Any advice for a fruit & veggies cleanse?

• I Wear Pants

  OSH;1247067 wrote:Why not?

  Because it's effective only for the treatment of lower back pain.
• OSH

  

  I Wear Pants;1247075 wrote:Because it's effective only for the treatment of lower back pain.

  Not at all.
  
  And...even if that were the case, why not? If you are a good doctor with lower back pain, people will go to you. There's a need for it, someone must fill it.
• mella

  Osteopathic medicine, although not my first choice, is a good alternative to traditional Western medicine. Most Doctors just give pills to make symptoms go away. The pills usually don't cure the problem. There are a lot of health issues that can be cured by diet changes, exercise, and not taking a pill to mask the symptoms. For example, a true milk allergy, being allergic to casein and whey proteins can mimic the symptoms of ADHD. A parent can medicate their kid or change their diet. A good number a lazy doctors will give the medicines because they make money from that. A diet change is easy and affordable to the patient, doctors can't make the same amount of money from that. Don't get me wrong, doctors can make all the money they want, but they should cure the patient not just mask the symptoms.
• sleeper

  

  mella;1247510 wrote:Osteopathic medicine, although not my first choice, is a good alternative to traditional Western medicine. Most Doctors just give pills to make symptoms go away. The pills usually don't cure the problem. There are a lot of health issues that can be cured by diet changes, exercise, and not taking a pill to mask the symptoms. For example, a true milk allergy, being allergic to casein and whey proteins can mimic the symptoms of ADHD. A parent can medicate their kid or change their diet. A good number a lazy doctors will give the medicines because they make money from that. A diet change is easy and affordable to the patient, doctors can't make the same amount of money from that. Don't get me wrong, doctors can make all the money they want, but they should cure the patient not just mask the symptoms.

  No it isn't. It's a waste of money for an expensive placebo. Honestly, the people that go into that kind of medicine are the scum of the Earth. Ever been to a chiropractor? If not, good, never go. If so, enjoy flushing money down the toilet for the rest of your life. They pray on the weak minded, the poor, and the stupid and its absolutely disgusting.
• mella

  sleeper;1247617 wrote:No it isn't. It's a waste of money for an expensive placebo. Honestly, the people that go into that kind of medicine are the scum of the Earth. Ever been to a chiropractor? If not, good, never go. If so, enjoy flushing money down the toilet for the rest of your life. They pray on the weak minded, the poor, and the stupid and its absolutely disgusting.

  I agree about chiropractors. Went to one once (if multiple visits are once) and would never go again. Since then I've been to a massage therapist who took care of a lower back problem with one visit. He showed me the proper stretches to do and he requested zero follow up visits. I have not needed to go back the him at all.
  
  Real doctors of osteopathic medicine can be very helpful. But of course, like all practitioners, some are great and others appear to be witch doctors.
• sleeper

  

  mella;1247631 wrote:I agree about chiropractors. Went to one once (if multiple visits are once) and would never go again. Since then I've been to a massage therapist who took care of a lower back problem with one visit. He showed me the proper stretches to do and he requested zero follow up visits. I have not needed to go back the him at all.
  
  Real doctors of osteopathic medicine can be very helpful. But of course, like all practitioners, some are great and others appear to be witch doctors.

  I know in the popular lexicon, those who practice osteopathic medicine are technically considered doctors, but that's only a technicality. I don't consider them real doctors. You'd have to pay me a sum of $1 million in unmarked non-sequential bills to get me to go to one.
• Terry_Tate

  

  I slipped a disc in my back about 8 years ago and the real doctors didn't help at all, just made me feel worse. Went to a chiropractor one time after that and walked out feeling great. Just did his regular alignment, popped the disc back into place, and I was good to go. A good chiropractor is well worth it from what I learned.
• sleeper

  

  Terry_Tate;1247637 wrote:I slipped a disc in my back about 8 years ago and the real doctors didn't help at all, just made me feel worse. Went to a chiropractor one time after that and walked out feeling great. Just did his regular alignment, popped the disc back into place, and I was good to go. A good chiropractor is well worth it from what I learned.

