Has anyone started having health issues after long term use of alternative, or organic products?!
Question: Has anyone started having health issues after long term use of alternative, or organic products.?
I have found that after prolonged use of natural, organic and alternative foods, supplements, and other products, that I have seen a increase in health issues. Anyone else.?Health Question & Answer
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That's quite a wide range to blame. Personally, I wonder just what "alternative foods" (what is an alternative to food.?) and supplements, and "other products", you're using.? Or abusing.?
I'm very leery of supplements, myself; they're not very well regulated, and there's so many on the market, even as much oversight as there is, is swamped. Many are ineffective. Some are harmful. Most don't have consistent standards or any testing or proof they actually do anything. I see consistent problems in this area, where longer term testing shows the latest popular supplement is useless... after people spent billions on it because it was popular and supposedly made you "feel slimmer" or some such generic marketing term. A recent, more harmful example, is the ban on Indian medicine (I forget the actual name) -- which turns out to often contain lead. Some, from poor quality control in manufacture, and some, because the compounders believe it's good for you. ... Lead is rather BAD for you.
I daresay that organic/natural foods -- if actually organic/natural (again, possible oversight issues and some manufacturer taking advantage to make a ripoff profit by marking up regular foods, etc).... are pretty good for you. It's the additives, supplements, and other stuff you impulse buy because the marketers lure you into thinking it will do something for you without ever actually claiming it straight out (since then they'd have to prove it!) that's scary stuff.Health Question & Answer
I'm very leery of supplements, myself; they're not very well regulated, and there's so many on the market, even as much oversight as there is, is swamped. Many are ineffective. Some are harmful. Most don't have consistent standards or any testing or proof they actually do anything. I see consistent problems in this area, where longer term testing shows the latest popular supplement is useless... after people spent billions on it because it was popular and supposedly made you "feel slimmer" or some such generic marketing term. A recent, more harmful example, is the ban on Indian medicine (I forget the actual name) -- which turns out to often contain lead. Some, from poor quality control in manufacture, and some, because the compounders believe it's good for you. ... Lead is rather BAD for you.
I daresay that organic/natural foods -- if actually organic/natural (again, possible oversight issues and some manufacturer taking advantage to make a ripoff profit by marking up regular foods, etc).... are pretty good for you. It's the additives, supplements, and other stuff you impulse buy because the marketers lure you into thinking it will do something for you without ever actually claiming it straight out (since then they'd have to prove it!) that's scary stuff.Health Question & Answer