Janic wrote:
You're natural is not synonymous with harmlessness, hence the scientific form of organic farming which does not seek to replace toxic synthetic products by toxic products (for the human) natural ..
Certainly !
but:
a) have you noticed that there is like an omerta, like a dogma, which wants that "it is healthy since it is" organic "...
Who has ever seen or read a study on the dangerousness of this or that natural "molecule" ???
Pyrethrum extract? Rotenone ??
b) In any case, there is no one to conduct such studies! No interest for large groups ... And few resources for public research!
So we "admit". Without any "proof" ...
b) I have experienced on myself the effects of a "natural" anti-cholesterol, red yeast rice (we talk about it on a lot of websites).
After a heart attack, I have a goal of very very low cholesterol level.
I was taking a "chemical" drug, a statin, with side effects on the liver. Gamma-GT are exploding. Alcoholic liver. Follow-up in hepato, my wife must testify because the doctor did not believe me when I told her that I did not drink!
Drug discontinuation, against medical advice. The liver recovers quite well but the cholesterol goes up too.
An "alternative" doctor recommends red yeast rice (sold without a prescription on the internet as a "food supplement!).
3 months later: control. Reboot my alcoholic liver. But the cholesterol is good.
I say to myself: coincidence?
Without saying anything to any of my doctors, I stop the yeast treatment. The liver recovers, the cholesterol rises.
Coincidence ??
Without always saying anything, I resume the yeast treatment.
Rebelotte: increasing gammaGT, lowering cholesterol.
Twice in a row, I consider it no longer a coincidence.
On a Canadian site, I ended up finding a warning and the results of a study which showed that red yeast rice contains a statin, in every way comparable to the active principle of my medicine. Same "molecules", same effects ...
One is over the counter! The other is a strictly prescription drug!
I therefore testify on the basis of this experience that the belief, "it is natural, therefore it cannot harm!" is nonsense. And yet it is a founding dogma of "organic". And a strong belief.
Hence my sensitivity to emphasize this point.
[but consume "organic"; simply, do not be naive! There are also limits ...]