Comments on: More MonaVie Than I Can Swallow

By: JACK

JACK — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:00:36 +0000

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By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:39:19 +0000

I’ve never purchased MonaVie (or what ever it is called) nor would I EVER consider purchasing something of this sort. Even if it is a harmless bad tasting fruit juice, I’ll just bet it costs hundreds of times more than an equal amount of pleasant tasting juice of equal value. In that case, this is just pure and simple theft.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:14:08 +0000

Well, mark, perhaps it’s my graduate work in biology that gives me the illusion of having some sort of knowledge here.

Don’t like my opinion? Don’t care to actually read about the subject?

Learn about the immune system from Dr. Mark Crislip, who surely knows more than you or I.

http://www.quackcast.com/spodcasts/files/6319331ae076e5a5967d7d7282813128-21.html

By: mark

mark — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:24:35 +0000

carl
why do you talk about things you dont know about? (post 46)

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:43:03 +0000

Well, consider what antioxidants actually do, Tobias. They suppress the immune system. No kidding, our phagocytes rely on powerful oxygen free radicals to kill pathogens. MonaVie would logically act to diminish their effectiveness.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:51:31 +0000

Carl, if you truly believe spam is as healthy as MonaVie, that is your opinion. I really hope you really know better than that, but if your a cheapskate in these rough recession times and cant afford MonaVie, then i hope that spam really is doing miracles for you:)

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:27:12 +0000

… and from Tobias: spam. Really obvious spam.

Actually, real Hormel Spam (r) is probably about as healthy as MonaVie.

By: Shahar Lubin

Shahar Lubin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:33:51 +0000

Dear vince,

calcium is not a vitamin. The assertion you’re refering to was specific to vitamins. You are arguing with a claim that was never made. Antioxidents have never been shown to have health benefits or that low levels are harmful.
Also remember not to trust studies automaticaly even if scientific. Especially ones that are published in main stream media before any peer review has been done. TV news is notorious for coming up with new claims every day about health with no followup about how those researches were received by the scientific community and whether further research confirmed them.

By: Vince

Vince — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:25:20 +0000

First I want to say that I agree with you in spirit. I have never seen any strong evidence that these “super juices” do miraculous things for one’s health.

I do want to raise an issue with an offhand comment you made. “nobody who eats most of their meals in an industrialized country is likely to have a vitamin deficiency. And if you did, you’d be symptomatic, you’d know it”. I have seen this line of thinking promoted as some kind of skeptical mantra. The problem is , is that it is utter nonsense.

The symptoms from vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not always show up right away. Calcium deficiency and its possible relationship to bone problems later in life would be one example but it isn’t hard to find others. Or one could refer to the many studies by various scientific groups and agencies that conclude that “Americans aren’t getting enough X”. Are we to believe that every one of those people not getting enough X are walking around with symptoms? Of course not.

The idea is to tell people the truth there is no need to push it. It may make for a good argument but , unfortunately , it is utter rubbish.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:24:57 +0000

Moderator Alert: The problem may be peculiar to my computer, but I cannot pull up Dr. Novella’s new post Skep Bttlgrds II nor its comment section. The Recent Comments menu upper right shows others have accessed it and commented, so maybe it is just my PC. Please send a tech round to 1082 Thomas Road, Podunk Holler NC 278………