  Let me know if you feel the same in 5 years when you have back surgery.
• OSH

  

  I have no issues with chiropractors or those who practice alternative medicines. There's a lot of stuff out there that MD's don't and can't do.
  
  mella hit a lot of the stuff on the head with the first post. Terry_Tate followed up with another good one. I've been to chiropractors (4 different ones) and a massage therapist. No complaints with any of them -- at least in their practice, one chiropractor is just not a friendly lady. Not one time did a chiropractor adjust me and say "come see me in ........" They all fixed me up real good. I actually got some nice information the last time I went to a chiropractor that is helpful in knowing.
  
  The last thing I want to do is put pills or whatever else into my body that is manufactured in a plant by "scientists" that are "curing" or "fixing" people. I would rather not have discharges from every orifice just to settle heart burn. Might as well get cut open and sewed up as well any chance you can.
• tcarrier32

  

  OSH;1247719 wrote:I have no issues with chiropractors or those who practice alternative medicines. There's a lot of stuff out there that MD's don't and can't do.
  
  mella hit a lot of the stuff on the head with the first post. Terry_Tate followed up with another good one. I've been to chiropractors (4 different ones) and a massage therapist. No complaints with any of them -- at least in their practice, one chiropractor is just not a friendly lady. Not one time did a chiropractor adjust me and say "come see me in ........" They all fixed me up real good. I actually got some nice information the last time I went to a chiropractor that is helpful in knowing.
  
  The last thing I want to do is put pills or whatever else into my body that is manufactured in a plant by "scientists" that are "curing" or "fixing" people. I would rather not have discharges from every orifice just to settle heart burn. Might as well get cut open and sewed up as well any chance you can.

  hahahahahaha
  
  oh dear god.
• Heretic

  

  SportsAndLady;1246791 wrote:Got some bragg...can't wait to shit

  Just make sure to brush teeth regularly (or more regularly, unless you already do it 2-3 times a day regularly), as if you mix it in too high a level, it can damage your enamel. If you're going for the "got a million dollar body...and meth teeth", disregard that, but otherwise, a little extra tooth care definitely wouldn't hurt.
• sleeper

  

  OSH;1247719 wrote:I have no issues with chiropractors or those who practice alternative medicines. There's a lot of stuff out there that MD's don't and can't do.
  
  mella hit a lot of the stuff on the head with the first post. Terry_Tate followed up with another good one. I've been to chiropractors (4 different ones) and a massage therapist. No complaints with any of them -- at least in their practice, one chiropractor is just not a friendly lady. Not one time did a chiropractor adjust me and say "come see me in ........" They all fixed me up real good. I actually got some nice information the last time I went to a chiropractor that is helpful in knowing.
  
  The last thing I want to do is put pills or whatever else into my body that is manufactured in a plant by "scientists" that are "curing" or "fixing" people. I would rather not have discharges from every orifice just to settle heart burn. Might as well get cut open and sewed up as well any chance you can.

  SMH.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  SportsAndLady;1246575 wrote: I guess I'm not really doing this to drop 20 pounds (I could do that if I wanted..I've done it twice before and I'm only 23)

  
  Wait til you get older. Not as easy when metabolism lowers.
• Heretic

  

  ernest_t_bass;1247794 wrote:Wait til you get older. Not as easy when metabolism lowers.

  I'm 38. Over the past 16 or so months, I've dropped a good 60. Suck on that, Mr. Can't-Do!
• DeadliestWarrior34

  

  Heretic;1247799 wrote:I'm 38. Over the past 16 or so months, I've dropped a good 60. Suck on that, Mr. Can't-Do!

