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womanofthehills

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217. NM has natural arsenic hot water springs
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:19 PM
Apr 2016

I soak in them twice a year. If I soaked everyday in them I might get too much arsenic in my body.

Same with food. Daily doses of pesticide and glysophate are not for me.

Swiss health care MinnieBlum Apr 2016 #1
Are they voting on gravity next? jberryhill Apr 2016 #2
The evidence would favor them at the higher elevations. Wilms Apr 2016 #27
Univ of NM school of medicine complimentary therapy - we are so advanced out here! womanofthehills Apr 2016 #3
There is no woo you won't push is there MattBaggins Apr 2016 #4
Interesting medical schools do not think homopathy is woo womanofthehills Apr 2016 #5
Bullshit MattBaggins Apr 2016 #7
How are allergy shots given by MD's essentially different from homeopathy? You just told a woman pnwmom Apr 2016 #14
Homeopathic 'treatments' are distilled water muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #21
Surely, you jest. HuckleB Apr 2016 #22
Are you serious? Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #32
FFS please basic medicine MattBaggins Apr 2016 #46
Do you know what homeopathy is? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #62
Homeopathy is a mathematical misconception lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #92
Because allergy shots have a demonstrable scientifically proveable COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #229
Have you ever tried it? womanofthehills Apr 2016 #15
As a human being, I suspect he's drank water before EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #50
Well, I have D Gary Grady Apr 2016 #84
If homeopathy worked, I'd be high right now from drinking water from my tap. X_Digger Apr 2016 #149
Anecdotal evidence is not any kind of evidence. COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #230
Just try teach someone to do the stoichiometric calculations of the concentration TransitJohn Apr 2016 #89
Most people living in the modern age are unaware of the fact that it was the truedelphi Apr 2016 #127
I guarantee you he does not and still keep his license and credentials. Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #36
I call bullshit, what were you allergic too? Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #59
I was poisoned with old outdated Malathion by the city of Albuquerque womanofthehills Apr 2016 #69
No, you weren't. HuckleB Apr 2016 #72
So you think being sprayed with Malathion womanofthehills Apr 2016 #176
You have no credibility. HuckleB Apr 2016 #187
Actually, I believe you have no credibility womanofthehills Apr 2016 #212
You have no basis for any of your beliefs. HuckleB Apr 2016 #218
Its not an "alternative therapy", its bullshit. Water does not have magic memory properties. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #61
It's fucking water. Do you actually understand what homeopathy is? X_Digger Apr 2016 #148
Please direct your poutrage to the highly educated people of Switzerland AxionExcel Apr 2016 #8
Clever by half MattBaggins Apr 2016 #11
Yeah, but 87.4% of the Swiss can't change their own tire snooper2 Apr 2016 #67
Could you cite your source(s) on those claims? Heidi Apr 2016 #93
I believe the sources are based in humor. HuckleB Apr 2016 #96
Thank you. Heidi Apr 2016 #97
I think alternative medicine is much bigger in Europe leftyladyfrommo Apr 2016 #6
That's because it is water elljay Apr 2016 #12
Nox Vomica is one I always have on hand womanofthehills Apr 2016 #18
I have good luck with cantharsis for painful bladder syndrome aka Peregrine Took Apr 2016 #29
Thanks for that info womanofthehills Apr 2016 #40
Bologna MattBaggins Apr 2016 #45
Do you mean Nux Vomica? Thor_MN Apr 2016 #175
they also DON'T have creationists dominating the schools or people saying they can MisterP Apr 2016 #66
Have you been to Europe? HuckleB Apr 2016 #70
Also - Europe has way less additives in their food womanofthehills Apr 2016 #215
Mayo Clinic has a complimentary and integrative program womanofthehills Apr 2016 #9
Is the Mayo Clinic doing homeopathy in their "Complimentary & Integrative" program? EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #51
I don't know but the Univ of NM medical center womanofthehills Apr 2016 #71
Which means you might be paying for BS. HuckleB Apr 2016 #73
I hope they insist on meticulous (and independent) patient health checkups MowCowWhoHow III Apr 2016 #10
They will not MattBaggins Apr 2016 #13
