, but for a vastly different reason).
Keep up the great work; it is much appreciated.
sincristo 1 year ago 3
naturopathy is just stupid
dreamy2 1 year ago
Uh. COncOrdance? There are no sea snakes in the North Atlantic. They are not in the Atlantic at all (although I have heard they are making a slow incursion to the Atlantic via the Panama Canal).
Turandot29 1 year ago