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Originally Posted by janeno  Just be careful - I believe he has very one- sided view on dog health. He seems to be somewhat against alternative and complimentary medicine ( very pro-western medicine view). Such view prevails among human medicine as well in US. Yes, there is not sufficient data to prove that alternative medicine has significant benefits but mainly because we don't have significant studies for that because no one would sponsor such studies as profit incentives are low. Same with the dog health. |
Actually, that's not true. It's that he's into evidence-based medicine instead of anecdotal reports. I personally think that the holistic people like to point out the "lack of studies" as a way to justify their alternative medicine approaches. If you look, though, you'll find some complementary and alternative approaches are indeed part of medicine. Examples, just to make a few, omega 3 fatty acids as used to slow certain renal disease, milk thistle and SAM-e to provide support to liver-impaired dogs, cranberry extract to help with e.coli based bladder infections, melatonin and flax lignans for atypical cushings. It has nothing to do with profit, unless you consider the profiteering of the holistic establishment to sell you various unproven and diluted substances with claims and promises of renewed vigor.