cancerman1120
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[quote name='dmaul1114']To be fair, it doesn't have to be that way. The FDA or other agency needs to come in and regulate supplements just like they do medicine so that we have the same quality of experimental studies of vitamins and supplements that we do for medical drugs before they can go on the market.
That said, I'm a believer in both to some extent. I take a good bit of vitamins (multi, B and C, Glucosamine/Condroiton, probiotics, fiber) and seem to get sick less since I started that, notice some improvement in knee pain from the Glucosamin, and the probiotics and fiber pills seem to help with my irritable bowel and reflux problems some.
But I also have no qualms going to the doctor when I get a sinus infection or chest cold and getting some anti-biotics and inhalers/steroids (if I'm wheezing) as not much over the counter stuff seems to help when I get really sick. If it's just a simple cold I just pound the fluids, up the vitamin B and C and try to get a lot of rest.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I think what you are describing though is outside of what I was even talking about. Although there are some dubious claims by supplement companies I do think there can be some benefit to certain ones. I think there are some studies with glucosamine that actually say it can provide a benefit. I am more concerned with people who try to market things as cures to diseases with pretty well understood pathophysiology. Preventative things like vitamins (although some studies actually show an increased incidence of certain cancers with lifelong vitamin takers) and other supplements are not as egregious as those who try to sell curing cancer with ionized water or changing the pH of your tumor.
I agree though with your idea that the FDA should regulate those things more tightly.
That said, I'm a believer in both to some extent. I take a good bit of vitamins (multi, B and C, Glucosamine/Condroiton, probiotics, fiber) and seem to get sick less since I started that, notice some improvement in knee pain from the Glucosamin, and the probiotics and fiber pills seem to help with my irritable bowel and reflux problems some.
But I also have no qualms going to the doctor when I get a sinus infection or chest cold and getting some anti-biotics and inhalers/steroids (if I'm wheezing) as not much over the counter stuff seems to help when I get really sick. If it's just a simple cold I just pound the fluids, up the vitamin B and C and try to get a lot of rest.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I think what you are describing though is outside of what I was even talking about. Although there are some dubious claims by supplement companies I do think there can be some benefit to certain ones. I think there are some studies with glucosamine that actually say it can provide a benefit. I am more concerned with people who try to market things as cures to diseases with pretty well understood pathophysiology. Preventative things like vitamins (although some studies actually show an increased incidence of certain cancers with lifelong vitamin takers) and other supplements are not as egregious as those who try to sell curing cancer with ionized water or changing the pH of your tumor.
I agree though with your idea that the FDA should regulate those things more tightly.