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**PeterB**

wrote:
The last time this was posted the author was asked to provide an example
by which this "shotgun" approach could be illustrated, it is of yet not
forthcoming. What this, putting the best possible face on it, is an
attempt to head off critical looks at the "alterblogger" posts which
push products of dubious utility from the big "alternative" industry
with income in the multiple billions per year.

I don't push products, I merely point out the differences between drugs
and nutrients. And if industry size is the issue, the dietary
supplement industry is but a small fraction the size of the drug
business.

When an example is provided then this can be a serious discussion but
now remains as before propaganda of "sour grapes" produced on a failure
of scientific facts to support many of the "alterblogger" claims. Those
claims must stand on their own merit, not the false support of stick
jabbing at what can be scientifically supported.

If you mean claims that natural medicine is more effective in treating
disease than drugs, there is evidence to support those comments. A
review of the history of my posts will show several hundred references
in the past year alone, plus Roman Bystrianyk posts similar articles
here on an almost daily basis. By contrast, when asked for
risk-adjusted outcomes for various pharmaceutical drugs, you remain
conspicuously silent. BTW, it's considered bad form to change another
poster's subject header. If you can't argue the facts, changing the
header isn't going to make your case.

PeterB