Stop the cycle of manipulation now!
I rarely watch TV, but after getting a taste of a morning news program while I was waiting to have blood drawn recently, I decided to conduct a little experiment and watch an hour of mainstream news. All I can say is it was sickening, and I couldn’t even make it a full hour. And I’m not even talking about the sensationalism and fear mongering oozing from the actors, er, I mean newscasters. That’s...
You are being carefully manipulated—here’s how
I rarely watch TV and if I do, it’s typically a Green Bay Packers football game or a movie DVD. But recently, I decided to conduct a little experiment and watch a mainstream morning news program, concentrating on the commercials. All I can say is that I was downright nauseated at the level of manipulation that was taking place before my eyes. In the short span of 45 minutes that I watched this program, I saw 10 drug commercials. Ten! That an average of one every 4.5 minutes. Although it disgusted me, I was...
Another deadly drug warning! When will it end?
Here we go again. Yet ANOTHER prescription drug has been recalled because it contains “unacceptably high” levels of a human carcinogen, N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). (I wonder what an “acceptably high” level of a carcinogen would be, but I digress…) This time it’s Metformin, the very popular Type 2 diabetes drug. This situation may sound familiar to you, and you would be right. Just earlier this year the blockbuster acid reflux drug Zantac was recalled for...
Goodbye purple pills! 5 ways to stay heartburn-free
Ever notice there’s a pattern of fantasy and reality when it comes to medications? What I mean is that the manufacturers promise a magical, effortless “end result” (whether that be lower cholesterol, less pain, lower A1C, etc.) and show happy, attractive people in their commercials enjoying life. That’s the fantasy. The reality is quite a different picture—peppered with side effects, many of which can be debilitating and/or require more medications to counteract them! And...
Don’t believe the lie—statins are NOT safe!
Anyone in the advertising world will tell you that sex sells. Just check out a Victoria’s Secret ad to see this for yourself—those overpriced bras don’t sell themselves; you know. But you know what else sells just as effectively. Fear. And that’s a choice tactic used by the pharmaceutical industry to sell medications. There’s nothing like fear to compel you to throw hesitance and gut instincts to the wind and arrive in the land...