Pharmacist Student Shows MLM Supplements Are ‘Harmful Garbage’ With Real-Life Example

I have type 2 diabetic and hypertension, and I learned not to tell anyone about them because sure as heck they would immediately tell me to 'trash the prescribed meds' I was given because 'they're toxic in the long run'. instead, they would tell me to get some veggies or some leaf of some plant, boil or pureed them, and drink them instead. I have run out of polite way to say no to their ~ natural remedies ~ b******t with no actual scientific research about them. I trust modern medicines and healthy lifestyle more than their zero knowledge about the topic. EDIT: so some of you thought the ppl around me was suggesting veganism, but actually I meant homemade natural remedies that has no proof of doing any good. veganism is still pretty unheard of where I'm from aside from the ones tied to religion such as Hindiusm and Buddhism

Simply put: dietary supplements are only rarely needed, and only if a lack is diagnosed. There are no superfoods. The body cannot be detoxicated through food. Natural ingredients not necessarily are healthy (maby poisons are perfectly natural). Seemingly harmless stuff like homoeopathics and ayurveda stuff can be dangerous when not produced to the same safety standards as medicine. Brutal, yet simply. Eat healthy and take medicine and supplements only if really needed.

I don't know how many times I explained to a mother at multiple different appointments that turmeric would not heal her son's gangrenous foot wound. She absolutely would not properly clean and dress the wound. He was 18 so I couldn't exactly call anyone about it.

I usually hate the supplement industry, many supplements out there are not regulated by the FDA, have loose standards for how much of the advertised ingredients need to be in them to legally be able to print them on the bottle, and are full of other carp that they don't have to list unless the FDA finds that its killing people.

Also the medical marijuana lobbyists are spreading plenty of false information how powerful and 'natural' cannabis is. It is true that CBD can help with pain and it has plenty of other positive health benefits. But lying that you can stop using plenty of medications and replacing it with just cannabis is bad. For example too many people have been brainwashed to believe that cannabis is the only thing that cures cancer and chemotherapy is just a 'big pharma fraud'. (I think that recreational cannabis should be legalized everywhere and medical use of it is OK, but all the b******t propaganda that cannabis is the 'miracle cure for everything' should be stopped.)

A classmate of mine is living of vitamin supplements. She barely eats, and if, then she eats salads, ans drink smoothies. I was concerned, when I first saw her bag of supplements and vitamins, which she takes multiple times a day. When feeling stressed, she doesn't even think about a camille tea, her thoughts are only on vitamin supplements. Now our teacher taught us about vitamin poisoning and she was hella scared. I hope she did think about this.

But, don't you know???? The whole medical community is in cahoots with each other to keep us sick and bilk us for all we've got--they don't WANT us to know about these super-secret, amazing wonderful ALL NATURAL supplements that will cure ALL our ailments without harmful DRUGS or other "scientific" quakery! Find out all you need to know NOW! Just send me $199.95 plus shipping and handling...

What does she mean by MLM products? Is she talking about multi-level marketing cause that doesn't make sense or a brand maybe? Not all supplements and herbals are MLM products so I definitely think I am missing something here lol

there are only two supplements I use reasonably(we check fully how much is recommended to use and buy ones with safe amounts), the first is Chamomile to help with the anxiety that comes with Aspergers and helps with sleep(tried different sleep supplements but they either stopped after a while of use, though they were only used when really sick and had sleep issues, or they would cause too much drowsiness), the second being Boswellia to help with a connective tissue disorder. Basically, natural supplements are fine as long as you do your research and actually need them.

Some people are uneducated about side effects.Everything has side effects for some of us.

It's very easy to take far too much of a particular natural ingredient in if you are taking a number of different supplements with multiple ingredients and not reading the label. Dont just think - these 3 products all claim to help "X" problem - so if I take all 3 they will be three times as beneficial. Some things can build up to a toxic level eventually.

I agree with the pharm student. Turmeric is best used as a spice, not a supplement. Especially if it causes, increased bleeding! That can be even more dangerous if someone is taking a blood thinner, as it says nowhere to avoid turmeric while taking them, or, on the turmeric bottle that it may cause increased bleeding or seepage, and to stop taking it before a surgery, or don’t take it on blood thinners! It’s also “praised” as a supplement to help with type 2 diabetes.. well, it’s not needed.. stay away from dangerous natural supplements if you don’t know how They Work!

I think some herbs and supplements actually do heal and work for people. But when they interact with a medicine then that's cause for concern. I mean even some over the counter medicines could kill you or react badly.

I used to work in the supplement industry, and most of the reason I left was because my job was to find a way to market this absolutely horrifying poison to people. There are very few regulations and a ton of new products which can slip under the radar for at least a few months. They don't care what they're doing to you, as long as they make some money in the process.

there is another side to the story: how about Merck who got Congress and the FDA to ban Red Yeast Rice? Merck extracted the key ingredient from it and manufactured the first statin drugs. Then they got the over the counter herbal med banned because they said it was too dangerous. The only evidence they had that it was dangerous was that when the key ingredient was extracted, concentrated, and overdosed, the statins they invented could cause problems. A federal judge overturned this ruling by the FDA. The only danger was that people could use red yeast rice instead of statins to control hyper-cholesterol. The red yeast rice tablets cost 10% of the prescription statins. .......well, I started to put up a 70 page rant to straighten you people out....don't have time & you are too stubborn to listen. Bottom line: anyone who prescribes their own herbal medicine takes on the responsibilities of making sure they are safe, there are no dangerous interactions, and the dosage is correct

Other things that are "natural": arsenic, ricin, hemlock, belladonna, mercury, formaldehyde , anthrax and necrotising fasciitis. If you're into MLM, please consume and/or inject 50% of the previously mentioned items. Thank you.

Pharmacists - the 21st century version of the gas station attendant. How much longer do we need this job position when a computer can do it faster, able to make more correlations, and way (WAY) less mistakes.

and p.s.....there is a standard question form that every doctor or E.R. should give out to ask people if they have been using herbal remedies, for how long, how much, and which ones. They are mostly benign except for those that cause blood thinning such as saw palmetto, tumeric, cumarin, and aspirin. As a nurse, you should be using a standard question list to discover what med the new patient is taking. This includes over the counter and prescription drugs. Back 70 years ago, almost 70% of all medicines were plant derived. My uncle was a doctor who started practicing in the 1950s who told me that. It can cost one billion $$ to do a wide-range drug trial and survey. The only way a pharma company can recover that cost is to patent the new drug & make it prescription. One company just patented omega-3 fish oils and made it prescription. Huh? This has been available over the counter for 50 years??? And the prescription tablets cost $275 per month. This is 100 times the cost for

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Knowledge of self is key--better than trusting MLMs or Doctor advice. I would rather be healthy use MLMS to stay that way--than take a flu shot that gives me the flu