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I would like to ask that people be respectful of others in this comments area. You can make your point without being insulting. When you make a point aggressively, it polarizes people instead of convincing them.

This is the new forum. As we explained last week, the old one just wasn’t getting much traffic and, since this comments section was where the action was taking place, we decided to focus our attention here.

Your point about the “alternative/natural” medicine people is spot on. I agree that my industry is also fraught with too many people scamming and telling half-truths. Unfortunately, it’s also difficult to weed out the good from the bad here as well. When my friend Doug accepted ads from glyconutrients people, I told him I was not thrilled and that it would cut into his credibility. Doug depends on sponsor dollars to be able to air his show. It’s tough to find good advertisers who want to support an alternative show. On balance, he offers good advice and certainly some “interesting points of view”. I don’t agree with some of what he says or his guests say, but his is still the best health talk show on television and it’s one of the few areas I can educate the public on my own views. To his credit, he did eventually pull the ads on glyconutrients when he saw the evidence. He also pulled ads for “foot detox baths” after he reviewed the evidence. We are working together to try to find that balance between sponsor dollars and good credible products. It’s not easy.

It’s tough for me to find a platform to educate and legitimately sell my products. The FDA won’t let me say much about their effectiveness, so I have to talk about how the body works and what nutrients support those functions. In the end, your understanding of how things work makes it easier for you and others to see how drugs might “interfere, block or circumvent” normal healing processes, but how some specific alternative methods might “support” normal and healthy structure and function.