Did you read the word complimentary womanofthehills Apr 2016 #16
So? You can't have too much data. MowCowWhoHow III Apr 2016 #19
No. Ptah Apr 2016 #53
THANK YOU!! That was driving me nucking futs. REP Apr 2016 #94
+1,000 ... 000 HuckleB Apr 2016 #98
In other words they give them recognized medical treatments COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #231
It says they've given up trying to show it works in any way, but are still going to pay for it muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #25
The swiss should be called out MattBaggins Apr 2016 #17
That sciencebasedmedicine link is a joke womanofthehills Apr 2016 #20
It's an accurate site. HuckleB Apr 2016 #24
Sure, and Food Babe is the gold standard, right? Major Nikon Apr 2016 #159
I really have no desire to ingest chemicals & pesticides womanofthehills Apr 2016 #169
Everything you ingest is chemicals. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #172
Let me clarify that to womanofthehills Apr 2016 #174
Nearly everything is toxic, at high enough doses, you can even suffer water poisoning... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #177
I don't think glyphosate is naturally occuring womanofthehills Apr 2016 #213
Uhm, I'm well aware of that, do you have a point? n/t Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #224
Nearly everything you ingest is toxic at some level. cleanhippie Apr 2016 #181
The same is true of arsenic Major Nikon Apr 2016 #184
NM has natural arsenic hot water springs womanofthehills Apr 2016 #217
No, it's not the same Major Nikon Apr 2016 #219
World Health Organization seems to differ from you womanofthehills Apr 2016 #256
Then the cold hard bite of reality sets in... Major Nikon Apr 2016 #257
Interesting - it's the agency that does cancer research womanofthehills Apr 2016 #264
The IARC does not do cancer research, nor do they regulate anything Major Nikon Apr 2016 #266
I'm pretty sure you have no other options Major Nikon Apr 2016 #182
I do know - I almost died from pesticide poisoning womanofthehills Apr 2016 #214
Do you add salt to your food? Major Nikon Apr 2016 #220
Food Babe looks so good - We should all eat what she's eating!!! womanofthehills Apr 2016 #265
NYU Langone medical center has INTEGRATIVE HEALTH too womanofthehills Apr 2016 #26
They Have It RobinA Apr 2016 #99
I don't see homeopathy listed... COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #232
‘Integrated medicine’ is quackery hitting the mainstream HuckleB Apr 2016 #236
Yoda would be a supporter of wholistic medicine. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #33
Sure. A fictional character supporting a fictional product. progressoid Apr 2016 #75
To hate healing and medicine which is older than 5000 years old is simply insane. Modern day Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #101
5000 years ago — god made house calls. immoderate Apr 2016 #109
God has nothing to do with this. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #110
Who gives the water its memory? immoderate Apr 2016 #112
One of the great mysteries of life. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #123
Either that or bullshit Major Nikon Apr 2016 #196
If the "healing" of 5000 years ago was so goddamned effective, how come we live... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #130
Modern society has created many new diseases. Sick people are living longer. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #132
Are you saying that sick people should die? In addition, name an illness modern... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #155
Holy Fuck! I'm not fucking Ben "the disabled should commit suicide" Stien! I have too many Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #163
Try Coffee Enemas. bdwker Apr 2016 #165
But be sure not to use too much cream and sugar COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #233
AIDS isn't caused by modern pollution, in addition, cancer rates are down across the board... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #166
You do not know with absolute certainty that AIDS or any other disease is not caused by modern Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #168
You require absolute certainty for science, but accept faith for homeopathy? Thor_MN Apr 2016 #173
Don't tell me you are an HIV denialist too? Jesus fucking Christ. Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #178
Eventually Mike Adam's fans out themselves Major Nikon Apr 2016 #193
Pollution creates suppressed immune systems giving diseases like AIDS and others a better chance Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #197
