When food woo goes too far
dinadyna21
Posts: 403 Member
Ever since my brother started listening to this quack chiropractor he's been spouting woo left and right. I've tried, and failed, to convince him to check other sources before blindly believing this idiot. But apparently the word of someone he's known for 4 months is more important than a sister he's known for 24 years. Today was the last straw! He *kitten* threw out my seasonings, salmon, chicken and a bunch of my veggies because and I quote "Its full of toxins because they aren't organic and I don't want us to get sick, I thought you'd want to be healthy." I'm literally doing everything in my power to not explode and throw him off a roof.
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Make him replace all of them. That was beyond rude.41
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Just remind him that even organic food uses pesticides. And also beware of dihydrogen monoxide. In high levels it's toxic too lol!17
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He's definitely gone too far. Does he live with you or just visiting? We should all respect each other's beliefs, and unless you're cooking for him and forcing him to eat something he isn't happy with, that was entirely out of place. Are there any parents involved in this scenario?
As for chiropractors, I'm happy to be the chauffeur. I drove my mother in law there, and waited to take her back home. I drive my wife there, and wait to take her back home. I drive my own mother there, and wait to take her back home. BUT I am NOT going there myself.7 -
I can't believe he threw out your food! You paid for it! How would he feel if you went to his house and threw out his music because it's too loud and may harm his hearing, threw out his clothes because they're unbecoming, threw out his bed because it's old and may be bad for his back, etc., etc. How does he dare!6
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thats a lot of money he threw away. Make him pay for it!!11
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@malibu927 I told him I expect him to pay it back, he didn't say much after that and went to his room. The worst part is I buy all our food because he doesn't make much, if he wanted me to buy something different he could've asked and I would try to accommodate.
Unfortunately we're roommates until February when I'll be moving out and getting my own place. I love my brother but he's gone nuts.4 -
Make him replace every bit of it. Then tell him if he touches your stuff again you'll break his fingers, and doesn't he wasn't to stay healthy?20
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corinasue1143 wrote: »I can't believe he threw out your food! You paid for it! How would he feel if you went to his house and threw out his music because it's too loud and may harm his hearing, threw out his clothes because they're unbecoming, threw out his bed because it's old and may be bad for his back, etc., etc. How does he dare!
I know it's petty but I was so close to throwing out his speakers, I didn't cuz I knew it was wrong but I damn did I think hard about it.6 -
How much does it cost to change your last name and merge quietly into another family? lol13
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Make him replace every bit of it. Then tell him if he touches your stuff again you'll break his fingers, and doesn't he wasn't to stay healthy?
thank you this made me laugh which I desperately need right now.
I just wish he'd realize how stupid the stuff this doc is telling him is. For heaven sakes he threw out my table salt because it has dextrose in it. Who gives a *kitten*?!2 -
HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »How much does it cost to change your last name and merge quietly into another family? lol
Will you adopt me? Lol
Sad part is most of my family is starting to listen to him. It's like children of the corn and I'm the only adult left alive.12 -
My uncle, may he Rest In Peace, was a retired trucker. He was rough around the edges and not academic at all. But he was observant enough to realize even organic produce was “gassed” for transport.8
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dinadyna21 wrote: »corinasue1143 wrote: »I can't believe he threw out your food! You paid for it! How would he feel if you went to his house and threw out his music because it's too loud and may harm his hearing, threw out his clothes because they're unbecoming, threw out his bed because it's old and may be bad for his back, etc., etc. How does he dare!
I know it's petty but I was so close to throwing out his speakers, I didn't cuz I knew it was wrong but I damn did I think hard about it.
Better yet, take his speakers and sell them if he doesn't pay you back for the food he threw out.6 -
dinadyna21 wrote: »HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »How much does it cost to change your last name and merge quietly into another family? lol
Will you adopt me? Lol
Sad part is most of my family is starting to listen to him. It's like children of the corn and I'm the only adult left alive.
