Posted by omega man on June 15, 2002, at 21:26:46
In reply to Re: In Defense of Science, posted by Cam W. on June 11, 2002, at 11:12:01
>So, my question to everyone is, is it the snake oil (eg pig vitamins, relative low doses of omega-3s, laying of hands, spiritual experience, etc.) that has "cured" the consumer; or is it an improved mental set (ie. a subconscious unconditional belief in these untested treatments) causing the remission?
I can't believe you Cam..you were hitting this same line about omega 3 two years ago..practically the same sentence..almost as if you cut and pasted it, word for word.
Don't the amount of threads now appearing tell you anything ?
Psychological ? How about I blindfold you feed you some omega 3 before you sleep and you tell me how you feel the next day..This is no subtle placebo...its a major refresh awareness enhancer, with profound mood stabilization for 8 hours. its had clinical trials at harvard and Sheffield..which if you feel like you want to stick in the mud you can argue lots of holes since the money is'nt there to be made on this chemical and hence the will to prove it beyond the academic interest.
Put it this way is there something you don't understand about this argument ? why would you say what you just said....and how many people suffer because something usefull does'nt get a look in because of attitudes entrenched by non-profitability, causing Pdocs to be blind to something really helpful ?
Omega 3 is in a category of its own..its effect is profound if your brain needs it.
Like I said its also really worrying that the trials don't appear in the search engines anymore.
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