That's interesting EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #199
OMG people, pollution lowers immunity! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #200
Yes, pollution isn't good for us, and no one here is arguing the opposite EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #201
I'm specifically talking about the LOWERING OF IMMUNITY FROM POLLUTION creates an Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #205
HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, the state of that immune system isn't technically... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #209
And I'm specifically asking for evidence EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #240
Certain pollutants can damage the immune system, but they aren't responsible for AIDS... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #206
Spelling Nazi. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #210
"Please provide me with evidence that proven wholistic therapies are bad." cleanhippie Apr 2016 #183
Ask Jesus, he used wholistic healing. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #198
No, Jesus' miracles were, at best, embellishments, at worst, myth making in action... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #207
If it works, fine. progressoid Apr 2016 #145
Nobody preys on people more than the pharmaceutical industry. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #146
Hogwash Major Nikon Apr 2016 #157
If modern medicine has "proper testing" womanofthehills Apr 2016 #170
Ephedra, Buckthorn, Areca nut, Kava, Lobelia, Laetrile, Colloidal Silver, Lobelia, Chelation, progressoid Apr 2016 #179
FDA has approved chelation for heavy metal poisoning womanofthehills Apr 2016 #216
But not for autism, Alzheimer's, heart disease, etc. progressoid Apr 2016 #254
Agreed we do need a standardizing system like Germany has. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #245
+1,000,000,000 Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #242
Modern pharmaceuticals are not really regulated in this country either. It's pay to play at the fda. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #244
Prove it with a consensus of science. HuckleB Apr 2016 #249
So who is regulating "natural" cures? progressoid Apr 2016 #255
We need a regulation system for herbs and other "alternative substances" like Germany has. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #268
Big Supplement won't allow that. HuckleB Apr 2016 #269
Because something's old, it's good / better? How about those leeches? X_Digger Apr 2016 #150
Well let's just put a whole mouth of mercury in everyone's teeth and see how that works out! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #243
You see, science adapts. It doesn't claim that those poisoned by mercury have bad chakras. X_Digger Apr 2016 #248
Science does not adapt so well in the USA. Still packing mercury in people's teeth even though Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #267
Science adapts a fuck ton better than woo-shit does. Acupuncture doesn't work for you? Your chi.. X_Digger Apr 2016 #270
Foaming at the mouth at such non-violent treatments. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #271
Non-efficacious, you mean? Sure, water is non-violent. So is interpretive dance. X_Digger Apr 2016 #272
surgeons for broken legs. herbs and healing diet for auto-immune diseases such as diabetes 2. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #273
"herbs and healing diet" -- is not homeopathy. And 'herbs' for diabetes is fucking stupid. X_Digger Apr 2016 #274
sciencebasedmedicine is written by one man - David Gorski - with huge ties to drug companies womanofthehills Apr 2016 #37
No, it's not. HuckleB Apr 2016 #47
David Gorski of sciencebasedmedicine is a pharma shill womanofthehills Apr 2016 #39
No, he's not. HuckleB Apr 2016 #57
The guy used to post as "Orac" and blogged as "SoCalGal" womanofthehills Apr 2016 #76
As Orac, yes, but he wasn't hiding anything. HuckleB Apr 2016 #77
I think it's you who owe DU an apology - must be projection! womanofthehills Apr 2016 #82
So you can't support your claims about David Gorski. HuckleB Apr 2016 #83
If He's a Pharma Shill RobinA Apr 2016 #100
I look forward to the consequences of you calling the nation out. LanternWaste Apr 2016 #186
Why do you make so many pointless posts? HuckleB Apr 2016 #195
I am a toxicologist. Homeopathy is stupid. Acupuncture has merit and works via several mechanisms. Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #23
