[icerrelmCam]

I have been giving this lots of thought..

Homeopathy has been around for 200 plus years. But it has never been as popular as it is today. HHCG is the most popular homeopathic in history. HHCG has introduced a whole new generation and class of people who, without HHCG, would most likely never experienced or even heard of homeopathics.

So if the FDA comes against the most popular homeopathic treatment in history, calling it a "fraud" and a "placebo". What does that tell a large portion of the populace about homeopathy in general?

IMO, the ultimate goal here is not just to attack HHCG but to attack homeopathy.

[spaxiaroorbes]

I have been giving this lots of thought..

Homeopathy has been around for 200 plus years. But it has never been as popular as it is today. HHCG is the most popular homeopathic in history. HHCG has introduced a whole new generation and class of people who, without HHCG, would most likely never experienced or even heard of homeopathics.

So if the FDA comes against the most popular homeopathic treatment in history, calling it a "fraud" and a "placebo". What does that tell a large portion of the populace about homeopathy in general?

IMO, the ultimate goal here is not just to attack HHCG but to attack homeopathy.

At some level I find that doctors fall into the trap of only trusting in flamethrowers when fly swatters will do (or possibly even just yelling "shoo fly").

The sheer number of doctors that look at me with complete chagrin when I speak of the amazing effects of curcumin (the pill form of turmeric...if anyone has tried to drink turmeric stirred into water they will understand why curcumin is cheap at whatever price you pay) as an anti-inflammatory. They let the "crazy man" babble on for a minute or two and then offer me something about 5000x stronger, complete with all the side effects that come with the flamethrower approach.

Yes, their technique works and works more often than my method will, but if the focus is on health, rather than just managing symptoms, then they would be a bit more likely to explore and open to other thoughts.

The health system is flawed and the FDA is just an extension of that.

Only give doctors money when we're well, and stop paying them when we're sick. Suddenly they will be encouraged to care for our overall health and not just keep us at the edge of death so they can buy a Lexus.

[somamasoso]

Wow , what a great idea. Only pay doctors when we are well so they will get and keep us that way. I love it.
I, personally, feel that we are prescribed too much medication. You are given a pill for something and then a pill to conteract the side effects of the first pill. I know some medication is warranted but a lot of stuff is overprescibed. I think you can heal and prevent different things with herbal alternatives but modern doctors are so infused with only chemical knowledge that they don't know that. A lot of modern problems can be prevented by just a change of diet alone. I will come down off my soapbox now.

[elalmhicabalp]

My thought? The FDA, although tax payer funded, gets BIG $$$$ from pharmaceutical companies. Not your standard FDA flunky, but the higher ups.
Fat people are sick people. When I went to my Doctor (OK, it was a nurse practitioner, but there may have been a doctor in the building, somewhere...). I went in for 2 things. Help to quit smoking and help losing weight. I asked for a generic drug to help with the smoking, and was told to use Chantix (that was a waste of tax payer money, to the tune of $600!). The generic stuff (Wellbutrin) would have cost maybe $50? What I do know is that it would have worked. But, there is more money in emphysema and treating for lung cancer.
As far as weight loss help, I just got the sad look and told to diet and exercise (because that has worked so well before!).
It's all about the Benjamin's. The Doctors, the FDA, they only care about keeping people ill, and pumping them full of drugs, to keep the drug companies in business with pill popping sick people!
Off my soapbox now!