Re: A MHA Pool


"Mark" <mlowry3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> LadyLollipop wrote:

>> "Mark Probert" <markprobert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6HE_e.2187$Ge5.1058@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have often mentioned that the alternative/supplement/herbal/hocus
>> >pocus
>> >medical industry often takes a scientific finding, concocts a potion,
>> >and
>> >then rushes it to market before efficacy in humans is demonstrated.
>> >Today's
>> >news contained an article where a supplement was found to increase
>> >insulin
>> >sensitivity in non-diabetics. The question remains whether this will
>> >also
>> >happen in diabetics.
>>

>>While giving his child Ritalin, which does NOT show any long term studies.

And what Mark MD *dishonestly* snipped

>>The question remains, what the long term will do to his child, but he does
>>NOT question that!

>>> However, I fearlessly predict that before effectiveness in diabetics is
>>> scientifically demonstrated, there will be a magic potion on the market
>>> claiming scientific validity and that it "works."


>> Here is the article:


>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050928/hl_nm/dietary_supplement_dc_1&pri...>
>> The key paragraph is:


>> "She and her colleagues are now planning to test the supplement in
>> diabetic patients. "The challenge will be if we can actually get the same
>> result from this group of subjects -- we're quite confident that we can
>> but it remains to be seen," she said."



>>The key paragraphs are:


>>Dietary supplements made of resistant starch can help improve the body's
>>response to the sugar-processing hormone insulin, a new study shows.


>>Loss of insulin sensitivity, also called insulin resistance, is a key step
>>in the development of diabetes. The researchers found the supplement
>>improved sensitivity in healthy people by up to one-third, and a similar
>>effect in people with full-fledged diabetes could have a significant
>>beneficial effect on their health, Dr. M. Denise Robertson of the
>>University
>>of Surrey in Guilford, UK, told Reuters Health.

<hissy fit snipped>
>
> Mark, MD
>


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