So then why are hospitals using it? womanofthehills Apr 2016 #28
I am right. They are wrong. P.T.Barnum said it right I believe. Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #30
There is money to be made in scamming people MattBaggins Apr 2016 #38
There is money to be made by big pharma womanofthehills Apr 2016 #41
The answer to the problems with pharmaceutical companies MattBaggins Apr 2016 #44
If I wanted to scam people, homeopathy would be a bigger profit margin than actual medicine. progressoid Apr 2016 #74
Can you provide links to hospitals that practice homeopathy? EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #52
here's one... eShirl Apr 2016 #55
+1,000 ... 000 HuckleB Apr 2016 #56
Ha! EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #138
Excellent! Thanks!!! COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #234
Yes. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #63
Good god you're right! Major Nikon Apr 2016 #102
BTW... HuckleB Apr 2016 #120
I will give it the benefit of the doubt Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #129
Massage is fine, but don't go attributing it to things that haven't been proven, either. HuckleB Apr 2016 #133
I have had three knee surgeries Drahthaardogs Apr 2016 #143
My job title is senior environmental project scientist .... etherealtruth Apr 2016 #134
Switzerland to recognise homeopathy as legitimate medicine. And? Albertoo Apr 2016 #31
The highly educated people of Switzerland did no such thing MattBaggins Apr 2016 #42
Some Americans believe in Deepak Chopra, so anything is possible.. Albertoo Apr 2016 #49
It involves these tiny particles Rex Apr 2016 #68
THANK YOU!! Albertoo Apr 2016 #95
Hehe Rex Apr 2016 #122
homeopathy? JVS Apr 2016 #34
I wish my health insurance would cover wholistic medicine. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #35
Dirk Gentry could head it MattBaggins Apr 2016 #43
Yoda would be a proponent of Wholistic Medicine. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #48
Regular, systematic attacks on holistic health are a troubling reality AxionExcel Apr 2016 #54
The only attacks on holistic health are the ones occurring within your head... Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #60
Hey, science and ethics are not needed. HuckleB Apr 2016 #65
Do you even understand what homeopathy IS? It's not "alternative medicine", it's water. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #64
where you go? Did the salt water sleeping pill work snooper2 Apr 2016 #79
Been busy protecting the elders in my neighborhood... AxionExcel Apr 2016 #185
Actually, you have been here the whole time, making plenty of posts elsewhere. HuckleB Apr 2016 #188
+1,000,000,000,000 Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #246
That poster was not being honest. HuckleB Apr 2016 #251
Kinda like chemtrails, eh? Major Nikon Apr 2016 #152
Not this crap again - But here we go- GoneOffShore Apr 2016 #180
And as Dara says - Get in the sack. GoneOffShore Apr 2016 #190
+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Apr 2016 #191
Homeopathy literally can't work, it would violate everything we know about physics and the universe. Humanist_Activist Apr 2016 #58
Yeah, but the purveyor of the OP thinks pesticides are GMOs.... HuckleB Apr 2016 #81
GMO's and herbicides go together - Give me a break!! womanofthehills Apr 2016 #171
Benbrook again? You know that nonsense has been debunked. HuckleB Apr 2016 #189
Food Babe fans just aren't that into facts and reality Major Nikon Apr 2016 #194
"...everything we know about physics and the universe." truebluegreen Apr 2016 #107
Yes, see post 106 for astounding ignorance. HuckleB Apr 2016 #115
I'm convinced! truebluegreen Apr 2016 #116
You wrote post 106, thus your confession has been made. HuckleB Apr 2016 #118
That's sad rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #78
Aren't you the anti-GMO poster who pretends pesticides are GMOs? HuckleB Apr 2016 #80
They're the poster who was banned by Skinner for "Chemtrails crazy talk" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #85
Ruh roh. HuckleB Apr 2016 #88
Yes, but fully predicted Major Nikon Apr 2016 #161
That does make sense. HuckleB Apr 2016 #164
... Major Nikon Apr 2016 #103
Damn, you're good. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #105
Had that one pegged a week after reappearing Major Nikon Apr 2016 #151
I think I probably confuse that one with moon bombing lady and electric universe dude Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #153
And the Indigo children! GoneOffShore Apr 2016 #192
