"The Truth About Cancer"

[BlackBird]

Well, I emailed my mom and pretty much just explained why this guy's a quack. Thankfully, she was grateful for the heads up and have moved on to discussion of more specific concerns she has. It went better than I expected.

[MentalGiant]

While I am not sure the link to cancer specifically, heavy metal poisoning is well documented to have adverse health effects and even small doses accumulates in the body over time. Fluoride is also another known toxin, but again, not sure of it's link to cancer specifically. Either one I could see having a legitimate link to cancer, though I don't care to spend the time researching further. Spinal alignment curing cancer, however, sounds like total bullshit.

BTW (to those who completely discredit any kind of medicine besides that which comes from big pharma)- modern, westernized medicine wanted to cut out a section of my bowel and stick me with an ostomy bag for the rest of my life when I was in my teens. Why? Because their pharmaceutical poisons just kept making me more sick and they really had no other option. Thankfully, I had an open enough mind to see a naturopath as a last resort and through proper supplementation, herbal remedies and dietary changes, it put my Crohns into complete remission never to flare up again. In fact, I never get sick anymore, not colds, not flus, not nothing. I haven't been to a doctor in years. Not sure how well naturopathy could work for cancer, but there are far too many people with other chronic and life threatening conditions who have benefitted to discredit the benefits of naturopathic medicine as snake oil. I think western medicine has it's place when it comes to trauma and life threatening infections, but it is definitely not the only answer nor necessarily the best solution for everything (especially chronic illness).

And I think a lot of people confuse whack job crystal healing, sage smudging hippies with legitimate naturopathic doctors (who go to 8 years of college and are recognized as medical doctors, who can prescribe drugs, order tests and refer you to other specialists if needed). Yes, there are certainly some total bullshit "natural healing" ideas out there, but as someone who personally does not have to have to face life with a shit bag taped to my stomach 24/7 thanks to naturopathic medicine, I would say it's not all crackpot new-age shit.

[Aractus]

[The Valkyrie]

If they have to label it "alternative" then it ain't "medicine".

[Aractus]

If they have to label it "alternative" then it ain't "medicine".

Not necessary - Article 24.1 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:


Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, including the conservation of their vital medicinal plants, animals and minerals. Indigenous individuals also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services.

The Declaration is formally endorsed by the Australian and Canadian governments, USA and NZ. Interestingly though, not by the UK or Japan.

Many traditional medical practises have never been properly studied in the scientific or clinical sense, and there are all kinds of researchers out there racing to do so now. In the interim, we can't say that traditional medicine is ineffective until there is evidence to do so.