Re: A MHA Pool

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.

I see..so you attempt to smear me with this old and tired line. It is a smear only in sick minds.

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

I already know the answer, dingbat.

BFA in Fine Arts from one of the top schools for art & design in the world.

Enrolled in a MFA (which is the terminal degree in FA) at the same school.

Has worked in the industry for over six years part time, and has become a project manager for one of the leading publishers in the United States. Was awarded performance raises nine times in that six year period.

Is financially independent at the age of 21, has his own lovely apartment in NYC with a magnificent view of the Hudson River and Hoboken.

Travels where he wishes to go when he can, considering his busy schedule.

Bought his father a really nice toy to play with. Same with mother and younger brother.

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&printer=1;_ylt=AqsOr2iH3ldDF4IEn3VFk0gR.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

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: 

They are also important, but not to the point I was making.

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.

I do look at this as good news, though. Anything that is shown to be beneficial in treating diabetes is good news. I hope it works just as well in diabetic patients.
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    ... 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. ... The question remains whether this will also happen in diabetics. ...
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