Originally posted by nightingale8472
I would also like to comment on your information regarding the AMA. You said they were "bought" to say that redux is safe... I don't know this story and don't have time to research it, so for the moment, I will take your word on the matter. However, please note that it wouldn't make any sense to "buy" someone to say a drug such as ephedra, which has the potential to make a lot of money, is NOT safe. There is no financial reason to do so. The AMA has absolutely nothing to gain by saying that ephedra is not safe. They are simply concurring with the research that has been performed by many reputable organizations, and somehow I doubt that someone is buying off every single independent researcher. Again, that wouldn't make financial sense.
With regards to redux .. for it to be a prescription drug, it needs
AMA and FDA approval. And since it's been pulled off the shelves,
and no longer has this approval. It wasn't available for too long.
Who's at fault here? Something had to go wrong with their
$cientific te$ting ... DREADFULLY wrong, y'know?
With regards to their tests about ephedra. Again, let me say, I
don't take it, and I don't claim to know either way about it's
safety. But I don't feel that the AMA or FDA is an authority either.
Just like congress, both of these federal organizations have
lobby. Lobbyists can push for or against the approval, or the
DATE of the approval of medicinal treatments and medicines,
diet plans, etc. Now if lobbyists can buy a congressman's vote,
logic states that they can buy the AMA's approval or disapproval.
They have, in the past had scientific research proving the terrible,
terrible hazards of eating eggs. Yet now there's "new" research
by them telling us "wellll, they're actually kind of healthy". At one
time they didn't approve of low carb, high protein diets, but now
they say the Zone diet "has positive effects".
There's a surgical process awaiting FDA approval now, where
a MICROSCOPIC incision in your eye, and replacement of the
lens inside there (EXACTLY what cataract surgery is) fitting to
the shape of your eye to provide 20/20 vision. It's been "held
up" in getting approved because the lobby of these laser surgery
eye places have spend a boat load of money on expensive lasers.
I hope I'm ONLY making the point that the AMA or FDA 's approval
on something .... well .. just isn't worth it's weight.
Independent studies, well .. I'd still look into who funded the
study (follow the money). Just my opinion here, but I bet that
I could fund research to prove damn near anything. But who
has the money to prove that theory? LOL
With regards to Reishi mushrooms (note my earlier post) there's
TONS of research outside the U.S., and I've seen one done by
UTSA. That are HARD to get ahold of. So many inside the U.S fear
retribution by the FDA. I've seen "independent studies" done that
claim that it's just a mushroom, no benefits, no harmful side
effects. I personally believe otherwise, and so do LOTS and LOTS
of people in Japan, China, France, England, as well as here. But
I can't find squat that's too positive about it on the web. Why is
that?