Kirata
Posts: 15477
Joined: 2/11/2006 From: USA Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: GotSteel Yep, sounds like you're in tin hat land. I wouldn't be so quick with the insults. I checked a couple of the examples of "tin-hattedness" at the bottom of the RationalWiki entry. One link read, "an example of the cancer woo they promote." It links to an article with the headline: "All conventional prostate cancer treatments harm quality of life." A tin-hat claim? No. It references a University of Pittsburgh research study published in the Journal of Urology. The study's results were also carried by ReutersAnother RationalWiki link pointed to, "an example of said conspiracy theories." That article reports on the FTC going after POM for making false marketing claims with regard to their cold pressed pomegranate juice product, namely that it may help with heart disease, prostate cancer, and other health problems. Are these false claims? Not according to Life Extension, which lists the following references (among others):Aviram M, Dornfeld L, Rosenblat M, et al. Pomegranate juice consumption reduces oxidative stress, atherogenic modifications to LDL, and platelet aggregation: studies in humans and in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 May;71(5):1062-76. de Nigris F, Williams-Ignarro S, Botti C, Sica V, Ignarro LJ, Napoli C. Pomegranate juice reduces oxidized low-density lipoprotein downregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in human coronary endothelial cells. Nitric Oxide. 2006 Nov;15(3):259-63. Aviram M, Rosenblat M, Gaitini D, et al. Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation. Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;23(3):423-33. Aviram M, Dornfeld L. Pomegranate juice consumption inhibits serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity and reduces systolic blood pressure. Atherosclerosis. 2001 Sep;158(1):195-8. Pantuck AJ, Leppert JT, Zomorodian N, et al. Phase II study of pomegranate juice for men with rising prostate-specific antigen following surgery or radiation for prostate cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Jul 1;12(13):4018-26. Kim ND, Mehta R, Yu W, et al. Chemopreventive and adjuvant therapeutic potential of pomegranate (Punica granatum) for human breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2002 Feb;71(3):203-17. Syed DN, Malik A, Hadi N, Sarfaraz S, Afaq F, Mukhtar H. Photochemopreventive effect of pomegranate fruit extract on UVA-mediated activation of cellular pathways in normal human epidermal keratinocytes. Photochem Photobiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;82(2):398-405. Looks like pretty good stuff to me. Big Pharma is in the business of selling drugs, not promoting health, and RationalWiki's ridicule of NaturalNews does not strike me as well-intended or accurate. K.
|