{"id":85,"date":"2008-11-16T21:15:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T04:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=85"},"modified":"2009-02-19T15:52:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T22:52:58","slug":"karins-rantings-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Karin’s Rantings II"},"content":{"rendered":"

“All Natural”<\/span><\/h1>\n

I recently received an email from my little sister about how she has been able to lose all her baby fat.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess people have been asking her “what is your secret”.\u00c2\u00a0 If you know my sister she eats very healthy and exercises regularly.\u00c2\u00a0 She is also taking a supplement that she says helps.\u00c2\u00a0 My bet is that my sister lost her weight because of diet and exercise and not because of the supplement. Whether or not this supplement helps is not what I’m about to rant about but it is the way that this supplement was presented that makes me a little wary.<\/p>\n

I’m sure all of you have heard from time to time the term “All Natural” pertaining to food, vitamins, creams, and many other things.\u00c2\u00a0 It bothers me that we take that phrase and immediately think “oh that must be good for me”.\u00c2\u00a0 Well someone could sell you a tape worm in a pill form (which has happened) and call it “all natural” and they wouldn’t be lying about it.\u00c2\u00a0 Would you take it then if you knew it was a tape worm?\u00c2\u00a0 Most of us would pass.\u00c2\u00a0 I have a bachelors degree in community health from BYU and one of the subjects we talked about in my training was how dangerous supplements and herbal remedies can be.<\/p>\n

Number one warning about supplements and herbal remedies is that they aren’t required by the FDA to pass any kind of test to be considered safe or healthy for you.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact the supplement is presumed safe and put onto the shelves for the consumers to use.\u00c2\u00a0 If the FDA receives many reports about adverse reactions to a supplement only then will they warn the public.<\/p>\n

Another problem with supplements is there is no way to know if it does what it says it will do. I remember back in 2002 my parents were taking echinacea to prevent them from getting colds.\u00c2\u00a0 They even convinced me to take it a couple of times.\u00c2\u00a0 Echinacea was a popular supplement that people took because it claimed it could prevent and treat colds. In 2005 a study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.\u00c2\u00a0 It concluded that echinacea did not have any effect on colds.\u00c2\u00a0 Those given echinacea and those given a placebo had the same effect. Meaning essentially taking echinacea is the same as taking a sugar pill.<\/p>\n

There are also dangerous herbs out there that can actually cause kidney failure, liver problems, and even death.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m not saying all herbs are bad, you just need to know what is in a supplement and know what the risks are. Don’t just take something because it says “All Natural”.\u00c2\u00a0 Do your research.\u00c2\u00a0 Make sure your research isn’t biased.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are getting your information from the company that is selling or producing or in anyway connected with the supplement, that information will most likely be biased.\u00c2\u00a0 Do the research yourself before you try any supplement.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t just take your friend’s advise.\u00c2\u00a0 Also once you’ve done your research then discuss it with your doctor.\u00c2\u00a0 Just be smart about taking supplements.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t be duped by the “All Natural” phrase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“All Natural” I recently received an email from my little sister about how she has been able to lose all her baby fat.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess people have been asking her “what is your secret”.\u00c2\u00a0 If you know my sister she eats very healthy and exercises regularly.\u00c2\u00a0 She is also taking a supplement that she says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rantings","tag-karin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}