If you read the OP you would know the answer to your question AxionExcel Apr 2016 #86
So you ARE promoting a debunked scam. HuckleB Apr 2016 #87
No. I'm reporting the news from Switzerland. AxionExcel Apr 2016 #90
No, you're "reporting" propaganda, and you don't know what ad hominem means. HuckleB Apr 2016 #91
Sound familiar? Major Nikon Apr 2016 #225
No, Switzerland isn't "legitimizing" homeopathy EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #202
I'm still waiting for a response EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #241
I'm betting NaturalNews is pretty high up on your list of shortcuts Major Nikon Apr 2016 #104
Oh look, the usual suspects on DU truebluegreen Apr 2016 #106
Rarely does one see argumentum ad ignorantiam so masterfully deployed! Major Nikon Apr 2016 #108
The problem with using the argumentum ad ignorantiam dodge is truebluegreen Apr 2016 #113
You get an extra commendation for the word salad Major Nikon Apr 2016 #117
Deepak! You're on DU! HuckleB Apr 2016 #119
And yet reality seems to love two choices. Rex Apr 2016 #124
Yes, you get it! Black and White! Good and Evil! truebluegreen Apr 2016 #131
The crap you're promoting has been examined. HuckleB Apr 2016 #135
What crap am I promoting, pray tell? truebluegreen Apr 2016 #137
Really? HuckleB Apr 2016 #154
Your erudition is stunning. Really. Como siempre. truebluegreen Apr 2016 #160
Derp. HuckleB Apr 2016 #162
We are all made from the elements in our Sun. Simple stuff. Rex Apr 2016 #140
Yes! EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #203
Wow. That post deserves some sort of an award. HuckleB Apr 2016 #114
Anyone that actually knows what homeopathy is, and believes the "science" behind it, is stupid. Captain Stern Apr 2016 #111
So you are slamming Mexicans, Europeans, Indians and South Americans as "stupid' AxionExcel Apr 2016 #125
Anyone who calls bullshit on homeopathy is just like Donald Trump! Major Nikon Apr 2016 #128
Yes. Yes, I am. But not ALL Mexicans, Europeans, Indians, and South Americans. Captain Stern Apr 2016 #136
Question: Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #167
Believe it or not, back in the 80's a homeopathic crank was published by the Journal Nature Major Nikon Apr 2016 #126
I have a magic rock in my pocket. Eko Apr 2016 #121
You mean you DID have a magic rock in your pocket. Rex Apr 2016 #141
My spirit animal Eko Apr 2016 #142
Oh noes! I rolled a 1 and fumbled! Rex Apr 2016 #144
Two words end this : Coffee Enemas bdwker Apr 2016 #139
"Informed" you say? Just goes to show, "informed" people can do stupid shit. X_Digger Apr 2016 #147
If you are using a rectal thermometer to try and assess the weight of the Queen Mary... AxionExcel Apr 2016 #156
Must be the chemtrails Major Nikon Apr 2016 #158
Do you seriously think homeopathy is "the right tool for the job?" EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #204
I've made no claims about homeopathy, positive or negative AxionExcel Apr 2016 #211
Sure you haven't Major Nikon Apr 2016 #221
So let me ask you this EvolveOrConvolve Apr 2016 #239
Over 100 million people in India use homeopathy, and the popularity of holistic health is growing AxionExcel Apr 2016 #208
Lots of people believe in chemtrails Major Nikon Apr 2016 #222
Let's not use health practices in India to prove your 'point' COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #235
Fuckin magnets! How do they work? Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #223
FINAL WORD (from me) AxionExcel Apr 2016 #226
In other words, you still support scam artists. HuckleB Apr 2016 #227
Because chemikillz!!!1111 GoneOffShore Apr 2016 #228
"foaming at the mouth" + rabid anti-vaxxer, chemtrail true believer, Big Pharma conspiracy theorist Major Nikon Apr 2016 #237
+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Apr 2016 #238
More from scientists at World Homeopathy Summit womanofthehills Apr 2016 #247
LOL!!!!! HuckleB Apr 2016 #252
nano-particals in homeopathic medicine womanofthehills Apr 2016 #250
YUP! If a scam artist says it's legit, then it's legit!!!! HuckleB Apr 2016 #253
Cuba - Homeopathic immunization against Leptospirosis resulted in significant reduction of disease womanofthehills Apr 2016 #259
Published by the Journal of Homeopathy Major Nikon Apr 2016 #262
Almost makes you wonder why he isn't cashing in Major Nikon Apr 2016 #260
OMIC, the favorite predatory publisher of woo cranks everywhere! Major Nikon Apr 2016 #258
80 Nations use homeopathy womanofthehills Apr 2016 #261
Timothy Caulfield: Don't legitimize the witch doctors Major Nikon Apr 2016 #263
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