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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,947 Member
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    Wasn't until I started reading the article that I realized this is the Goop Ghost Guy.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
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    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    Pink elephants?

    Hahaha! Perfect!
  • GrowlingCupcake
    GrowlingCupcake Posts: 13 Member
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    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Danp wrote: »
    Medical Medium?? Does that mean he communicates with friends and relatives that have passed away to find out how you can lose weight?

    https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-medical-mediums-thyroid-pseudoscience/

    "...With that in mind, here’s what William says about his own abilities:

    'Anthony William was born with the unique ability to converse with a high-level spirit who provides him with extraordinarily accurate health information that’s often far ahead of its time. Since age four, when he shocked his family by announcing that his symptom-free grandmother had lung cancer (which medical testing soon confirmed), Anthony has been using his gift to “read” people’s conditions and tell them how to recover their health. His unprecedented accuracy and success rate as the Medical Medium have earned him the trust and love of thousands worldwide, among them movie stars, rock stars, billionaires, professional athletes, best-selling authors, and countless other people from all walks of life who couldn’t find a way to heal until he provided them with insights from Spirit.'"

    While the whole spirit thing is just ridiculous, I do have to wonder if it's a smell-based thing. Dogs can be trained to smell certain cancers, including lung cancer, and there's at least one person, Joy Milne, who can smell Parkinson's disease. She also seems to be able to detect cancer.

    Mind you, it doesn't make him any less of an unreliable quack with the whole spirit thing.
  • GrowlingCupcake
    GrowlingCupcake Posts: 13 Member
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    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    GrowlingCupcake wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Danp wrote: »
    Medical Medium?? Does that mean he communicates with friends and relatives that have passed away to find out how you can lose weight?

    https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-medical-mediums-thyroid-pseudoscience/

    "...With that in mind, here’s what William says about his own abilities:

    'Anthony William was born with the unique ability to converse with a high-level spirit who provides him with extraordinarily accurate health information that’s often far ahead of its time. Since age four, when he shocked his family by announcing that his symptom-free grandmother had lung cancer (which medical testing soon confirmed), Anthony has been using his gift to “read” people’s conditions and tell them how to recover their health. His unprecedented accuracy and success rate as the Medical Medium have earned him the trust and love of thousands worldwide, among them movie stars, rock stars, billionaires, professional athletes, best-selling authors, and countless other people from all walks of life who couldn’t find a way to heal until he provided them with insights from Spirit.'"

    While the whole spirit thing is just ridiculous, I do have to wonder if it's a smell-based thing. Dogs can be trained to smell certain cancers, including lung cancer, and there's at least one person, Joy Milne, who can smell Parkinson's disease. She also seems to be able to detect cancer.

    Mind you, it doesn't make him any less of an unreliable quack with the whole spirit thing.

    How is he smelling people over the phone? He does 30 minute consultations for $500, and suggests supplements for people to cure their Epstein Bar Virus (one the viruses he claims causes cancer).

    If it smells like a duck, and walks like a duck, I'm pretty sure I know what type of noise he makes.

    Ah, I didn't notice that; I just went by that blurb, and was basing it on his grandmother.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    GrowlingCupcake wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Danp wrote: »
    Medical Medium?? Does that mean he communicates with friends and relatives that have passed away to find out how you can lose weight?

    https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-medical-mediums-thyroid-pseudoscience/

    "...With that in mind, here’s what William says about his own abilities:

    'Anthony William was born with the unique ability to converse with a high-level spirit who provides him with extraordinarily accurate health information that’s often far ahead of its time. Since age four, when he shocked his family by announcing that his symptom-free grandmother had lung cancer (which medical testing soon confirmed), Anthony has been using his gift to “read” people’s conditions and tell them how to recover their health. His unprecedented accuracy and success rate as the Medical Medium have earned him the trust and love of thousands worldwide, among them movie stars, rock stars, billionaires, professional athletes, best-selling authors, and countless other people from all walks of life who couldn’t find a way to heal until he provided them with insights from Spirit.'"

    While the whole spirit thing is just ridiculous, I do have to wonder if it's a smell-based thing. Dogs can be trained to smell certain cancers, including lung cancer, and there's at least one person, Joy Milne, who can smell Parkinson's disease. She also seems to be able to detect cancer.

    Mind you, it doesn't make him any less of an unreliable quack with the whole spirit thing.

    How is he smelling people over the phone? He does 30 minute consultations for $500, and suggests supplements for people to cure their Epstein Bar Virus (one the viruses he claims causes cancer).

    If it smells like a duck, and walks like a duck, I'm pretty sure I know what type of noise he makes.

