We Might as Well Call Fruits and Vegetables a Scam Too
It’s basic knowledge that fruits and vegetables contain healing properties with their vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. You would be hard pressed to find a nutritionist, doctor, or biologist that wouldn’t agree with that statement. So why do so many people doubt that other plants, herbs and fruits can have beneficial effects on our health and how did these natural remedies come to be regarded as money making hoaxes in the first place? Common knowledge is inaccurate, as history has shown time and time again.
I find it hard to believe that people can recognize the benefits of common natural foods, and then dismiss lesser known foods and herbs as simple money making scams. This would also seem to negate the actual studies conducted on these herbs, such as St. Johns Wort, which has been proven time and time again to reduce depression in a majority of the patients that take the herb. To accurately judge whether an herbal treatment is effective, it is necessary to read and research the results of unbiased studies (in other words, studies not funded explicitly or covertly by the pharmaceutical industry, which has a vested interest in skewing the studies results to protect their revenue stream.)
One potential reason behind people’s skepticism is that you rarely hear about natural remedies through the media, yet you hear, watch, and read about pharmaceutical drugs on a daily basis. TV, the radio, newspapers, and magazines are bombarded with advertisements for every assortment of pills and synthetic drug. It’s no surprise then, when someone hears about a natural remedy to a common ailment, that they would dismiss it as a scam… after all, they’ve never heard about it before, and if it really worked, wouldn’t the media be covering it. This all comes down to exposure to repetition, one of the foundations of effective advertising. You are familiar with the drugs offered by the pharmaceutical companies, yet you’ve never heard once about noni juice, therefore noni juice must not be relevant.
It’s sad to see the common opinion held by the masses to be based on lack of information and skewed scientific data. When there are actual cures out there that are written off as scams by those trying to make money of their patent portfolios, it seems ironically sad that they have swayed the public’s opinion to despise those who are telling the truth about alternative medicines. I encourage everyone to research the information for themselves and to not buy into the herd mentality. After all, fruits and vegetables are good for you, and so are other herbs. It just makes sense.
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