  
  This. Quit using age as a crutch.
• Pick6

  

  Heretic;1247799 wrote:I'm 38. Over the past 16 or so months, I've dropped a good 60. Suck on that, Mr. Can't-Do!

  to be honest, i dont think i've ever saw a fat meth-head.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Heretic;1247747 wrote:Just make sure to brush teeth regularly (or more regularly, unless you already do it 2-3 times a day regularly), as if you mix it in too high a level, it can damage your enamel. If you're going for the "got a million dollar body...and meth teeth", disregard that, but otherwise, a little extra tooth care definitely wouldn't hurt.

  Good tip lol I mean I do brush twice a day, but maybe i'll bump it up to 3 a day. Never had a cavity in my life, thank god. I fucking hate the god damn dentist.
  
  How many times a day do you drink a glass of water/Braggs?
• Barry Badrinath

  Just bought myself a Breville Juicer Plus today ($150 at Best Buy - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Breville+-+Juice+Fountain+Plus+Electric+Juicer+-+Silver/8627319.p?id=1193452390749&skuId=8627319). Gonna do a nice little cleanse for a week or so starting tomorrow. I'll post updates.
• I Wear Pants

  "Alternative medicine" is one of the biggest crocks of shit there is. It really means "we have no evidence that this works".
• Terry_Tate

  

  sleeper;1247639 wrote:Let me know if you feel the same in 5 years when you have back surgery.

  
  Lol. Been 8 years and my back has been fine. Made the back area the main component of my workouts and hasn't been better. Dude knew what he was doing.
• OSH

  

  tcarrier32;1247734 wrote:hahahahahaha
  
  oh dear god.

  sleeper;1247750 wrote:SMH.

  I Wear Pants;1248172 wrote:"Alternative medicine" is one of the biggest crocks of **** there is. It really means "we have no evidence that this works".

  I would like some proof that chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, and other forms of "alternative medicine" (such as herbs, iridology, or whatever else) does not have any validity.
  
  I don't throw out all other forms of medicine, like prescription medication and surgeries, but there are many ways of "curing" or "fixing" problems. Look at how far cold therapy has come in the last few years. I am sure many used to stick up their noses at that.
  
  I have had zero problems with chiropractic medicine or herbal remedies. They have gotten me a lot farther than what any MD did with my migraines.
• Heretic

  

  Pick6;1247854 wrote:to be honest, i dont think i've ever saw a fat meth-head.

  Rep'd.
  

  SportsAndLady;1247958 wrote:Good tip lol I mean I do brush twice a day, but maybe i'll bump it up to 3 a day. Never had a cavity in my life, thank god. I fucking hate the god damn dentist.
  
  How many times a day do you drink a glass of water/Braggs?

  Right now, three bottles of water where I take a decent sip and then fill it back up with Braggs. By "decent sip", I don't mean gulp half the bottle, but just enough to get roughly (without measuring) a couple tablespoons worth in the bottle. Usually one in the morning when I get to work, one in the mid/late afternoon and one at night. If I go out drinking, the last one (or two) get skipped for that day.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  ernest_t_bass;1247794 wrote:Wait til you get older. Not as easy when metabolism lowers.

  Probably doesn't help you still get smashed on weekdays...
• sleeper

  

  OSH;1248264 wrote:I would like some proof that chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, and other forms of "alternative medicine" (such as herbs, iridology, or whatever else) does not have any validity.

  No one? No one else started laughing at this? Prove to me that god doesn't exist, and if can't then he exists!
  
  Such a joke. #fraudlogic
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  sleeper;1248325 wrote:No one? No one else started laughing at this? Prove to me that god doesn't exist, and if can't then he exists!
  
  Such a joke. #fraudlogic

  lol what else is new, trolls until he can bring god into the argument. Just because something doesn't work for you doesn't mean it won't for others.
  
  "screw that broscience, i'm a nutritionist in peak condition and if you don't do it my way then you're an idiot with flawed logic who must believe in god" #sleeper'd