In the last 2 weeks the media has been on a blitz. At least 3 studies have been published that supposedly prove that nutritional supplements like C & E and now Ginkgo, are worthless. As I blogged the other day, this is because they are feeling the effects of loss of sales from the downturn in the economy and because people are turning to alternatives in droves because of the negative side effects, drugs bring.
This latest study on Ginkgo raises some interesting questions. First, why use Ginkgo produced by a drug company, for this study. Drug companies patent drugs and get 6 years of big profits, when they successfully market a new drug. Herbs cannot be patented and have low profit levels comparatively. Would you trust a drug company to produce an herbal product to be tested side by side to a drug. I wouldn't. Also, as you read the study, notice that Dr. Steven DeKosky, who led the federally funded study, reported receiving grants from and acting as a consultant for several drug companies, including some that make dementia drugs. I have a problem with him being unbiased, wouldn't you?
Before you read this latest study, take a look at Dr. Mercola's presentation of The Town of Allopath. It is a animated cartoon that demonstrates the illogical approach of Allopathic Medicine (Allopathic medicine: The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment. MDs practice allopathic medicine. Also called conventional medicine.)
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The Town of Allopath
Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study...
The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study.
Extracts from ginkgo tree leaves have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, but earlier research on ginkgo and memory showed mixed results. Annual U.S. sales of the supplement reached $107 million in 2007, according to Nutrition Business Journal estimates.
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