9th September 2004, 3:43 PM
Like Obi said, the Atkins diet is based in scientific fact, and homeopathic medecine isn't all that bad; it's basically medecine-lite. Good to follow, as long as you don't count on it to (for example) remove a tumor.
However, I don't think the term 'holistic medecine' is accurate either to describe what DJ said. Whereas elements of it have been making their way into the mainstream, from what I've heard it's just an effort to treat diseases in a more, well, holistic manner; ie treating the root causes of the disease instead of just the symptoms. Keeping the example of a tumor: instead of just treating it with radio/chemotherapy, doctors would be trying to find out what caused it in the first place, and encouraging you to make the appropriate lifestyle changes.
IMO it's important to draw the line between "alternative" medecine which has some worthwhile elements that have yet to be absorbed into the mainstream, and pure bullshit like "magical elixirs from China" or emu oil.
However, I don't think the term 'holistic medecine' is accurate either to describe what DJ said. Whereas elements of it have been making their way into the mainstream, from what I've heard it's just an effort to treat diseases in a more, well, holistic manner; ie treating the root causes of the disease instead of just the symptoms. Keeping the example of a tumor: instead of just treating it with radio/chemotherapy, doctors would be trying to find out what caused it in the first place, and encouraging you to make the appropriate lifestyle changes.
IMO it's important to draw the line between "alternative" medecine which has some worthwhile elements that have yet to be absorbed into the mainstream, and pure bullshit like "magical elixirs from China" or emu oil.
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This is a special car.
Two accelerators... no brakes! Yeeeah!
-- Zodiac Mindwarp / Backseat Education