Are Supplements Safe?
Jacqueline first came to see me at the age of 55 to ask advice about her thyroid gland which was affected with multiple nodules. She had been diagnosed with a multi-nodular goiter and wanted to shrink it.
Her past history included a melanoma, which had been removed from her right shoulder 10 years ago; thankfully this had not recurred.
When she visited her skin specialist she told this doctor that she took supplements containing vitamins and minerals; the skin specialist became aggressive and replied “Don’t take vitamins they will kill you!”
This type of attitude is not uncommon amongst medical doctors and we often see articles in the newspapers which portray dietary supplements as dangerous. I am saddened by the ignorance of some doctors and the mainstream media of the huge amount of clinical and population studies available that show that vitamins and minerals can help us to live longer and healthier lives. Why do these so-called professionals remain ignorant and antagonistic? Well it is for several reasons –
- They are frightened of being sued, as modern day medicine follows guidelines that are accepted as black and white proven medicine. Go outside of these accepted norms and you can be sued.
- Daily medical practise is designed around computer software that is created by universities and educational colleges funded by drug companies. These software programs only contain information and prescriptions for drugs and nothing for nutritional supplements, except for a few, such as iron, potassium and calcium supplements. These computer programs are hard to use if you want to prescribe something different or alternative.
- Many busy medical professionals lack the time to do the research into nutritional medicine and have no experience in this area; this is why they feel uncomfortable or defensive.
- Drug companies use lobbyists to influence governments to subsidise drugs but not vitamins and minerals.
- Governments create laws that make it an offence for health professionals to make healing claims for nutritional and dietary supplements.
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