Detoxification of Heavy Metals

[John V]

Mainstream medicine looks down on chiropractic because at best it does absolutely nothing that licensed physical therapy couldn't,

Can you provide the scientific evidence of this?

and at worst could do irreparable damage.

As noted and supported with scientific evidence, mainstream medicine is the third leading cause of death in America. How does chiropractic compare?

Many chiropractic practitioners also make bogus claims about what exactly it can do for you, leading people to not seek the treatment they should from actual medical professionals.

True, as some doctors keep people away fromo chiropractors, some chiropractors may keep people away from doctors.

The amount of over-the-counter headache medication sold is not an indicator of a low-level problem in all of society.

Scientific evidence?

Headache is a common symptom of many ailments. In fact, there are many symptoms that are indicative of many ailments, including fatigue. This is why I told Fallen that just because his symptoms match one particular ailment it doesn't mean he has that ailment.

Agreed.

It's merely a starting point to further testing, which is why he should go to a medical professional who will perform the tests he wants, and he should also have the tests the doctor wants done as well. While you can certainly communicate your symptoms to your doctor better than anyone else, your doctor has the training and access to the technology to find the solution you need.

Agreed up to the solution part. Mainstream medicine has some excellent diagnostic tools. Really expensive, but excellent.

I'm not seeing any links to any studies that bolster his opinion, just tripe like this:

I'm not seeing any links to studies that bolster your opinion, just tripe from quackwatch and similar sources.

Notice I said scientific, not medical. The mind set which doctors live in is: treatment of illness, once it is firmly established and obvious. Your doctor is the wrong person to talk to regarding a condition of maximum vitality or even regarding prevention of illness. Blue Cross cannot be billed for that, not yet anyway. Therefore, your physician is unlikely to know anything about the benefits of fasting, and when physicians find themselves not knowing about something (which is intolerable to a doctor's ego), you can be sure they will make up an opinion, usually a negative one.

Contrary to what you believe, doctors are not all in the pocket of big pharma.

The doctor who wrote the above is one of the few who isn't.

My boss is currently working next to me so I haven't had time to read Rayaan's links. Hopefully they have something more useful than pseudo-science masking itself as a biology lesson.

Hopefully you can come up with something more yourself.

It's interesting that you make a knee-jerk reaction against, when you don't have scientific evidence against.

This board is bizarre. Suggest fruit and vegetable juices, and scientific evidence is demanded. Ask about taking ecstasy, and anecdotal evidence is peachy-keen.