tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post2130359202909856378..comments2023-10-31T05:56:45.788-07:00Comments on LutheranChik's "L" Word Diary: Alt.MedicineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-59828008520992028802009-08-26T18:32:26.647-07:002009-08-26T18:32:26.647-07:00I hear you about the bottles and stuff at some of ...I hear you about the bottles and stuff at some of those stores. I spent about an hour today at the Food Coop, which has lots of good basic stuff in bulk, but also expensive small bottles of pills, potions, oils, and, well, ear candles. It is like all that stuff is equal on the shelves. And WE KNOW THAT AINT SO. <br /><br />But I was going from pharmacy, to Target, to food coop, looking for some pills that were suggested, in a general, very generic way, by the CNP I way last week. So I had called back for more specifics, because based on my reading and also on looking at about over a dozen bottles of "probiotics" THEY AINT ALL CREATED EQUAL. <br /><br />She told me two brand names. I researched them on the 'net. And they are in no way similar in content. One is a bacterium and one is a yeast (fungus.) At it was like, "either/or" So, that is making me even more leery. I can't even find one in any stores. And the yeast, well, that is supposed to be the same as brewer's yeast, yet the brewer's yeast bottle doesn't say what is in it. Yes, there's an element, no a whole table of elements, of snake oil in "that section" of the health food store.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-59669189656253160092009-08-26T16:06:41.220-07:002009-08-26T16:06:41.220-07:00I know people who swear by those colonics - but ne...I know people who swear by those colonics - but never appealed to me...not in the least. <br /><br />Now massages - I get one every three weeks. Good for the body, mind, and spirit.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-28295960733994091152009-08-26T12:07:30.285-07:002009-08-26T12:07:30.285-07:00I am so jealous. I used to have a massage every m...I am so jealous. I used to have a massage every month at the gym. Deep tissue is the only way to go for me...too. <br /><br />And I'm with you about the alternative medicine--I only like specific things that feel right to me. When anyone discusses colonic irrigation, it makes me seriously uncomfortable--too much information and as I listen I wonder, do they really know anyone with a blockage of 15 lbs of meat in their gut? Please, I'm sure it always feels like that--any rationalization for having a hose up there?! Oops, I didn't mean to give such an example.angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451988954537329260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838182.post-32858700834671699042009-08-26T11:17:20.529-07:002009-08-26T11:17:20.529-07:00Beloved and I had a wonderful massage therapist at...Beloved and I had a wonderful massage therapist at our previous locale. Now we're in a new town with severely limited funds, and we're feeling the void of those monthly health moments. Keep it up!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00157331552693781962noreply@blogger.com