    I have EBV and so far no cancer here, had it for a few years (when it was diagnosed). could have had it before then not sure.
  • missmince
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    I'd love to hear about a diet that actually helped the liver, and am also vegan except occasion eggs or fish, but I want science based medicine. I had unexplained (not A-E or lots of other tests) hepatitis a while ago, and again not as badly, for the last couple weeks. The doctor (based on blood tests/imaging) says it's not due to meds, alcohol, or weight. So I'm not drinking any alcohol at all, and have no appetite. I'm making myself eat some stuff, since I've been losing weight and am tired, and have found stuff with wheat seems to increase pain. Gluten free toddler food and applesauce (which I occasionally mix protein powder in) are all that I can eat without regretting it later, and I'm starting to feel better. However, that isn't proof that this is a healthy liver diet, just that these things are very digestible for me. My sister has to live gluten free, due to Crohn's disease, and I would hate to eat like her unless I had to. Since the liver is kind of important, and some hard to diagnose chronic condition seems possible, I wish I could find a healthy liver diet. But as far as I know, all I can do is avoid alcohol, some meds, and foods that may have toxins on or in them. Maybe exercise helps, since it seems to help everything, but it makes me angry that some guy claims he can help without proper evidence, just to take advantage of people sick enough, or worried enough, to try anything.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    missmince wrote: »
    I'd love to hear about a diet that actually helped the liver, and am also vegan except occasion eggs or fish, but I want science based medicine. I had unexplained (not A-E or lots of other tests) hepatitis a while ago, and again not as badly, for the last couple weeks. The doctor (based on blood tests/imaging) says it's not due to meds, alcohol, or weight. So I'm not drinking any alcohol at all, and have no appetite. I'm making myself eat some stuff, since I've been losing weight and am tired, and have found stuff with wheat seems to increase pain. Gluten free toddler food and applesauce (which I occasionally mix protein powder in) are all that I can eat without regretting it later, and I'm starting to feel better. However, that isn't proof that this is a healthy liver diet, just that these things are very digestible for me. My sister has to live gluten free, due to Crohn's disease, and I would hate to eat like her unless I had to. Since the liver is kind of important, and some hard to diagnose chronic condition seems possible, I wish I could find a healthy liver diet. But as far as I know, all I can do is avoid alcohol, some meds, and foods that may have toxins on or in them. Maybe exercise helps, since it seems to help everything, but it makes me angry that some guy claims he can help without proper evidence, just to take advantage of people sick enough, or worried enough, to try anything.

    what foods have toxins in them? what is your liver issue?
  • missmince
    missmince Posts: 76 Member
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    Maybe I ought to switch my avatar from a chubby anime character drinking sake, after a healthy liver rant. :pensive
  • missmince
    missmince Posts: 76 Member
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    I meant some fish and produce with higher levels of pesticides/herbicides might be bad choices if one's liver is impaired. And I have hepatitis with elevated AST/ALT now, though it was much worse and was accompanied by very high fever last time, plus granular things on the liver.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
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    missmince wrote: »
    I meant some fish and produce with higher levels of pesticides/herbicides might be bad choices if one's liver is impaired. And I have hepatitis with elevated AST/ALT now, though it was much worse and was accompanied by very high fever last time, plus granular things on the liver.

    even things that are supposed to be organic can have pesticides in them. it can be found in soil,water,etc. and if you dont see a nephrologist then maybe you should so they can help you out with your issues. some types of hepatitis are curable while others are treatable. There are no guarantees that anything will be free of harmful things
  • GrowlingCupcake
    GrowlingCupcake Posts: 13 Member
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    Regarding EBV:

    Unfortunately, there's a seed of truth in his claims; EBV has been linked to the development of a few different cancers, though its role is not fully understood.

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/path.4459
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11899-015-0263-4
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04902.x

    It's *kitten* like this that's so damned insidious; use a tiny bit of a truth, and then throw a whole lot of hokum on top of it. Makes him a lot more dangerous, in my opinion.
  • missmince
    missmince Posts: 76 Member
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    Yeah, if it doesn't get better or happens again I'll ask for a specialist. And though I agree that there are no guarantees, avoiding eating stuff that is known to have genuine toxins is better than nothing. At least I know the city water/pipes are OK.

    I'm probably coming across as too angry, but I feel sick, and have hit my goal weight (121 lbs as a 5'4" female) in a way that makes me feel worried, not happy.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
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    What do you mean by toxins? Just about everything is lethal if you ingest enough of it.
  • missmince
    missmince Posts: 76 Member
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    I mean stuff that has been proven to be toxic. I have a degree in chemistry and worked as a wet chemist in an environmental lab for years. Maybe you don't mean to sound condescending, but you do. Reducing exposure where you can is simply commonsense. Of course I know I can do nothing but reduce known problems. And I grow a lot of my own vegetables in my yard, so I can do some things to avoid pesticides and herbicides.
  • missmince
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    And everyone knows you can kill yourself with salt, iron, or water in excess, but you need some for health. Other things are simply bad for you, and it's always argued about how much is too much by scientists/government agencies/corporations. I was taught to limit exposure to carcinogens in the lab, and do so out of it to the best of my knowledge.
  • estherdragonbat
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    Not trying to be condescending. Just trying to understand out what toxins are in our foods. I mean, there's a lot of conflicting information out there. From what I can see, the main carcinogen culprits appear to be alcohol and cured/processed/charred meats? https://www.cancercenter.com/discussions/blog/what-foods-and-drinks-are-linked-to-cancer/

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