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Originally Posted by mrsD
I have heard of this machine.... basically it has little validity IMO.
While I do not really "love" quackwatch....it summarizes what would take hours searching the net.
I am going to give you a long long link....and there is a part 2 also, where this poster from our MS board...finally saw "the light".
After spending thousands of dollars over many weeks.
This is only the part 1 of her journey. She found this person thru a Veterinarian, who was diagnosing and treating her cat...who BTW was also a fraud (and her cat relapsed seriously). (discovered later).
Her last post that I have seen:
I have serious misgivings about your visit to that person...This was a Chiro? Do you have credentials as to where they were certified in this technique?
Since you are an engineer, I can understand you would find this type of "treatment" interesting, intriguing. But really it has no basis in scientific fact that I could find anywhere, when I searched for this other poster months ago. And you are not nearly as ill as the poster I linked for you to read....not by a long shot.
The ingredients in your Cellgevity are minute as far as nutrients go. One orange would provide the Vit C alone.
Of course, these types of "proprietary" products are designed with low doses of everything, so as not to be toxic in any way. They are relying on the placebo effect for any benefit. And people do vary in placebo responses. Some are BIG reactors in fact.
There are the methylated folate and B12, but I bet you are paying a large price for them in that product....????
I think it would be much better to see an integrative MD...who knows both medicine AND alternative things that work too. That is much different from what you have done with this new Chiro.
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Hopefully I can clarify. I didn't write my update as detailed as I should have.
The clinic I went to is owned and run by a doctor that is board certified in Family Practice and specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine. He is a New York Times best selling author, has written over 40 books, has been on The Dr. Oz Show, Fox News, ABC World News, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, BBC, Readers Digest, News Week, Prevention Magazine. He is the doctor I spent nearly 2 hours with one on one. Several other doctors, nutritionist, physical therapists, nurses are on staff. The chiropractic doctor was just part of the total visit and designed for a stress release while the primary doctor reviewed my CEDSA results. The visit is designed to be fully integrative... symptom review, lifestyle review, bloodwork review, stress level review, diet review, supplement review, recommendations. If you so desire you can incorporate a massage, heat therapy, etc. I had to fill out nearly 30 pages of paperwork covering everything from what toothpaste I use to what direction my head faces when I sleep to what material clothing I wear to how often I wear a watch to what cleaning products I use. Forgive me for making it appear as if I just went to a chiro ;-)
I would like to research the CEDSA analysis further. Some of the results came back completely intuitive. It showed I react poorly to wheat and sugar. They tried it on my wife and she was fine. This is confirmed through our everyday eating responses. It showed my adrenal glands were completely depleted, and that makes most sense based on my ridiculous stress and anxiety levels. But, I understand your perspective (which is really same as mine) and I need to have a scientific backing!
I haven't read the links you provided. That is my next step.
Yes, the supplements are expensive. ~$200 for the 3 bottles I was given. No obligation to buy, they offer you the opportunity to research alternatives. That's part of the reason I got them... so I could review ingredients lists and see what is out there and comparable. Some of the herbs are familiar from my limited research. So, I think I would like to give them a shot. But, I hesitate. I've been on a supplement bandwagon and I don't want to be spending $200 on these 3 supplements alone per month. I would really like to just find a solution in my everday food and add some herbs if possible.
Thanks kindly for your input. It's very valuable. Overall I'm finding small improvements just with time... eating healthy, exercising, breathing exercises, meditating, sleeping better.
I will continue to update!