Suggest to him that he move in with one of those other family members.5 -
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And you can tell your brother that table salt NEEDS dextrose in it in order to stabilize the iodine:
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-table-salt-contain-sugar
Goiter isn't healthy either.2 -
What are YOUR diet beliefs, and why are they more valid than his/his chiropractor's?16
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https://merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belief
Belief: 1. a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. 2. something that is accepted, considered to be true, or held as an opinion : something believed. 3. conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon
I offered no opinion on the situation. I asked two questions, that is all.6 -
Figure out how much he destroyed of yours and either ask him for that money, OR find an equal amount of his things/food and do what you have to do to BREAK even. I am sure there is something he cherishes find it and reach out and touch someone. ;-)4
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dinadyna21 wrote: »
Where did you learn the facts that you believe in? How do you KNOW your facts aren't woo?12 -
dinadyna21 wrote: »
Where did you learn the facts that you believe in? How do you KNOW your facts aren't woo?
Does her brother have the right to impose his beliefs on her by throwing out her food? Does someone not believing in naturopathy bother you?15 -
Organic, local, whatever. Throwing out produce is such a privilege first world thing to do, and it is absolutely astonishing how some people don't appreciate what is available to them. Honestly, if your brother was stranded on an island, and his only source of food was conventional plants, he would eat it.9
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dinadyna21 wrote: »
Where did you learn the facts that you believe in? How do you KNOW your facts aren't woo?
Because I get my facts from people/sources that can prove their claims via rigorous research and experiments that have repeatable outcomes no matter who conducts them.18 -
Glad you're moving out - ugh! What a terrible thing to do.
If it was me, I would tell him he's on his own for food - you'll cook for yourself and if he's hungry, he can buy his own or whatever. WTF?
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dinadyna21 wrote: »
Where did you learn the facts that you believe in? How do you KNOW your facts aren't woo?
Does her brother have the right to impose his believes on her by throwing out her food? Does someone not believing in naturopathy bother you?
No, it doesn't. I'm more questioning her immediate judgment of the chiro's knowledge (which none of us know exactly what he and his patient discussed) and what makes her knowledge of diet more valid than the chiro's. I see a lot of immediate judgment on these forums and for people who speak about science so highly, you'd think they would understand that science is built on the premise of new ideas and open mindedness. Louis Pasteur rejected spontaneous generation and was criticized for it until he had solid repeatable evidence (this seems pretty accepted now). Darwin, oh boy nobody liked him when he was developing the theory of evolution (there are people who still reject this, that's fine). Then there's the whole earth isn't the center of the universe debacle (not sure how this fits into the current flat earth situation). Oh, how about the researcher who downed a test tube of H. pylori to demonstrate that it can cause ulcers.
I have no issue with someone not believing in ND's. I acknowledge the resistance towards the field, I acknowledge that some ND's have done things that hurt the program more than help it (uhh not that all MD's are squeaky clean). That said, I reached a point in undergrad where I also acknowledged that nobody (or very few) is getting better from the standard western medicine and would rather focus my attention elsewhere. I have had PLENTY of opposition towards my career path. However, when I am respected enough to be heard, and not immediately dismissed, people tend to understand what my intentions are and know that I'm not insane. No, I don't think that you can take an herb like you would take a pharmaceutical and have the same effect. My focus is on integrative medicine. The study of epigenetics/nutrigenomics is fascinating to me and when I ask questions like what I did, they are genuine and not at all trolling. I personally don't really have much of an opinion. People do weird, irrational things all the time when they feel inspired by someone, good or bad.30 -
Regardless of his beliefs not being the same as facts he's not the one paying for the food then he can ask but it's not a given he gets to decide what happens. Just awful. Definition of entitled and selfish.12
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I figure that no matter what the chrio is telling OPs brother, if it's extreme enough to think he's justified throwing out all of OPs food, then it's woo.21
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