A Treatise on the All-Healing Qualities of Earth Bathing (1790)
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treetalker
4 months ago
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Any benefit experienced may well have been attributable to the fasting; the vigorous exercise of digging the ditch; protracted boredom and mind wandering; and being away from work and other obligations for several hours at a time.
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milleramp
4 months ago
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Animats
4 months ago
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... the All-Healing Qualities of ...

Whenever you hear a line like that, run the other way. Raw milk. Alkaline water. Pot. Guava leaves. Acupuncture. DMSO. Iron tablets. Fasting. Long, long history of this. The FDA had a museum of the ones that were outright harmful, but it doesn't seem to be on display any more.

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IAmBroom
4 months ago
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I assume RFK Jr is currently retrofitting it to be the new FDA guidance page.
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mjklin
4 months ago
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As Ross and Carrie of ONRAC used to say, “cure-alls cure nothing.”
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djmips
4 months ago
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Apparently he may have died from the fasting
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