This link provides a truly lengthy diatribe on "11 Effective, Natural Strategies To Kill Your Cancer" that I found the other day while reading on ABCNews about Sheryl Crow's battle with breast cancer. It literally takes about 15 min to read and then ends with a list of links to purchase products mentioned in the "report," with nearly all being mail order supplements from one Robert Harrison of Homer, Alaska.
Before even getting into the inaccuracies and misrepresentations in the diatribe, I started to tally the cost of all the immune boosting supplements I should purchase, but grew weary after the my shopping cart reached $1,200, mostly for 30 day supplies of the goods. And that was without even getting into sections 2 through 11 where I could buy the Optimal Wellness Test, the Sedona Method, and the electromagnetically-grounded mattress pads.
Let's just say that there is enough baloney in here to keep a comment thread going now through the weekend. So, as yesterday and today are a travel days for my me and family, please make liberal use of the comments to remark on your favorite biochemical rationalizations presented at cancer-prevention.net. I'm actually surprised that some people read far enough in to actually get to the part to where you can order these products.
My personal favorites are Cancer Strategy #10 - Raise Your Vibratory Energy Level by the use of "energized water" using a specially-designed pitcher, and a whole section on fungal overgrowth that produces acetaldehyde which can then be converted into ethanol (uh..the exact opposite happens in the body, but never mind). There enough stuff here for Orac's new "Friday Dose of Woo" to have material for a few weeks.
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Oh. My. God.
That single site could provide me with material for Your Friday Dose of Woo for months, not just weeks, plus a little extra for between Fridays.
It's as I said: This Friday Dose of Woo thing is difficult not because it's hard to find good material; it's difficult because there's just so much woo out there that it's impossible to cover even the amusing stuff well.
Its sad that people get so frightened, that they buy into this sort of nonsense....and sadder too that unscrupulous folks prey on the vulnerability of folks dealing with life threatening illness....1200 a month-- geesh.... there is simply too much of this sort of garbage floating around the net... but...# 10 is definately a winner and up there on the loony fringe....but.. i couldnt actually read that far without gagging up the wonderful meal and wine we had for dinner...so...could only manage a mere skimming...
Of course I could lead you to a site or two like this that prey on lymphoma patients!!!
I like the fact that my immune system needs 9.5 hrs sleep in TOTAL darkness... I guess that night light is killing me!
I have read this article and others like it, and although some of it is obviously quackery, i was almost going to buy the zeolite, and oxy e supplements for my brother who has Acute myeloid leukemia, because i guess i have been sucked in to the huge marketing campaign of zeolite on the net right now. Can u tell me whether i should bother?
Paul, zeolite supplements are currently the rage among multi-level marketers. Zeolites are a class of porous minerals that most people have encountered if they have used an aquarium water purification system. Inhaled zeolites are also closely linked to the development of mesothelioma in mining workers.
However, there is no evidence to suggest that they provide any health benefits, in leukemia or otherwise. Most marketers rely on anecdotal testimonials to support their products. One marketer talks about an open-label trial in cancer patients but I am unable to find the published scientific article to evaluate the data.
My advice: watch your wallet.